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Mount Everest season opens late, with climbers undeterred by huge ice block and high travel costsHundreds of climbers are attempting Mount Everest despite an unstable ice block and increased costs. The Khumbu Icefall route, crucial for ...- NGT issues notice to Centre over hanging glacier danger in central HimalayaThe National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...
- Himalayan havoc: Are we ignoring nature's warning signs?The Himalayas, once revered for their serenity, now face a dreadful reality. While governments and companies bear responsibility for destru...
- Nepal quake: Cong chief Kharge says Indians stands shoulder to shoulder with neighbouring countryAccording to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the earthquake with an epicentre in Jajarkot district, about 500 km we...
- Air force conducts disaster relief operations in SikkimThe Indian Air Force has begun providing aid to the Sikkim region, which has been devastated by flash floods in the Teesta River. So far, 3...
- Centre supports idea of limiting tourists at hill stations across all 13 Himalayan states in IndiaThe Indian government has supported a plea to determine the carrying capacity of hill stations, cities, and eco-sensitive zones in the Hima...
- Mindless rampage on Himalayas in name of development must stop: Chipko movement leaderAccording to the 87-year-old environmentalist, who was a Chipko movement leader, projects like the Rishi Ganga hydel project, which bore th...
- Uttarakhand flood: Green experts point at increased human intervention in Himalayan regionIncremental use of reinforced concrete cement structures replacing the traditional wood and stone masonry is accelerating a heat-island imp...
- Nepalâs turnaround has helped Eastern Indian tourism sector tooDevastating 2015 earthquake shattered the tiny picturesque tourism hotspot Nepal causing a loss of 9000 lives and property worth $7 trillon.
- Delhi needs to prepare for devastating earthquakes: ExpertsDelhi needs to prepare for devastating earthquakes as experts say it is prone to severe tremors and the region can be rattled by tectonic s...
- Nepal re-opens its four UNESCO heritage sites; requests US and UK to revise travel advisoryFollowing the devastating earthquakes in the country that caused a loss of over 8,000 lives, Nepal had to close down its four UNESCO world ...
- Sikkimâs adventure tourism faces setback owing to Nepal earthquakeAdventure hotspot Himalayan state Sikkim apprehends large scale downfall in its tourist inflow following devastating series of Earthquakes ...
- US diplomat Nisha Biswal visits Nepal to take stock of rescue operationBiswal will meet with Nepalese leaders, US Ambassador to Nepal Peter Bodde and members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team.
- US diplomat Nisha Biswal visits Nepal to take stock of earthquake rescue operationBiswal will meet with Nepalese leaders, US Ambassador to Nepal Peter Bodde, other US and international officials to discuss ongoing respons...
- Nepal earthquake starts hitting tourism in Indian Himalayan destinationsIt is bound to affect tourism not only in Nepal but the entire Himalayan region, including Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, NE India and Sikkim.
- Earthquake: Navy sends special medical team to NepalThe team, consisting of six doctors and 10 medical assistants, arrived here from Mumbai and will fly to Nepal tonight, officials said.
- Quake-hit Nepal's largest re-insurer GIC Re stares at Rs 1,000 crore claim payoutsGIC Re has sent a team of its surveyors to Nepal at the request of non-life insurers there to help them assess the damage.
- Govt approves mission to sustain Himalayan ecosystemThe mission, with an outlay of Rs 550 crore during the 12th plan period, will focus on biodiversity, conservation and protection of wildlif...
- Government agency to study the risks of floods from glacial lake outburstGSI will be studying the risks caused by floods emanating from glacial lake outburst in the Himalayan states.
- 'Eight lakh may die if magnitude 8 quake hits Himalaya region'Over eight lakh people may die if an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale occurs in the seismically-active Himalayan states.
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