Nepal’s farmers carved farms into the Himalayas, but now this growing problem is destroying their harvests and triggering a wildlife crisisNepal’s farmers are increasingly struggling with crop damage caused by rhesus macaques and other wildlife. Rural migration has left fewer p...
09 Sep, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
The next wars may not be about oil or borders: Climate change is turning food, water and farmland into new sources of conflict across the worldClimate change is reshaping global agriculture and resource availability. This shift could increasingly drive future conflicts and instabil...
08 Sep, 2026, 12.17 AM IST
Before Nepal floods, Himalayan glacier reports had warned of rising risksHimalayan glaciers are melting at an accelerating pace, doubling ice loss rates since 2000. These glaciers provide water for nearly two bil...
28 Aug, 2026, 04.24 PM IST
‘Everyone can cook together, eat together’: Sonam Wangchuk's Ladakh home kitchen blends traditional living with modern facilitiesSonam Wangchuk’s Ladakh home blends traditional living with modern facilities, particularly in its kitchen. During a house tour shared by T...
24 Aug, 2026, 07.28 AM IST
Arunachal BJP MP raises concerns on China's 'Great Bend Dam' movesBJP MP Tapir Gao warns that China's 'Great Bend Dam' on the Yarlung Tsangpo River poses a severe threat to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and ot...
09 Apr, 2025, 12.36 AM IST
China may pick next Dalai Lama to alter Himalayan Buddhist demography: BJP MP Tapir GaoTapir Gao warns that China's proposed dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River poses a severe threat to downstream regions and could lead to water ...
08 Apr, 2025, 06.34 PM IST
Allow Himalayan states to approve, implement hydro projects of less than 25 MW: Dhami urges CentreUttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami urged the Centre to allow state-approved hydropower projects under 25 MW and to implement a 24% capital ...
27 Jul, 2024, 06.52 PM IST
India renews agreement to export electricity to NepalIndia renews Nepal electricity export pact, allowing 554 MW imports till June. Nepal faces power shortages due to river-based plants. After...
29 Mar, 2024, 07.19 PM IST
Sikkim cloudburst: House Panel in March suggested a single nodal agency for monitoring glaciersOn the basis of submissions made by various central departments, the panel said no study was carried out by Geological Survey of India, ISR...
06 Oct, 2023, 03.15 PM IST
Only 12% Chinese have freshwater access, diversion of Tibet rivers imminent: Lobsang SangayChina has denied reports that it is constructing a 1000-km-long tunnel to divert the Brahmaputra river, known as Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet.
03 Nov, 2017, 10.00 PM IST
World Bank releases new report on climate change, global warmingReductions of these so-called short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) would slow rapid melting in mountain regions with glaciers, like the H...
09 Nov, 2013, 11.38 AM IST
Ecopreneurship: A plan to save the hillsThe disaster in Uttarakhand this June has left a trail of destruction unlike any other rain-related tragedy in the state in a very long tim...
13 Sep, 2013, 12.51 PM IST
- Sub Himalayan northern West Bengal under high sedimentation risk
While southern part of West Bengal is suffering from less than normal rainfall, sub Himalayan northern part of the sate has received much h...
17 Jul, 2012, 04.46 PM IST
- 'Excess water of Brahmaputra can be used to feed other areas'
The idea was mooted as part of the Interlinking of Rivers Project designed to ease water shortages while mitigating the impacts of recurren...
13 Jun, 2012, 05.49 PM IST
- Nepal declares power crisis, 12-16-hr cuts per day likely
It is likely to be a dark New Year for Nepal as the Maoist-led government has declared a national "power crisis" and said that the blackout...
26 Dec, 2008, 08.13 PM IST
- 'Himalayan tragedy awaits India, China'
Shrinking Himalayan glaciers are going to turn Chinese and Indian rivers like the Ganga and the Yangtze into seasonal rivers that dry up in...
21 Mar, 2008, 04.04 AM IST
'Himalayan tragedy awaits India, China'Lester Brown, a leading environmental scientist, has warned that shrinking Himalayan glaciers could eventually lead to "politically unmanag...
21 Mar, 2008, 03.20 AM IST