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10 major disasters, 1.2 million people affected across Himalayas in 2025, says ICIMOD analysisThe analysis by the inter-governmental body, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) also said the increasing imp...
Himalayan snow cover drops sharply, hits 20-year low; plains may feel the impactSnow cover in the Hindu Kush Himalaya has reached its lowest point in over two decades. This marks the fourth consecutive year of weak snow...
Multi-trillion-dollar climate financing gap in crucial Hindu Kush Himalayas: ReportThe Hindu Kush Himalaya region needs a massive USD 12 trillion for climate action by 2050. Current funding falls far short of this ambitiou...
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 strikes Afghanistan's Hindu Kush regionA 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region on Tuesday, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ)...
Use of renewable energy could revolutionise agriculture in Hindu Kush Himalayas: expertsHarnessing renewable energy has the potential to revolutionize food security in the mountainous Hindu Kush Himalayas region, experts, inclu...
NASA astronaut shares photos of 'alpenglow' from space: What is it?Recently, NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara of the International Space Station shared some amazing photos that he took of the "alpenglow" phenome...
Aircraft that crashed in Afghanistan not from India, confirms DGCAA plane has crashed in northeastern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, although the exact location is currently unknown. Zabihullah Amiri, ...
Himalayan glaciers risk losing 75% of their volume by 2100 due to global warmingThe Hindu Kush Himalaya region spans across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, encompassing iconi...
Death toll from Pakistan earthquake rises to sixThe epicentre of yesterday's quake that lasted 10-15 seconds was in the border region of Afghanistan and Tajikistan in the Hindu Kush mount...
Hindu Kush quakes may have long-term impact: ReportOver 100 seismic events have been recorded in the region over the past six months alone and some rocked the earth like a boat, while most o...
Powerful earthquake jolts PakistanThe tremor was felt in Khyber-Pakhtuknkhwa and Punjab province as well as Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit- Baltistan regions.
Quake in Afghanistan, tremors hit north IndiaThere was no report of any loss of life or damage to property till the last reports came in. The tremor occurred at 2.07 pm.
No burial at sea for Osama bin Laden, body parts tossed over Hindu Kush: American scribePulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed that the US government's assertion that Osama was given an appropriate Islamic ...
Manage Himalayan ecosystems to reduce effects of climate change: Prakash JavadekarHe viewed the symposium titled "Transforming Mountain Forestry in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region", as first-of-its kind on a subject of vi...
- Indian wins ICT Mountain Development Award
Panwar won the award along with Avinash Jha and Sibjan Chaulagain of Nepal, Suleman Mazhar of Pakistan and HELVETAS Swiss Inter-cooperation.
International meet calls for setting up EWS stations across Himalayas"Mountains have not received due recognition in global and national development agenda," David Molden said.
International conference on climate change begins in NepalThe conference on climate change has a participation of more than 200 scientists, policy makers & parliamentarians from countries including...
- Moderate quake hits Kashmir valley, tremors felt in Delhi too
An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 on Monday hit Kashmir valley, prompting people to rush out of buildings fearing repeat of the 2005 tremor wh...
- Osama hiding in Pakistan's Hindu Kush mountains: Report
Osama hiding in Pakistan's Hindu Kush mountains, according to a report.
- Earthquake rattles Afghanistan, Pakistan
A moderate earthquake jolted northeastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan early on Sunday, seismologists said.