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)...
19 Aug, 2025, 11.11 AM IST
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...
23 Apr, 2024, 07.08 PM IST
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, ...
21 Jan, 2024, 01.55 PM IST
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...
20 Jun, 2023, 02.45 PM IST
5.8 magnitude quake hits Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinceThe epicentre of the quake was in the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan, 157 kilometers below the surface of earth.
15 Oct, 2019, 09.39 AM IST
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...
11 Apr, 2016, 02.21 PM IST
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...
10 Apr, 2016, 06.55 PM IST
Powerful earthquake jolts PakistanThe tremor was felt in Khyber-Pakhtuknkhwa and Punjab province as well as Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit- Baltistan regions.
10 Apr, 2016, 04.51 PM IST
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.
02 Jan, 2016, 03.02 PM IST
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 ...
12 May, 2015, 05.54 PM IST
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...
19 Jan, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
- 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.
11 Dec, 2014, 09.42 PM IST
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.
12 Nov, 2014, 08.11 PM IST
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...
09 Nov, 2014, 06.56 PM IST
- 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...
21 Mar, 2011, 06.03 PM IST
- Osama hiding in Pakistan's Hindu Kush mountains: Report
Osama hiding in Pakistan's Hindu Kush mountains, according to a report.
15 Mar, 2009, 06.45 PM IST
- Earthquake rattles Afghanistan, Pakistan
A moderate earthquake jolted northeastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan early on Sunday, seismologists said.
04 Jan, 2009, 06.07 AM IST