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Climate finance, trade likely to be on COP31 tableCOP31, scheduled to occur in Antalya from November 9-20, will address significant climate finance and trade issues. Discussions include the...
Tea Research Association launches TocklAI, the world's first AI model for teaThe Tea Research Association has launched TocklAI, an AI model designed specifically for the tea industry and trained on Tocklai Tea Resear...
Nepal wants India and China to team up as a new warning melts out of the HimalayasFollowing the severe impact of flash floods in the Himalayas, which led to tragic loss of life and significant destruction, Nepal's Prime M...
- 134-Partner Himalay Unnati Mission Coalition Seeks Himalayan Authority, Early-Warning Network as Disasters Intensify
Coalition led by The Art of Living and theInternational Association for Human Values to study cloudbursts, landslides andglacier hazards ac...
Himalayas running out of water, 20% of India's GDP at risk: 200 glacial lakes linked to rivers like Ganga, Yamuna found to be high riskA new report by Systemiq and the Integrated Mountain Initiative, backed by the Rockefeller Foundation, warns that the Himalayas are approac...
Global warming: From Nepal to Assam to Kerala, nature’s fury is colliding with unchecked developmentThe Himalayan region is facing increasingly frequent and unpredictable extreme weather, with glacier collapses, flash floods and landslides...
Hit by deadly floods, Nepal renews push for Chinese data and early warningsNepal and China discussed disaster cooperation before a major flood event. Officials sought more data from China on glacier risks and water...
How Nepal school principal saved 1,600+ children minutes before flood swallowed entire school in mud, ice & waterNepal principal saves 1,643 students: A principal’s swift warning saved more than 1,600 students from a devastating flash flood. Tribhuvan ...
67 vulnerable glacial lakes identified in Himachal; early warning systems planned for four in Kinnaur, Lahaul-SpitiHimachal Pradesh has identified sixty-seven vulnerable glacial lakes across its high-altitude regions. Early warning systems are being esta...
'Smaller countries fear becoming collateral damage in competition between great powers,' says UN chiefUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his speech to the Nepalese parliament, expressed concerns about increasing geopolitical tensions,...
Rise in mercury levels may cause an increase in domestic violence: StudyThe cross-sectional study included ever-partnered women in the 15-49 age group from India, Nepal and Pakistan and used self-reported data f...
'Climate ninjas' overlooked as little finance reaches womenAeloi Technologies allows impact investors to provide small loans in the form of digital tokens to women-run micro-businesses such as elect...
India seeks removal of restrictions on trade of sheesham wood productsThe Dalbergia genus species, around 200 in total including sheesham and rosewood, was enlisted in the Appendix-II of the CITES in 2016.
US government proposes four times jump in aid to NepalAdditionally, US assistance will be used to improve resource management, adaptation to climate change and protect biodiversity.
Asian Development Bank to provide aid to install solar power plants in Nepal
Jamia Millia Islamia university introduces course in Disaster ManagementJamia Millia Islamia university will be offering a course in disaster management from the upcoming academic session 2015-2016.
PM Modi's US Visit: Narendra Modi meets Sheikh Hasina, Mahinda Rajapaksa and Sushil Koirala at UNPM Modi held bilateral meetings with the leaders of Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka continuing his policy of putting South Asian neighbours...
US input to help India meteorological department predict rains betterIndia Meteorological Department will incorporate readings from one of the latest US climate forecast models that is being improved for Indi...
- BIMSTEC ministers meet in Nepal on poverty alleviation issues
A day-long ministerial meeting of BIMSTEC nations, including India, startedtoday to finalise and adopt regional strategy for reducing pover...
- Climate change needs to be discussed in 'meaningful' way: India
With climate change being the central theme of the SAARC summit, India hoped the eight-nation bloc would hold the dialogue on the issue in ...