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China planted millions of trees around the Taklamakan Desert, and turned it into a carbon sinkChina's ambitious tree-planting program has transformed the Taklamakan Desert, once known as "The Place of No Return," into a functioning c...- Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 jolts TajikistanAn earthquake of magnitude 4.6 struck Tajikistan near the Afghan border on Wednesday night. The tremor, occurring at a depth of 80 km in th...
- A taste of Europe trip at half the cost: How to plan Kazakhstan or Georgia or Azerbaijan or Uzbekistan or Kyrgyzstan trip for Rs. 1 lakhA clutch of countries in the south of Caucasus and Central Asia provide a whiff of Europe without snapping your budget. Within sniffing dis...
- Himachal home to 75 snow leopards, says five-year scientific estimationA recent estimation conducted in Himachal Pradesh, India, as part of the Snow Leopard Population Assessment, has revealed the presence of 4...
- Through invented antiquity, Beijing seeks to validate territorial claimsName-giving is a process through which Beijing seeks to validate territorial claims through invented antiquity. While this tactic may not i...
- Uttarakhand flood: 2019 study warned Himalayan glaciers melting at alarming speedThe glacier collapse at Joshimath on Sunday led to a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river and caused large-scale devastation in the uppe...
- Himalayan glaciers melting twice as fast, 2019 study foundThe study, published in the journal Science Advances in June 2019, shows that glaciers have been losing the equivalent of more than a verti...
- Life and times of the man after whom Galwan river is namedThe valley, in news because of the latest India-China standoff, was in the spotlight during the 1962 war as well.
- Karakoram glaciers growing in spite of climate change: StudyIn winter, the vortex affects the temperature over the whole 2,000 kilometre mountain range, but in the summer the vortex contracts and has...
- Tibetan glaciers retreating, earlier study flawed: ReportMost glaciers on the Tibetan plateau and around it are rapidly melting says the latest study based on 30 years of satellite data and also a...
- Strong earthquake jolts northwestern ChinaA strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale late on Sunday jolted the Wuqia county in the northwestern Chinese province of Xinji...
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