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In hydropowered Bhutan, solar starts to riseBhutan is expanding solar power capacity to meet rising electricity demand. Hydropower faces challenges from low winter river flows and cli...- Mid-tier VCs scout deeptech deals; ETSA winner Varaha’s India playHappy Monday! Sector-agnostic mid-tier venture capital investors are recaliberating focus on India's deeptech startups. This and more in to...
- Bhutan business bets on hazelnuts for farming futureBhutanese farmers are cultivating hazelnuts, a high-value crop, on their lands. This initiative aims to improve subsistence farming and add...
- 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...
- The Himalayas look unchanged from below, but something is happening high in the mountains — Nepal’s disaster offers a frightening clueA recent disaster in Nepal highlights growing instability in the warming Himalayas. Massive rock and ice collapses unleash destructive floo...
- Farming experts tout 'conscious' food systems to fix agriculture woesWorldwide, farmers are grappling with severe challenges related to climate change and financial pressures that threaten food security. Spec...
- As climate change warms the Himalayas, disasters like the Nepal floods are becoming more frequentRecent flash floods in Nepal and China killed over one thousand people. High mountain glaciers are melting, increasing flood frequency and ...
- 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...
- Glaciers were found moving across the Himalayas from space; scientists just uncovered a 58,500-year-old collapse hiding in the same mountainsSpace images reveal Himalayan glaciers flowing downhill, a dynamic process previously unseen. These ice masses feed vital rivers relied upo...
- Move over Bordeaux, Tuscany, Chile, Napa & Yarra Valley, Bhutan's uncorking its wineBhutan, known for Gross National Happiness, is now bottling its own wine. The Bhutan Wine Company planted 17 grape species in 2019, with th...
- Nepal PM Prachanda calls for 'unified mountain voice' to address effects of climate changePrime Minister Prachanda emphasizes the urgent need for a unified mountain voice to address climate change effects in the Himalayas. Nepal ...
- US to work with partners in South Asia to address climate crisis: Top diplomatThe US government's Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Elizabeth Horst said this during the fi...
- Trade, security in focus during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visitDuring the September 6-7 visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Hasina are expected to jointly inaugurate a 1,320 MW power plant worth abo...
- Bhutan global role model on climate change: USBhutan absorbs three times more carbon dioxide than it emits, making the country carbon negative, said Nisha Biswal
- Lima climate summit: Saarc stands up to be counted as oneThe Saarc bloc has finally emerged as a united force at the ongoing climate talks with ministers and key representatives of all eight membe...
- Saarc nations come as a separate group at Lima climate talksLIMA: The SAARC group has finally come as a joint force at the ongoing climate talks with ministers and key representatives of all eight me...
- Climate change threatens Asian birdsLaos, Cambodia and Vietnam are among the six countries whose bird species will suffer, in the future, from the effects of climate change, a...
- Climate change needs to be discussed in 'meaningful' way: IndiaWith climate change being the central theme of the SAARC summit, India hoped the eight-nation bloc would hold the dialogue on the issue in ...
- Bhutan keen to protect its environmentBhutan is keen to protect its environment from further degradation and preserving the country’s ecological balance.
- Top World Bank official asks countries to emulate BhutanBhutan's guiding development philosophy -- gross national happiness (GNH) -- has come in for praise from a top WB official who said other c...
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