India has a story to tell in single malts that is not borrowed from Scotland or Japan: Alcobrew’s Romesh PanditaIn a freewheeling chat, Romesh Pandita, Chairman and Managing Director, Alcobrew Distilleries India, highlights how Indian single malts are...
09 Jun, 2026, 02.34 PM IST
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...
14 May, 2026, 08.46 PM IST
NGT issues notice to Centre over hanging glacier danger in central HimalayaThe National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...
26 Apr, 2026, 02.21 PM IST
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...
25 Apr, 2026, 02.55 PM IST
Gujarat, Rajasthan to see up to 50 pc more rain, big deficit likely in Himalayas due to climate changeWestern India is poised for a significant surge in rainfall by 2040 due to climate change, while the eastern and northeastern regions may e...
17 Nov, 2024, 10.39 PM IST
Glacial ties should not mean non-coopIndia must step up its research on glaciers and augment its understanding of the issue. As major countries of the region, both India and Ch...
25 Dec, 2023, 11.01 PM IST
Experts discuss role of Hindu Kush Himalayas region & Arctic in the era of climate changeExperts gathered in Kathmandu for the first-ever Inter-Polar Conference, organized jointly by the International Centre for Integrated Mount...
06 Sep, 2023, 05.44 PM IST
- Climate change, hydro projects triggered Chamoli disaster: Study
While the study stops short of linking the disaster directly to climate change, it says that the increasing frequency of high-mountain slop...
12 Jun, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
Why did glacier break in cold winter month of Feb?"This is an anomaly. In winter, glaciers remain firmly frozen. Even walls of glacial lakes are tightly bound. A flood of this sort in this ...
08 Feb, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
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...
07 Feb, 2021, 02.55 PM IST
11-yr-old Indian girl joins Greta to file UN plaint25 Sep, 2019, 05.19 AM IST
How to make rural India switch to cleaner cookstovesThree billion people still rely on traditional cookstoves that use solid fuels such as wood or coal, according to researchers from the Duke...
21 May, 2019, 11.34 AM IST
Only 25% of original habitats have survived in East Himalayas: WWFOnly 25 per cent of the original habitats in the eastern Himalayas remain intact and hundreds of species in the region face threat.
11 Oct, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
- Climate change in the Himalayas a reality: Experts
Experts have concluded that the impact of climate change in the Himalayas is being felt on the lives of people and wildlife in the region.
12 Dec, 2014, 07.21 AM IST
North India, Himalayas to be worst hit by climate change: ReportNorthern parts of the country and the Himalayan region will be the worst hit by climate change in India and warming will be greater over la...
29 Sep, 2012, 11.28 PM IST
Himalayas warming faster, facing severe climate change impact: StudyA scientific study revealed that the Himalayas, one of world’s richest biodiversity zones, is warming faster than other parts of the globe.
30 May, 2012, 03.29 PM IST
- Himalayas hotspot of climate change
Himalayan ecosystems are 'the hotspots'. That's the message from the two-day South Asian Regional Climate Change Conference.
04 Sep, 2009, 03.21 AM IST