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ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS IN HIMALAYAS
Rock-ice avalanches: The silent Himalayan killer behind Nepal's deadly floodRecent floods in Nepal's Rasuwa district highlight rock-ice avalanches. These events, which can trigger destructive downstream floods, are ...- 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...
- Nuclear Device Lost: A Cold War secret buried in India’s Himalayas is still a grave danger to humanityHimalaya Nanda Devi Nuclear Device: A secret CIA mission in 1965 to spy on China resulted in a lost nuclear device on Nanda Devi. American ...
- Ethiopian volcano erupts, puts India on alert: What is an ash cloud, what are the hazards & how you should prepareA massive ash cloud from Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano, erupting for the first time in nearly 10,000 years, is heading towards northern In...
- Nagaland University-led research assesses stability of high altitude lakes in Sikkim & ArunachalNagaland University is leading a research project. It focuses on high-altitude lakes in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. The project assesses ...
- New Indo-US satellite to track every shake and shift on EarthIndia and the United States are preparing to launch the NISAR satellite on July 30. This joint project follows the SITE project after 50 ye...
- Pakistan secures USD 10 million in funds for climate solutionsIslamabad secures USD 10 million climate finance to enhance water resource management in the Indus River using nature-based solutions. The ...
- How a ban on human activities could've saved over 150 lives in Kerala's WayanadThe recent landslides in Wayanad, Kerala, which claimed over 150 lives, underscore the ongoing issues in notifying the Western Ghats as an ...
- 10 Best Camping Compass in India For Navigating Any Terrain (2023)Discover the best camping compass in India that guarantees accurate navigation in diverse terrains. Ranging from impact-resistant and water...
- Climate change, pollution, construction: multiple whammy to fuel more Sikkim-like disasters, warn scientistsAs Sikkim picks up the pieces following flash floods that saw many thousands being displaced, major infrastructure projects destroyed and s...
- Nepal quake triggered Sikkim disaster? Scientists to find outScientists are investigating whether the recent earthquake in Nepal caused the south Lhonak lake to burst, leading to a flash flood in the ...
- Joshimath to Rishikesh highway stretch getting riskier, study findsBased on an inventory of more than 300 landslides along the corridor following exceptionally high rainfall in September and October 2022, t...
- Char Dham Yatra: Environmentalists flag concerns over threat to Uttarakhand's exotic herbsFurther, with an increase in tourism activities in the state, heaps of plastic waste and garbage have been seen piled up on the stretch lea...
- Chamoli disaster due to ‘rock and ice avalanche’ that transformed into massive ‘debris flow’: StudyWhile the study stops short of linking the disaster directly to climate change, it says that the increasing frequency of high-mountain slop...
- Humans are fascinated by water in motion but leave a trail of plastic wasteCrowds gather at waterfalls in the monsoon, seeking the purifying and titillating thrill of waterfalls. But the physical pollution that the...
- Sustainable growth goes beyond GDP, market values: Hamid AnsariHamid Ansari called for re-examining the meaning of sustainable growth while stressing on embracing the Gandhian philosophy of "good of all.
- Rejuvenating the Ganga is much more than cleaning itIndia’s holiest river, acquired a political profile like never before in recent memory when Narendra Modi decided to contest the 2014 LS po...
- Beas river- turning into dumping site for hotels and othersRiver Beas, once considered sacred, has now turned into a source of dumping garbage and other waste material which has posed threat not onl...
- Uttarakhand floods: The two-minute solution to coping with disastersIndia’s future will be secure only when Indians wake up to their responsibilities. We need those extra two minutes more from each one of th...
- Incremental housing will be needed in urban locationsLuxmi Group executive director Rudra Chatterjee talks about the company's venture into real estate and future plans.
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