President seeks end to crisis engulfing Nepal
Nepal鈥檚 president said Thursday he聽was seeking an end to the crisis that has engulfed the Himalayan nation since deadly protests this week ousted the prime minister and left parliament in flames...
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Indian rescuers scour debris after toll reaches 60 in flood
Indian rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble Friday after the latest deadly flood to crash through a Himalayan village killed at least 60 people and washed away dozens more...
Flood kills 37 in Kashmir mountain village
Powerful torrents driven by intense rain smashed into a Himalayan mountain village in Indian-administered Kashmir and killed at least 37 people on Thursday, a top disaster management official said...
Indian Himalayan flood likely caused by glacier collapse: experts
A deadly wall of muddy water that swept away an Indian Himalayan town this week was likely caused by a rapidly melting glacier exacerbated by the rising effects of climate change, experts said on Thursday.
Indian army searches for scores missing
The Indian army brought in sniffer dogs, drones and heavy earth-moving equipment on Wednesday to search for scores of people missing a day after deadly Himalayan flash floods...
Flash flood washes out India Himalayan town, killing four
A flash flood driving a torrent of mud smashed into a town in India鈥檚 Himalayan region on Tuesday, tearing down a mountain valley before demolishing buildings and killing at least four people...
India brothers marry same woman in ancient custom
A pair of brothers in rural India have married the same woman, upholding an ancient custom and sparking criticism from a women鈥檚 rights group after photos of the wedding went viral...
India monsoon season death toll hits 69
Flash floods and landslides after torrential rain over the last two weeks killed at least 69 people and injured 110 others in India鈥檚 northern Himalayan regions, officials said Friday.
Disasters loom over S Asia with forecast of a hotter, wetter monsoon
Communities across Asia鈥檚 Himalayan Hindu Kush region face heightened disaster risks this monsoon season with temperatures and rainfall expected to exceed normal levels, experts warned on Thursday...
Himalayan snow at 23-year low, threatening 2b people: report
Snowfall in Asia鈥檚 Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report on Monday...
All-women Himalayan expedition team honoured
The first ever Bangladeshi all-women team that had recently made an expedition to Himalayan peaks was honoured at Liberation War Museum on January 23....
Defeat plastic before it wipes us out
THE presence of plastics, from the Himalayas鈥� peak to Challenger Deep 鈥� the deepest known point of the seabed of Earth 鈥� highlights plastic pollution as one of the most severe environmental crises of our time. While challenges like greenhouse gas emissions remain uncontrollable, the escalating threat of plastic pollution demands immediate attention...
India launches flood warning systems at Himalayan glacial lakes
India is setting up high-tech warning systems at nearly 200 Himalayan glacial lakes at risk of bursting their banks, a deadly threat exacerbated by climate change, disaster officials said on Tuesday.
Divided land, disputed origins: India's Brokpa people
High in the icy Indian Himalayas, a long-isolated people recall origin myths of millennia-old migrations from afar -- an identity in disputed lands twisted today by politics.
Climate change hits honey hunters in Nepal
Hanging from a rope-and-bamboo ladder off a Himalayan mountain cliff, skilled Nepali climbers gather highly prized hallucinogenic honey -- an ancient tradition stung by environmental degradation and rapid climate change.
Monks, Muslims vote to demand rights for India鈥檚 Ladakh
Buddhist monks and Muslims in the Indian Himalayan territory of Ladakh turned out to vote on Monday, demanding statehood and that their local culture be protected in the overwhelmingly Hindu nation...
Nepali guide dies on Himalayan peak as climbing season begins
A Nepali guide died after summiting the world鈥檚 fifth-highest mountain, officials in the Himalayan Republic said on Thursday, in the first fatality of the spring climbing season.....