Climbing Season Climbing season in the Himalayas predominately takes place just twice per year when the Jetstream subsides above the Himala ...

The latest research contradicts previous studies that proposed the Indian landmass's collision with Eurasian plates as the ...

Just as ties seemed to be on the mend, a US$137 billion hydropower behemoth on the Yarlung Tsangpo River threatens to muddy ...

In the absence of a water-sharing treaty, we are in a vulnerable position, but a dam for a dam is not in our best interest ...

An analysis of over 10,000 flights reveals the world’s most turbulent routes, where passengers frequently encounter intense ...

Scientists have identified fossils of snow leopards. The discovery has allowed them to trace the evolutionary history of the species during the Quaternary period and to propose how it dispersed from ...

According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC), the earthquake struck near the holy town of Xigaze at 8:58 PM local ...

Located in the Kangra valley of Himachal Pradesh, Palampur is a beautiful place which has some picturesque landscapes and ...

“But its a ‘bitter cold’ – I once went dog-sleighing in the Arctic and we slept inside our tents in temperatures of minus 32 and I felt a lot colder in the (Tibetan) Himalayas in minus 12 than I did ...

At least two Tibetan monastic centres damaged by quake Unknown number of clergy hurt, monasteries affected Buddhist monasteries key to Tibet's cultural identity Some Tibetan monks in the past ...

An earthquake measuring around 7 on the Richter scale hit Tibet on January 7, killing around 100 people and damaging about 1,000 ... Currently, there is no equipment to find such precursors, even if ...

An international team of scientists has identified fossils of snow leopards for the first time, in a research published in ...