Governor flags off Himalayan trekking expedition Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot flagged off a batch of nurses embarking on a trekking expedition to the Himalayas, at a function in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The Hindu · May 3, 2023
Pub landlord who fell while taking photo was electrocuted when he grabbed wire Ivan Brown was on holiday in India and taking a photo of the Himalayas when he fell and grabbed a live wire for balance, an inquest into the former pub landlord's death has heard Daily Mirror · Apr 24, 2023
Trip of the week: a road trip through Pakistan’s high peaks Located at the western end of the Himalayas and the northern tip of Pakistan, the region of Gilgit-Baltistan is one of the world’s most impenetrable natural citadels. It also has “an extraordinarily rich cultural landscape”, says Sam Dalrymple in Condé Nast Traveller, having often resisted conquest by neighbouring empires, while… The Week · Apr 24, 2023
Funeral plans announced for Co Down mountaineer who died in Himalayas The renowned Dromara adventurer died last Monday at a camp in the Himalayas. Belfast Live · Apr 23, 2023
Brit on 1986 Pan Am plane attack faces terrorist to find out why he spared his life Mike Thexton was 27 when, after a summer hiking in the Himalayas, the plane he boarded from Karachi, Pakistan was hijacked by a Palestinian terror cell Daily Mirror · Apr 22, 2023
Uttarakhand: Baba Kedarnath's Panchmukhi Utsav Doli departs from Ukhimath The Panchmukhi Utsav Doli of Baba Kedarnath left for the Himalayas on Friday after its winter stay in Ukhimath. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Apr 21, 2023
Wife of mountaineer Noel Hanna: 'He fell asleep, never to awaken again - there was no better place for him to die' Lynne Hanna said there was 'no better place' for a mountain man to die than the Himalayas Irish Mirror · Apr 19, 2023
Dad's friend spotted odd leg movement on holiday before he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Friends of Rob Stubbs, 62, first noticed his symptoms of the debilitating condition while he was walking up in the Himalayas, as he was dragging his right foot on the ground Daily Mirror · Apr 17, 2023
Dad told to go to doctor after friend noticed worrying sign on walk Rob Stubbs was walking in the Himalayas when one of his friends first noticed the symptom Liverpool Echo · Apr 16, 2023
India’s push for 24/7 clean energy from dams upends lives A remote region amid gigantic peaks in the Himalayas is home to just 100,000 people but makes four nuclear power plants worth of energy The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023
Factbox-Deadly avalanches in Indian Himalayas At least seven people died in an avalanche in India's northeastern state of Sikkim on Tuesday, according to the Indian army. It was one of many avalanches in the Indian Himalayas that have killed at least 120 people over the last two years. Reuters · Apr 4, 2023
Avalanche sweeps away tourists in northeast India; 7 killed An avalanche has swept away a group of tourists in the Himalayas in northeastern India, killing at least seven and injuring 11 The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023
Prince’s Golf Club: Shore & Himalayas Course Review, Tee Times and Key Info Up to 73rd in our Top 100 UK&I Course Rankings in association with Peter Millar, the many exciting changes at Prince's over recent years have really paid dividends Golf Monthly · Mar 29, 2023
Himalayas: The climate time bomb threatening India In the world's highest mountain range, global warming threatens thousands of glaciers, resulting in increasingly frequent natural disasters: landslides, avalanches and glacier collapses. Our reporters Alban Alvarez and Navodita Kumari travelled to the small northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, where these disasters are compounded by a rush to develop infrastructure… France 24 · Mar 24, 2023
The Conversation · Mar 23, 2023 Friday essay: matrilineal societies exist around the world – it's time to look beyond the patriarchy Thirty years ago, I travelled to Lijiang, an ancient city in the northwest of China’s Yunnan province in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas. Lijiang’s old town is a tangle of intersecting waterways, arched stone bridges, and cobbled streets. Just north of the city – about five hours by road…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023 Scarred for life: the Himalayan towns sinking into oblivion The construction of vast dams and a network of roads and railways have taken a heavy toll on the state of Uttarakhand, with buildings in Joshimath and other settlements collapsing and residents blaming government indifference
WEKU · Feb 9, 2023 Take a look at the image people voted to award Wildlife Photographer of the Year German photographer Sascha Fonseca set out bait-free camera traps three years ago to capture the ever-elusive snow leopard in the Indian Himalayas.
Reuters · Feb 7, 2023 Glacial lake floods threaten communities in Asia, South America Melting mountain glaciers pose a growing flood risk to some 15 million people around the world, researchers said in a report published on Tuesday, with communities in Asia facing the biggest danger.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023 ‘Will Catherine get to the Himalayas?’ 10 burning unanswered questions from Happy Valley From the chances of a potential spin-off to the prospects of Ryan joining the force, here are the lingering questions from Sunday’s finale – and our answers
Radio France Internationale · Jan 29, 2023 India's sinking hill town, a casualty of the warming Himalayas On the slopes of the Himalayas, nearly 2,000 metres above sea level, the hill town of Joshimath is sinking. Experts fear it's one of many settlements in the ecologically fragile region in danger of being wiped out because of subsidence worsened by large-scale construction and climate change.
Reuters · Jan 27, 2023 India expects more clashes with Chinese troops in Himalayas - document A security assessment by Indian police in the Himalayan region of Ladakh says there could be more clashes between Indian and Chinese troops along their contested frontier there as Beijing ramps up military infrastructure in the region.
RideApart · Jan 26, 2023 Royal Enfield Teams With UNESCO To Document Himalayan Cultural Heritage Royal Enfield recently partnered with UNESCO to help preserve parts of India's Intangible Cultural Heritage in communities across the Himalayas. You can help!
Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023 Superfit dad's final post after he's found dead during Mount Everest climb Kellinu Portelli set off from Britain for the 4,5000 mile trip to the Himalayas. He said "just one more sleep and I'm off on an adventure of a lifetime"
ABC News · Jan 20, 2023 Inside Nepal’s tourism industry and the risks travellers are willing to take Regular visitors to Nepal are very familiar with the risks that come with travelling throughout the country, but it's unlikely to stop them from going back.
France 24 · Jan 17, 2023 Indian passenger's video of Nepal plane crash emerges as relatives mourn dead Search teams retrieved the flight data and cockpit voice recorders Monday of a passenger plane that plummeted into a gorge on approach to a new airport in the foothills of the Himalayas, officials said, as investigators looked for the cause of Nepal's deadliest plane crash in 30 years.