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Joshimath’s story dates back decades. That’s why media must dig deep

A small town in Uttarakhand has made it to the front pages of newspapers, and as the top story in many television news shows. Joshimath, a town of a little under 17,000 people in Chamoli district, is already well-known to trekkers, those wanting to explore the Himalayas, and Hindu pilgrims.…

Newslaundry · Jan 12, 2023

The key to future climate adaptation is to tap past knowledge

Climate-resilient agricultural knowledge has always been there among Indigenous groups, we just need to learn from them.

360info · Dec 19, 2022

Explainer-What the world's nature-rich nations want out of a global conservation deal

Tangled expanses of Amazon rainforest, high mountains of the Himalayas, and cloud-shrouded forests are just some of the unique landscapes contained within the world's most nature-rich nations. And protecting these ecosystems, experts say, could help save the planet.

Reuters · Dec 17, 2022

1962's Sino-Indian border war lasted four weeks – internment of India's Chinese community lasted years

As the Cuban missile crisis gripped the world’s attention 60 years ago, a less remembered conflict broke out high in the mountain passes of the Himalayas. Tensions had been mounting for months on the border between India and China and on October 20 the Chinese People’s Liberation Army attacked Indian…

The Conversation · Nov 7, 2022

Uttarakhand: Portals Of Kedarnath Dham Shut For Winter Season Today

It is believed that after the portals are shut, Lord Kedarnath becomes austere for six months of winter in the Himalayas for the welfare of the world. Read on for details:

Dynamite News · Oct 27, 2022

The school my parents kept me from – Vikram Kushwah’s best photograph

‘When I started using crude words, my parents sold their inheritance, took out massive loans and lived in a shack with an outside toilet – to send me to an elite school in the Himalayas. These boys are at the school I would otherwise have attended

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022

Rangers legend Willie Henderson backs Nepal trekkers raising funds for charity set up in memory of his late daughter

Group of 14 volunteers will scale to an altitude of 4500m in the Himalayas in aid of the Michelle Henderson Cervical Cancer Trust.

Daily Record · Oct 13, 2022

Avalanche in the Indian Himalayas kills dozens of climbers

At least 26 people have been confirmed dead after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas, officials said Friday, with bad weather hampering the fourth day of search and rescue efforts.

France 24 · Oct 7, 2022

Death toll in avalanche in Indian Himalayas rises to 16 - statement

Rescuers in northern India recovered 12 bodies of trainee mountaineers on Thursday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 16 from an avalanche in the Himalayas, the state-run Nehru Institute of Mountaineering said.

Reuters · Oct 6, 2022

Avalanche in Indian Himalayas kills at least four with dozens missing

Indian air force searches for remainder of group consisting of 34 mountaineering trainees and seven instructors

The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2022