Pilgrimages like the Char Dham Yatra have continued for centuries without turning into tourism. The extreme greed to extract ...

The study of plant biodiversity in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in East Asia, is crucial due to its remarkable ...

Glacier thinning is destabilising mountain slopes, increasing the likelihood of deep-seated landslides, say experts, calling ...

Last year, at age 18, Nima Rinji Sherpa became the youngest climber to summit the world’s 14 tallest peaks. His next challenge is even trickier: Overturning old ideas about the roles Sherpas play—and ...

On July 8, a local in Upper Mustang, Nepal, noticed an ominous flood wave rushing down the Chhuhama stream above Chumjung and ...

China was also poorly equipped, until quite recently, and separated from India by the Himalaya Mountains. Under those conditions Russian weapons were just fine for Indian needs.

Of nearly 100,000 glaciers containing approximately 7,000 km of ice in High Mountain Asia, around half are in the Himalaya and Karakoram mountains.

India's suspension of a 65-year-old water-sharing accord with Pakistan raises geopolitical stakes and threatens local ...

A state official from Uttarakhand said rescue teams had been deployed ‘on a war footing’ following the floods.

At least four people were killed and more than 50 were missing after flood waters swept through a village in India's ...

LADAKH, India (AP) — Carrying her 1-year-old son on her back, Tsering Dolma herds a dozen yaks into a stone-walled corral as evening approaches in the desolate mountains of India’s ...

A surge of flood water tore through a mountainous village in northern India Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead and ...