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New Delhi: A High-Level Delegation comprising of 15 Women Entrepreneurs from Antarprerana Pvt. Ltd. and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) from Nepal and Bhutan visited Amity University Uttar Pradesh, with the objective

Dr. Baker Perry, National Geographic Explorer and professor in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning, returned to Mount Everest in May.

Nearly 750 participants representing international, regional, national, local organizations, and other stakeholders participated in the 3rd International Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference, which was held in Bali, Indonesia, on 23 and 24 May 2022. The Conference was organized by the International Network on Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (IN-MHEWS) and other partners as a pre-event for the 2022 Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.

KATHMANDU: Water scarcity in Kuinkel Thumka, a mountainous village in eastern Nepal, has for years made life difficult for residents — until a few months ago, when they started to capture excess rainfall during the monsoon season. Located in the Middle Hills, between the Himalayas and Tarai, the village of 850 people lies in Kavrepalanchok district of Bagmati province, where

The sudden rise in temperatures in many parts of the region is already having terrifying consequences. On Monday night, the lake above Shisper glacier in Hunza burst due to an unprecedented rise in...

Hunza’s Hassanabad Bridge, which collapsed due to a GLOF over the weekend Due to the ongoing heatwave that is forecast to raise day temperatures in Pakistan’s northern areas by 7-9°C above normal, the Met Office has warned of potential flash floods in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan as the rate of melting for snow and ice rises.

 "Not only are glacial lakes rapidly forming in them, but they are also appearing ahead of their normal time and bursting into floods", he added.

The office vacancy trend started to happen before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lockdown...

Pent Park Ushers in a New Chapter for Milford, Connecticut's Business Scene...

Dr. Pasang Yangjee Sherpa, an anthropologist at the University of Washington, is one of the leading voices in the field of climate change in South Asia.