FALLING WATER: The braids on the Yarlung Tsangpo (Barhmaputra) near Lhasa before it enters a series of gorges where the world's largest hydroelectric plant is being built by China. Photo: KUNDA DIXIT ...

UK intelligence warns of global food and water crises by the 2030s due to ecosystem collapse, potentially sparking conflict.

Dehradun: Unregulated riverbed sand mining has become a "rapidly intensifying geohazard" in the Himalayan region, triggering "profound and potentially irreversible changes to river morphology, ...

The Indus or Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze Age society that developed mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia from 5300 to 3300 years ago, at about the same time as urban civilisations ...

Environmentalists, scientists, and activists have voiced serious concerns over the impact of ongoing development in the Himalayan region. At a recent meeting at the Doon Library and Research Centre, ...