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 ...

Much of the Indus civilization developed around an extinct river, challenging ideas about how urbanization in ancient cultures developed, scientists have discovered. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Conservation geneticist Adarsh Man Sherchan is one of the leading experts keeping track of the impacts that Nepal’s dozens of dams are having on ...

The snowy peaks of the Himalayas - the abode of our gods, the source of sustenance with its rivers, and the getaway of the initiated- are melting at an unprecedented pace. As temperatures rise, the ...

ISLAMABAD: The Abu Dhabi Dialogue Group comprising seven states sharing the rivers rising in the Greater Himalayas is expected to meet early next month to adopt a joint initiative to minimise the ...

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, ...

Plans by China and India to construct hydropower dams on a major Himalayan river raise the prospect of deadly environmental and humanitarian catastrophes for millions of people living downstream, ...