Stories abound about Sungdare Sherpa. Funny stories mostly, always to do with a man in inebriety. Amusing when he was alive, they aren't now . The five-time conqueror
Will the glacial wilderness of Siachen stage war, or will it be where ibex and snow leopard roam?
The militarization of the Siachen A glacier has attracted media attention only
It is through salt that the iodine deficiency endemic to the Himalaya -causing goitre and cretinism – can be tackled. If a permanent system of salt iodization and distribution were set
In their rush to make development happen, planners and developers some times forget, or push to the side, people who just happen to be in the way.
Rameswar Choudhary points
This year too, late monsoon rains brought news of devastation as mountain-sides succumbed to the pull of gravity – from the Indian north-east westward, through Bhutan, Nepal, Himachal Pradesh
Allegations are mounting as colleagues say scientist's field findings were made up.
The sparks continue to fly around Panjab University, Chandigarh geologist Vishwa Jit Gupta, who was accused
