Rain, snowfall in J&K, Ladakh; Mughal Road closed Army, police rescue 100 passengers Gopal Sharma JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Oct 18: Four tourists were killed as a vehicle (Thar) skidded off the slippery snow clad road and fell down into a deep gorge near Khardungla Pass in Ladakh area while higher reaches of J&K including Pir Ki Gali on Mughal Road experienced fresh snowfall forcing authorities to close the road for traffic. The rain lashed many parts of Kashmir and Jammu region today […]
Permafrost thaw, one of the changes to the mountain cryosphere in the Himalayas triggered by global warming, is causing irreparable damage to the region.
It is late April 2022. At Namche Bazaar, a town in the Everest region of Nepal at an elevation of 3555 metres above sea level (m a.s.l), life, and business have not been the same since the COVID-19 outbreak. Located on the way to the Everest south base camp, this bustling market has seen reduced […]
Composed and sung by Joi Barua and his band, the Rezang La anthem is a tribute to Major Shaitan Singh and his men, who went to battle with little more than their indomitable spirit on November 18, 1962.