Disaster Risk Reduction Hub For Koshi River To Be Developed
byKathmandu: A recent UNESCAP disaster risk-focused report has identified transboundary river basins in South Asia as disaster hotspots. One such area in the Hindu Kush Himalayan…
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The Mall Road
byIn the early 1980s, Shimla was a town that boasted about many things and the one chic place to hangout at was The Mall,…
Tibetan Lama Dead For A Week, Pilgrims Throng Rewalsar
byA master practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, Wangdor Rinpoche – the presiding Lama at Rewalsar monastery, believers hold, did surrender his body a week ago…
Shahpur College, Kangra Plugs Into Solar Power
byDharamshala: Cutting back on costly power supplied by the State Electricity Board, Government Degree College, Shahpur has become one of the first government student…
Right to Dissent Has Constitutional Guarantee, Sedition Law Being Abused – Justice Deepak Gupta
byHolding up an incident from the life of Guru Nanak, Justice Deepak Gupta, Judge of Supreme Court brought out the irony and the fear…
‘Spectre Of Choor Dhar’ by Avay Shukla – Book Review
byAvay Shukla writes with a flair which is unmatched. A true Nature Lover, the ten stories in his book, ‘Spectre of Choor Dhar’, weave…
Violating The Criminal Justice Contract
byThe criminal justice system is based on an implicit four sided contract: the legislature shall pass the laws, the judiciary will interpret them, the…
Australian University Collaboration Supports India’s Bright PhD Scholars
bySome of India’s brightest postgraduate students will be given the opportunity to study in Australia as part of a new collaborative doctoral degree program…
Dams, Climate Change A Threat To Snow Trout Fish In Himalayan Rivers
byDharamshala: Scientists from Indian Wildlife Institute, WII, have expressed their apprehension that the effects of global warming are being noticed in cold water fishes…
Can Shrimp Farming Sustain its Growth
byThe story of the growth of the shrimp aquaculture and industry over the last decade is stuff dreams are made of. From facing near…