If you destroy forest, you will be destroyed –Devesh Kumar,IAS
byChamba : Deputy Commissioner advices the students Deputy Commissioner of Chamba Devesh Kumar was presiding over the valedictory function of the 3rd batch of…
Environment
Foresters, scientists express concern over conservation of Chilgoza pines in Himachal
byShimla: Threatened by changing weather patterns and construction of hydropower project, foresters and scientists deliberated at a day’s workshop here today over ways to…
Himachal initiates waste management
byShimla: Similar to many countries even Himachal Pradesh Government has taken an initiative to manage waste. Himachal Pradesh was the first state in India…
Himachal to buy back plastic waste at Rs 3/ Kg – Dhumal
byShimla: To clean up the plastic mess in the hills, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Earth Day announced a buy back scheme for…
Himalayan Ski Village moves court: Stalls project cancellation
byShimla: Delayed by over three years, promoters of the multi-million dollar Himalayan Ski Village (HSV) project have moved the court and pre-empted the Himachal…
March 2010, Shimla: The second hottest in 110 Years
byShimla: In a hundred and ten years of its recorded temperature history, mercury in Shimla by touching 25.8 degree Celsius on 23rd March was…
Forest fires eat into green cover in Narkanda, Himachal
byShimla: It’s not summer yet for the apple trees are in full blossom, but impact of rising temperatures and absence of spring rains has…
Hot spring causes early tree blossom in Himachal
byWild Pink Rhododendrons have blossomed a month early in and around Shimla Shimla: Detractors of climate change notwithstanding, unusually warm weather in March has…
Himachal to improve weather forecast system
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh meteorological department will be strengthened with the installation of new high-tech gadgets to provide more precise and exhaustive weather forecast, proving…
Himachal takes measures towards development of medicinal plants
byShimla: In a two days workshop on “Challenges & Opportunities for Growth of Medicinal Plants Sector in North-west Himalayasâ€, Mohinder Pal, IFS, Director, Himalayan…