Ground truths

Villagers in Nepal flummox experts by 'reading' satellite images

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NEPAL

Small is beautiful

DEADLY NUMBERS

MYSTERY KILLER

KILLER DISEASE

New Drug Policy

New bird species

Nepal exodus

Washed away

Yak trade on Net

The king again

A junkyard in the sky

An average trekker uses as much firewood in a day as an average Nepali family would in a week.

Farm community abandons old practice

A Nepalese community that grows vegetables using traditional techniques is now succumbing to population pressures and rapid urbanisation.

Panel inspected

The inherently flawed investigation of Nepal's Arun III dam project has undermined the credibility of the World Bank's new Inspection Panel

Children worst hit by Nepal earthquake

According to UNICEF, at least 94,000 children are currently living in areas severely affected by the earthquake

Saving the tongue

Language>> Nomads • Nepal

Endangered lake

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Power plans

MAHAKALI MATTERS

Pollution perils

No dukes No deluge

Floods are bad. But embarkments only make matters worse

Holy muck