TAPPING GROUNDWATER

Remedial resolve

New entrant

Nepal set to join WTO

Ripples across the border

Mega-mishap

Bangladesh wants remedy; can India and Nepal pitch in?

Mucky findings

In Short

Animal farm

Rhino demoted

Sorrow of Bihar

South Asia

Managing air quality in Nepal: Pollution control fee may be key

943 crore Nepali rupees collected in fees unused, can help local govts to combat poor air quality

Recognize environmental contribution of pastoralists: Experts

'Pastoralism should be integrated into agriculture and livestock to make agriculture profitable, conserve bio-diversity'

Khar’s experimentation with Himalayan nettle brings recognition

Himalayan nettle, a fibre-yielding plant, has become an important livelihood option for people living in the remote mountainous villages of the …

'Structures in rural Afghanistan highly vulnerable to shaking'

Relief organisations have welcomed support from the international community in the aftermath of the Hindu Kush quake

Relentless rains wreak havoc in South Asia

Flash floods have left a desolate trail from Punjab to Bangladesh and the toll has been especially severe in Nepal, where raging torrents have …

Tanakpur treaty to come up for ratification

The sharing of waters between India and Nepal has always been a contentious issue. If the latest agreement is any different, it is only because …

People's forests

A workshop in Nepal on community forest use brings to the fore environmental gains of the concept

Nepal's dirty air

A recent study reveals that air pollution levels in Nepal is one of the worst among South Asian countries

A new home

A tale of four rhinos from Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park to bardia, 600 kilometres away, the rhinos are forced to live in a new place for …

Kishanganj maize farmers at wit’s end as elephant herds from Nepal raid standing crop days ahead of harvest

Although such events have occurred in the past too, their frequency has gone up, say forest officials

Nepal’s tigers triple: India had and will continue to have a role to play, say experts

Nepal now has 355 tigers, compared to 235 in 2018

NASA goofs up

Photo>> Everest • US/Nepal

Drop by drop

Leading the polluters