Lewis Gordon Pugh To Swim Mt Everest Waters For Climate Change

British endurance swimmer and environmental activist Lewis Gordon Pugh will be swimming under the summit of Mt Everest to raise awareness for the importance of protecting the glaciers of the Himalayas. These...

Quake Shakes Himalayas Causing Deaths, Destruction in Bhutan

The Himalayas has always been a playground for earthquakes as it is located on the suture zone of two most volatile continental plates moving against one another. "A powerful earthquake has struck the Himalayan region, causing at least five deaths and destruction in the small...

Royal Marine who died on Christmas Eve

" Lance Corporal Benjamin Whatley, from Lima Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines Photo: MOD The soldier was named as L/Cpl Benjamin Whatley, 20, from King’s Lynn in Norfolk who was serving...

18th Sports & Culture Mela concludes at Parogi village

"MUSSOORIE, 17 Nov: The 18th Culture and Sports Mela organised by the ‘Krida and Sanskritik Vikas Samiti’, Athjula Silwad, concluded today amidst much fanfare. Kabaddi and cultural programs were held on the...

Pollution may hit Himalayan monsoon clouds

The Monsoon, is life blood of southeast Asia.More then 50%population depends on Monsoon rain for their agriculture output.The southwestt monsoon is known for its irratic nature and uncertainity, but this latest...

Explorers to search Himalayas for yeti

A group of explorers in Japan are combing the Himalayas in a directed effort to find the Yeti. The expedition launched mid-August, 2008. "Over the next two months, a team of Japanese explorers hopes to obtain indisputable video evidence confirming the existence of the...

River Ganges,waterless within 30 yrs:Fera environtmentalists

mythology The Hindus believe that king Bhageerath son of King Dileep, Ikshvaku dynasty was main architect in bringing ganga down to the earth. As the story goes-Bhageerath ancestors (Sagars) on their...

Tributes To Sir Edmund Hillary, The First to the Top of The World

The first man ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest died on January 10th, 2008, leaving behind a legacy of exploration and adventure that would leave even Indiana Jones green with envy.Leaders from around the...

The Chill To Catch This Winter! Review Of Amazing Debut CD

You are duly invited to check out this guy's music! I heard it on Classic FM and had to pull the car over just to listen to the rest. I've been on to www.andygarbi.com and the release date is 04.02.08...

"Limbs Flying Around": 42 Killed in India Bombing Linked to Terrorists

In yet another terrifying episode of politics-by-death, terrorists set off bombs in an amusement park and restaurant. The suffering of those killed, those injured, and those who lost loved ones is, to some, the way to make a political point.The seemingly-endless cycles of...

Tibet in Exile

" "When people ask me, 'Which place do you belong to?' I, too, have started to say: 'I belong to a problem called Tibet. And there are many more of us where I come from.'" - Activist and writer, Tenzin...

Forced to Exile

Going abroad is not a sin, the sin is not to return back home to serve one's own country. "I still remember when I was then back in school, we were always taught that we should live within our country no matter whatsoever the difficulties be hounding our lives. We were...

No escape as mobile phone reaches Everest's summit

A British mountaineer has set a world record by making the first mobile telephone call from the summit of Mount Everest. "It's cold, it's fantastic, the Himalayas are everywhere," Rod Baber said in the phone call...

Heatwave on the top of the world

Yesterday, I wrote about a new study showing the effects of climate change on the Tibetan Plateau. Today, in my inbox through Google Alerts, came an article about a study by Chinese glaciologists in 2001 and 2002...

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