The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
GURGAON: The city is getting ready to have its own disaster management plan for the first time. Additional deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh is working on a disaster management plan wherein capacity-building activities have been lined up at the level of schools, government colleges, government departments and industries in the …
This report compares the approach to cookstoves of SNV, the Netherlands Development Organisation, with evidence from the sector about how interventions can lead to market transformation. Case studies of improved cookstove and fuels projects in Cambodia, Kenya, Nepal and Rwanda are analysed to examine the potential for successful scale-up and …
A fresh aftershock of 5 on the Richter scale was felt early Monday morning. The National Seismological Centre said that the epicenter of the fresh quake that occured at at 5:42am today was Ramechhap district. Earlier, a quake of 4.3 on the Richter scale occurred with its epicenter in Sindhupalchowk …
GORKHABAZAR, JUN 29 - A series of big and small landslides triggered by torrential rains in northern Gorkha has added to the suffering of the earthquake survivors of Keraunja, sweeping away 60 houses. The landslides has hit ward no 1, 3 and 4 in the village, putting other 475 houses …
KATHMANDU, JUN 30 - The World Bank Group on Tuesday approved two credits totaling US $300 million to rebuild houses in poor, rural areas of Nepal and to provide an injection of cash for the government’s budget to help the country recover from devastating earthquake s in April and May. …
With data from the nearly 6,000 households in the Nepal Living Standards Survey of 2010–11, this paper finds that the mean reduction in household firewood collection associated with use of a biogas plant for cooking is about 1,100 kilograms per year from a mean of about 2,400 kilograms per year. …
India ranks a lowly 143rd on a global peace index, lagging way behind the likes of Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh with Iceland emerging as the most peaceful nation in the world. According to the non-profit Institute for Economics and Peace, Iceland, the thinly-populated island in the midst of …
India pledged $1 billion for earthquake reconstruction in Nepal on Thursday, with a quarter of the amount in the form of grants, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj told a donor conference also attended by China. Swaraj said the $1 billion was over and above India's existing aid pledges to Nepal. "This …
BHOJPUR: A committee of locals here has held a demonstration, putting forth a six-point demand including immediate compensation for the damage caused by the under-construction Eastern Hydropower Project in Pikhuwa Khola, Bhojpur. The locals protested after the project, under construction for over six years affecting fertility of villagers’ arable lands, …
KATHMANDU: A 13-member Rapid Environmental Assessment team, headed by former vice chairman of the National Planning Commission Shankar Sharma, has recommended that the government act in a manner to mitigate the environmental impacts and hazards during the post-earthquake recovery of the country. “Environmental concern may be unavoidable but can be …
Baitadi, the hilly district in the far west region, has been declared the first fully immunised district. Altogether 10 districts in the country have been declared fully vaccinated including Baitadi-- the first in the Mahakali zone. The plan to declare the fully immunized district was achieved after all the people …
Kathmandu, June 22: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Bimalendra Nidhi has said that the Ministry has allocated Rs 30 billion for the construction of the roads across the country. Talking to journalists in Biratnagar, Minister Nidhi added that the amount was allocated for the purpose from the financial support …
Gaping Holes In Healthcare: Niti Aayog India's progress in health outcomes during the past two decades has been slower in comparison to other developing countries with comparable incomes, a latest working paper prepared by Niti Aayog said, highlighting crucial gaps in India's healthcare system. The paper, titled `Health Systems in …
India's progress in health outcomes during the past two decades has been slower in comparison to other developing countries with comparable incomes, a latest working paper prepared by Niti Aayog said, highlighting crucial gaps in India's healthcare system. The paper, titled `Health Systems in India: Bridging the Gap Between Current …
The number of vultures has shot up from 30 in 2004 to over 900 in 2013: Survey There has been a dramatic increase in the number of vultures in the past one decade with huge flocks of even 175 scavengers becoming a common sight. Reason: These scavengers are feasting on …
Peak Moved To The Southwest After Nepal Temblor: Chinese Study. A devastating earthquake that hit Nepal in April moved Mount Everest three centimetres (just over an inch) to the southwest, but did not change its height, according to Chinese research published on Tuesday . The 7.8-magnitude quake re versed the …
Mt. Everest moved three centimetres during the recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal but contrary to earlier reports, the height of world’s tallest mountain has not been affected, Chinese official monitoring agency said on Monday. Mt. Qomolangma, the Tibetan/Chinese name for Mt Everest, has moved 40 cm to the northeast over …
DEHRADUN: To avoid cost overrun related to building a supporting road infrastructure, the 5,600-plus MW capacity Pancheshwar dam project in Uttarakhand might get partial environmental clearance. The project on the Mahakali river in Pithoragarh has been opposed by environmental experts and anti-dam activists for years. Highly placed sources, talking to …
KATHMANDU: The devastating earthquake of April 25 and subsequent aftershocks have threatened to erode some of the gains made in fighting absolute poverty. Up to 982,000 more people residing in quake-affected areas are likely to slip back into the trap of poverty because of loss of assets and income-generating opportunities. …
Even with the present height of about 122 meters, the team finds that many families have not been recognised as submergence zone families A Central fact finding committee has warned against increasing the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river in Gujarat, saying that it could lead to …
