In a major relief to farmers, the crop insurance scheme for ginger, pea and tomato will be extended to more districts now.

Climate Change: Serious repercussions on hydropower sector, irrigation, drinking water schemes likely

The symptoms of climate change were discussed during an interaction between a team from City of Boulder, Colorado (USA), which has been paired with Shimla under the CityLinks Climate Adaptation Par

Shimla is among the six cities selected for the prestigious City Links Climate Adaptation Partnership Programme (CAAP), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

2,000 buildings to face action; MC to give defaulters’ list to HC

Growers fear losses to wheat, stone fruit, vegetables

Hundreds of projects like hospitals await forest clearance

Farmers facing the vagaries of weather for the past two weeks are on tenterhooks as the Met office has predicted heavy rain and thunderstorm, accompanied with hailstorm in mid and lower hills of Hi

Urbanisation, which will be an inevitable part of growth for Himachal in the coming years, will be a major challenge.

Himachal Pradesh has made great strides in reducing poverty and attaining best human development outcomes, but female child sex ratio, under-nutrition in children and an ageing population still rem