Indian seismic experts are in a tizzy over predictions of an imminent gigantic earthquake in the central Himalayas

Posting humans to inhospitable sites in the Himalaya to monitor snow and wind patterns may soon be unnecessary

Himalayan conservation gets a start at a recent seminar in the Capital

The setting up of a high-powered Himalayan Development Authority has run into rough weather. A committee headed by Planning Commission member S Z Qasim, set up in March 1992 to address the problems

Human made triticale is nutritionally superior to wheat and could become a major foodcrop in the lower Himalayan region

The environment ministers of Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and India are likely to meet soon to work out a clean-up programme for the Himalaya. The idea for the 'Save

The ministry of environment and forests (MEF) has asked for an urgent clarification from its Nepalese counterpart on a Sino-Nepalese proposal to set up a natural reserve around the highest

SOME HIMALAYAN species of Ficus -- the genus to which the pipal and the banyan belong -- yield fruit that have high nutritive value and are excellent for making into jams and jellies. Scientists