Large scale smuggling of timber from Nepal to Tibet threatens the pristine forests in the northern Himalaya

The bid to reafforest the Himalayas could actually backfire on its ecology. Exotic plants which have the ability to grow rapidly and used for the programme are having an anis on the soil, water

Taxol, an effective anti cancer drug that was approved for use in the US last year, will soon be available in India at half the cost

Scientists studying the evolution of the highest Himalayan peaks will soon announce the exact elevation of Mt Everest at present.

Modern practices are threatening to break up an unusual water tapping and water sharing process in Himachal Pradesh. Devised hundreds of years ago, it converted barren land in Spiti into fertile fields.