Patna: The eastern Kosi embankment was safe and there was no need to panic, Bihar Water Resources Development Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav said on Friday.

There has been a lot of panic following the reported breach of three coffer dams at Kusaha on May 26, resulting into heavy discharge of water into the Kosi river from Nepal.

Patna: Nine months after a massive breach in the Kosi embankment triggered catastrophic floods in north Bihar, there is a danger of history repeating itself.

A Nepali sherpa who holds the world record for climbing Mount Everest said on Monday rising temperatures were melting snow and turning the slopes barren, making it even harder to scale the world's tallest peak.

SHIRISH B.PRADHAN, KATHMANDU
A Nepalese Sherpa, who has set a world record for maximum number of ascents of world

The H5N1 bird flu virus can infect people without causing noticeable symptoms, but only rarely, according to a report published on Thursday.

A survey of more than 600 people in Cambodian villages where two children died from the virus shows seven more were apparently infected, but without having known about it.

People in a remote village in Gorkha district have started panicking after at least a dozen people died due to an unidentified disease over the past two weeks.

The disease - that starts with common syndromes like headache, fever and cough- claimed three additional lives Wednesday in Gumda VDC alone taking the death toll to 13.

Minister of Forests and Soil-Conservation Kiran Gurung has said global warming has made mountainous regions more vulnerable to floods, landslides and other natural catastrophes.