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Nov 25, 2024 · Despite its predictability, high-altitude sickness remains poorly understood by many travellers and is insufficiently managed in India's high-altitude tourism spots.

Jan 11, 2025 · Himachal is gradually slipping into a financial sink-hole, with a debt of Rs.85000 crore and almost 60% of its annual budget going to pay just employees’ salaries/pensions and debt servicing. The Union government, for vindictive political reasons, is further nudging it into the hole by denying it ...

Aug 16, 2023 · Manali: A spate of national highways bending along the Himalayan rivers have cropped up in Himachal Pradesh over the past years. Several of these roads, built by the National Highways Authority of India by cutting up mountains, are deemed “all-weather” but the recent floods have exposed a different reality. However river didn’t come to us, we went to it.

Jan 16, 2023 · Local authorities at Himachal's popular hill stations are yet to wake up from their slumber despite the fact that most of the picnic spots in the Himalayan state fall in high seismic zones IV-V, suggesting severest seismic sensitivity.

Dec 13, 2023 · Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla on Tuesday administered the oath of office and secrecy to two newly-inducted Cabinet ministers Rajesh Dharmani and Yadvinder Goma.

Aug 31, 2024 · On the night of 17th July about 120 trekkers were stranded below the 14000 feet high Hampta Pass in Himachal, without adequate shelter, clothing or food, in very adverse weather conditions, torrential rain and almost sub-zero temperatures. They were members of three groups whose trips were “organised” by different trekking agencies. When the weather turned bad, the guides and tour leaders ...

Mar 7, 2024 · Calls for democratic and decentralized governance and policy shift in the Himalaya based on sustainability, equity and climate justice Over 50 different social and environmental organizations and individuals from the Himalayan states and other parts of the country came together to release a declaration under the ‘People for Himalaya’ campaign. The past year, i.e 2023 began with the ...

The price of the samosa goes a long way to explain why Himachal has gone belly-up, financially and a tax was imposed on every toilet seat, in order to flush out some more revenue from the sewer lines.

Jan 6, 2025 · The MOU was signed by Prof. RS Chandel, Vice Chancellor of UHF, and Kuldeep Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of HIL. The primary goal of the FARM project is to offer safer alternatives to chemical pesticides and promote Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices, including natural farming, among India’s farming communities. The initiative aims to transition 1.5 million hectares of ...