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mystics and sceptics: in search of himalayan masters

The Hindu

Landslides are a global injustice – they're rarely caused by the people worst affected

In northern India, a tragedy is playing out in slow-motion. Located at about 2,000 metres elevation in Chamoli District in the Himalayas, Joshimath is an ancient, sacred town of about 17,000 people. Popular with pilgrims and visitors wanting to ski or climb the nearby mountains, the town is a beautiful…

The Conversation

Governor flags off Himalayan trekking expedition

Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot flagged off a batch of nurses embarking on a trekking expedition to the Himalayas, at a function in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

The Hindu

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Pub landlord who fell while taking photo was electrocuted when he grabbed wire

Ivan Brown was on holiday in India and taking a photo of the Himalayas when he fell and grabbed a live wire for balance, an inquest into the former pub landlord's death has heard

Daily Mirror

Trip of the week: a road trip through Pakistan’s high peaks

Located at the western end of the Himalayas and the northern tip of Pakistan, the region of Gilgit-Baltistan is one of the world’s most impenetrable natural citadels. It also has “an extraordinarily rich cultural landscape”, says Sam Dalrymple in Condé Nast Traveller, having often resisted conquest by neighbouring empires, while…

The Week

Funeral plans announced for Co Down mountaineer who died in Himalayas

The renowned Dromara adventurer died last Monday at a camp in the Himalayas.

Belfast Live

Brit on 1986 Pan Am plane attack faces terrorist to find out why he spared his life

Mike Thexton was 27 when, after a summer hiking in the Himalayas, the plane he boarded from Karachi, Pakistan was hijacked by a Palestinian terror cell

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Uttarakhand: Baba Kedarnath's Panchmukhi Utsav Doli departs from Ukhimath

The Panchmukhi Utsav Doli of Baba Kedarnath left for the Himalayas on Friday after its winter stay in Ukhimath. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Wife of mountaineer Noel Hanna: 'He fell asleep, never to awaken again - there was no better place for him to die'

Lynne Hanna said there was 'no better place' for a mountain man to die than the Himalayas

Irish Mirror

Dad's friend spotted odd leg movement on holiday before he was diagnosed with Parkinson's

Friends of Rob Stubbs, 62, first noticed his symptoms of the debilitating condition while he was walking up in the Himalayas, as he was dragging his right foot on the ground

Daily Mirror

Dad told to go to doctor after friend noticed worrying sign on walk

Rob Stubbs was walking in the Himalayas when one of his friends first noticed the symptom

Liverpool Echo

India’s push for 24/7 clean energy from dams upends lives

A remote region amid gigantic peaks in the Himalayas is home to just 100,000 people but makes four nuclear power plants worth of energy

The Independent UK

Factbox-Deadly avalanches in Indian Himalayas

At least seven people died in an avalanche in India's northeastern state of Sikkim on Tuesday, according to the Indian army. It was one of many avalanches in the Indian Himalayas that have killed at least 120 people over the last two years.

Reuters

Avalanche sweeps away tourists in northeast India; 7 killed

An avalanche has swept away a group of tourists in the Himalayas in northeastern India, killing at least seven and injuring 11

The Independent UK

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Golf Monthly

Prince’s Golf Club: Shore & Himalayas Course Review, Tee Times and Key Info

Up to 73rd in our Top 100 UK&I Course Rankings in association with Peter Millar, the many exciting changes at Prince's over recent years have really paid dividends

France 24

Himalayas: The climate time bomb threatening India

In the world's highest mountain range, global warming threatens thousands of glaciers, resulting in increasingly frequent natural disasters: landslides, avalanches and glacier collapses. Our reporters Alban Alvarez and Navodita Kumari travelled to the small northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, where these disasters are compounded by a rush to develop infrastructure…

The Conversation

Friday essay: matrilineal societies exist around the world – it's time to look beyond the patriarchy

Thirty years ago, I travelled to Lijiang, an ancient city in the northwest of China’s Yunnan province in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas. Lijiang’s old town is a tangle of intersecting waterways, arched stone bridges, and cobbled streets. Just north of the city – about five hours by road…

The Guardian - UK

Scarred for life: the Himalayan towns sinking into oblivion

The construction of vast dams and a network of roads and railways have taken a heavy toll on the state of Uttarakhand, with buildings in Joshimath and other settlements collapsing and residents blaming government indifference

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WEKU

Take a look at the image people voted to award Wildlife Photographer of the Year

German photographer Sascha Fonseca set out bait-free camera traps three years ago to capture the ever-elusive snow leopard in the Indian Himalayas.

Reuters

Glacial lake floods threaten communities in Asia, South America

Melting mountain glaciers pose a growing flood risk to some 15 million people around the world, researchers said in a report published on Tuesday, with communities in Asia facing the biggest danger.

The Guardian - UK

‘Will Catherine get to the Himalayas?’ 10 burning unanswered questions from Happy Valley

From the chances of a potential spin-off to the prospects of Ryan joining the force, here are the lingering questions from Sunday’s finale – and our answers

Radio France Internationale

India's sinking hill town, a casualty of the warming Himalayas

On the slopes of the Himalayas, nearly 2,000 metres above sea level, the hill town of Joshimath is sinking. Experts fear it's one of many settlements in the ecologically fragile region in danger of being wiped out because of subsidence worsened by large-scale construction and climate change.

Reuters

India expects more clashes with Chinese troops in Himalayas - document

A security assessment by Indian police in the Himalayan region of Ladakh says there could be more clashes between Indian and Chinese troops along their contested frontier there as Beijing ramps up military infrastructure in the region.

RideApart

Royal Enfield Teams With UNESCO To Document Himalayan Cultural Heritage

Royal Enfield recently partnered with UNESCO to help preserve parts of India's Intangible Cultural Heritage in communities across the Himalayas. You can help!

Daily Mirror

Superfit dad's final post after he's found dead during Mount Everest climb

Kellinu Portelli set off from Britain for the 4,5000 mile trip to the Himalayas. He said "just one more sleep and I'm off on an adventure of a lifetime"

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