Climate breakdown magnifies western Nepal’s woes
Parched by heatwave and drought, Western Nepal is running out of water
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Nepal’s other pandemic: cancer
It started with persistent skin allergy for 15-year-old Uma Kumari Sah. She got a checkup at a leprosy hospital in Dhanusa, and later in...
In Nepal’s weather, erratic is the new normal
The 2019 monsoon was an erratic one. Sadly, erratic seems to be the new normal.There were storms in April, causing floods, and...
Nepal must keep water on its land
Our ancestors knew how to store monsoon runoff for year-round use, we must learn from them
Where is the monsoon this year?
In January 2018, Cape Town faced the possibility of executing a ‘Day Zero’ water plan: the city’s residents would have to queue...
Project Dragonfly
The morning was warming up in late spring last year when entomologist Karen Conniff took a boat across Phewa Lake in Pokhara for one...
Energy saving Soaltee
Known for its pioneering role in high-end tourism in Nepal since the 1960s with its five-star Soaltee property in Kathmandu, the group...
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