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Nepal flood survivors still waiting for relief

A month-and-half after the disaster in September, charities and volunteers outpace government in relief work

The not-so-permanent frost

Rapid thawing of the Himalayan ice-cap is compounded by little-studied melting of permafrost that destabilises peaks

Pokhara 800 years ago

New paper describes collapse of Annapurna 4 that created the terraces on which the city is located today

Kunda Dixit

Hiding their head in the sand

Illegal sand mining on Chure rivers displaces farmers, decimates a fragile landscape

Nepal hit by disaster during climate talks

Even as Nepal’s delegates at virtual meetings preparing for a Climate Summit in Glasgow in November were raising the issue of risk...

Nepal hit by disaster during climate talks

Even as Nepal’s delegates at virtual meetings preparing for a Climate Summit in Glasgow in November were raising the issue of risk...

Disasters in Nepal come in waves

Nepal sits upon a pyramid of problems: poverty, inequality, exclusion, domestic violence, social injustice, lack of food ... the list is long.On top...

Nepal braces for monsoon-pandemic double hit

By any measure, the past year has been disastrous for Nepal. The Covid-19 lockdowns devastated the economy, the 2020 monsoon killed a...

Sonia Awale

The nature of pandemics

Over 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is still a matter of...

Sonia Awale

The nature of pandemics

Over 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is still a matter of...