DEHRADUN: In the Himalayas, avalanches and mishaps are unforgiving. Survival in such conditions is rare. The numbers from recent years tell a grim story. In recent years, avalanches have trapped ...

A quiet night in the Himalayas turned into something magical. High above Tibet, rare red flashes lit up the sky. These were not ordinary lightning bolts but glowing red sprites. They appeared in ...

The highest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, stands 29,029 feet. Located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet border, the iconic peak’s names – ‘Sagarmatha’ in Nepali and ‘Chomolungma ...

During the inaugural World Day for Glaciers on March 21, two men who have spent years working behind the scenes in the country’s high-altitude wilderness found themselves in an unfamiliar spotlight.

Dozens of people have survived being buried by an avalanche in a remote area of the Himalayas in northern India. Eight others died in the avalanche. Dozens of people have survived being buried by ...

The experiences of Nordic and Himalayan communities share some parallels. The Himalayan region spans 2,500 kilometres from Afghanistan to northeast India and contains the world’s largest ice ...

From the choppy waters of the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait to the frozen ridges of the Himalayas, China is pursuing a relentless campaign of expansion, operating in the hazy zone between ...

A new Nepalese restaurant is opening next week in Ballston. Himalayan Wild Yak is set to open at 1010 N. Glebe Road, where the Booeymonger sandwich shop closed last year.The family-owned ...

Dozens of construction workers have been pulled alive from metal containers after they were trapped by a deadly Himalayan avalanche for around 36 hours, according to authorities in northern India ...

The Trans-Himalayan Railway will connect Gyirong county in southern Tibet to the capital of Nepal - Kathmandu - once built. The vast line will be made up of tunnels passing through 105 miles ...