Uttarakhand

A microbiologist processes coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests in a lab at the Government Medical College in Kochi, India. Photo:Reuters/Sivaram V

Surge in COVID-19 Cases: Negative RT-PCR Report Must to Attend Kumbh Mela

COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Uttarakhand, with 200...

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Kumbh Mela: Centre Warns of Upsurge in COVID-19 Cases

The Wire Staff 22/03/2021

The health ministry said up to 40 people were...

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Nothing Natural About a Melting Himalaya

Priyadarshini Patel 13/03/2021

The PMO said in 2018 that power projects on...

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Indigenously Developed Spectrograph Commissioned on Devasthal Optical Telescope

The spectrograph can locate sources of faint light from...

A view shows damage after a Himalayan glacier broke and crashed into a dam at Raini Chak Lata village in Chamoli district, northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

The Data Is Clear: Himalayan Glaciers Are in Distress

Katharina Buchholz 12/02/2021

The World Glacier Monitoring Service supported warning signs about...

Maxar's satellite image shows an overview of NTPC's under-construction Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower plant project along the Dhauliganga River in the Uttarakhand region of India before glacial collapse and flash flood

The Science and the Political Economy of the Rishi Ganga Flood

R. Sreedhar 11/02/2021

The damages being wrought on the third pole are...

Rescue operation outside a tunnel after a part of a glacier broke away, in Tapovan,Uttarakhand.Photo:Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis

In Indian Himalayas, Drones Draw Blank in Search for Workers Missing in Flooded Tunnel

Reuters 11/02/2021

204 people remain unaccounted for in the Tapovan tunnel,...