Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO) and EAWAG/ SANDEC jointly organized a workshop on Solar Water Disinfection Technique (SODIS) on 7 January, 2010 in Kathmandu. The workshop had been held to formulate strategy plan for further promotion of the technology in Nepal, which concluded to conduct public awareness campaigns while promoting SODIS at different levels. […]
Shrine Board Chairman reviews AmarnathYatra ,3 lakh yatris have darshan so far
Srinagar,July 24 (Scoop News) – In connection with Sh. Amarnathji Yatra,14950 yatris comprising male, female, children and sadhu’s left from traditional route Pahalgam and Baltal Sonmarg for holy Cave to have darshan of Shiv Lingam. Of these, 9342 were male, 4295 female, 570 children and 743 Sadhus. As such, as many as […]
Melting the Snow
Email: gulhamad@gmail.com Melting Himalayas – ICIMOD’s comments on a turbulent debate Kathmandu, 21 January 2010 The debate on the rate of melting of the Himalayan glaciers has gained momentum in recent days. The debate has centred on the statement made in the IPCC AR4 Working Group II report that the Himalayan glaciers are retreating […]
The First Flying School
First Flying School – it’s near Montgomery, Alabama The year was 1910 and competition was heating up in terms of flying machines so the monopoly the Wright Brothers held after their success at Kitty Hawk, South Carolina was being challenged. At the time, there were less than 10 fully qualified pilots in the world. The […]
ICIMOD Press release
Too Much or Too Little Water in the Himalayas Adapting to increased risk of severe floods and droughts among new climatic realities for people in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas Copenhagen, Nairobi, Kathmandu, 11 December 2009 – Hundreds of millions of people in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region and in the river basins downstream are being […]
Italian Citizens Report and Reflect on L’Aquila Earthquake
by Bernardo Parrella On Monday April 6th, at 3:32am local time (01:32 GMT), L’Aquila, capital city of the central Abruzzo region, 60 miles northeast of Rome, was stricken by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake [en]. Even if the country is not new to such tragedies, this is Italy’s worst earthquake in three decades. The latest figures […]
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