Himalaya

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India revokes detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk

Wangchuk was detained on 26 September last year, two days after violent street protests broke out in the Himalayan region of Ladakh.

Bimstec Secretary General Indra Mani Pandey addressed multiple high-level sessions during the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025. Photo: Bimstec

Bimstec stresses partnerships to protect ecosystems in Himalayas, Bay of Bengal

A screen capture from video shows trekkers leaving their campsite, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas, in the Tibet Region, China, October 5, 2025. Photo: Geshuang Chen/Handout via REUTERS

Hundreds of trekkers escape from blizzard-struck Everest in Tibet

Houses are partially buried by a mudslide, amid flash floods, in Dharali, Uttarakhand, India, August 5, 2025. Photo: Indian Army Central Command via X/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Deadly disasters in Indian Himalayas over the years

Mountaineer Babar Ali at an expedition in Nepal. File Photo: Courtesy

After Everest and Annapurna I, Bangladeshi mountaineer Babar Ali plans to summit all 8,000-meter peaks

More than 40 construction workers were missing after an avalanche in India's Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Photo: Collected

Over 40 missing after avalanche in Indian Himalayas: Rescuers

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 23, 2024. India's Press Information Bureau/Handout via REUTERS

India, China begin implementing new border pact, ending Himalayan face-off

Environment Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and Nepalese Ambassador Ghanshyam Bhandari inaugurate a ‘Photography Exhibition’ in Dhaka on 31 May. Photo: UNB

Nepalese envoy stresses urgent need to preserve, protect entire Himalayan range from onslaught of climate change

Lozbang Sherab, 75, head of the family, and his ailing wife Pustong Lamo, 85, head towards the polling booth to cast their votes, in Ladakh's remote Warshi village, home to just one family and five eligible voters, in Ladakh region, India, May 20, 2024, REUTERS/Sharafat Ali

Family in remote Himalayas gets own polling station for Indian election

An area affected by the flood is seen in this undated handout image released on October 4, 2023, in Sikkim, India. India Army/Handout via REUTERS

Explainer: Deadly Himalayan lake flooding in India likely caused by avalanche

The snow leopard is the apex predator in the Himalayas. Photo: COLLECTED

Mystical guardians of the Himalayas: The enigmatic snow leopards

Two Bangladeshi mountaineers climb 4 Himalayan peaks in 10 days

Two Bangladeshi mountaineers climb 4 Himalayan peaks in 10 days

The white-domed Shanti Stupa in Leh. Photo: Tanmoy Kairy

Ladakh: The Himalayan heaven