To beat water shortage, these youths in Kinnaur’s cold desert created artificial glacier by watching YouTube videos

Himachal Pradesh is already showing signs of drought-like situation, with hardly any snow or rain this winter

North India Deluge 2023: Lahaul-Spiti’s cold desert receives a third of seasonal rain in a day

A village in the district has also received snow in July, a highly unusual phenomenon

Life or livelihood: COVID-19 second wave puts up tough choice for Himachal farmers

Farmers caught between life and livelihood as second wave coincides with the year’s only farming season

Tantalising wait: Will India be able to harvest its own ‘heeng’

As Himalayan farmers grow the country’s first asafoetida plants, changing weather threatens to play spoilsport

Loss and grief at 14,000 feet: A shepherd’s fight to save his dying flock

The sheer number of migratory sheep & goats reaching Lahaul-Spiti from Chamba demands an allocation of sufficient vaccinations, medicines …

A Himalayan Sell Out

Keeping small hydro projects in Himachal out of the purview of no objection certificates means power producers are not accountable