Ayaan Sharma

In 2002, the Indian government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee embarked upon an ambitious National River Linking Project (NRLP) to interlink around 30 major rivers. The idea behind this …

Living in the harsh environment of Ladakh, India’s high-altitude trans-Himalayan region, communities face severe water insecurity as one of their greatest challenges. Irrigation primarily depends on glacial meltwater channeled through …

In a determined push to transform the Union Territory’s connectivity landscape, the central government has stepped up work on a series of mega rail, airport, and road projects in Jammu …

The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget 2026-27 proposals to give a new push to urban growth in India’s seven cities have drawn quite a lot of attention for their …

The Budget 2026-27, presented in Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, has placed tourism among the top-priority sectors to boost economic activity in the hill states and …

Already grappling with warming winters, failed snowfall, and missing rains, all signs of a big climate shift, the apple growers in Himachal Pradesh, a state producing rich, crisp, and royally …

The Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, woven in its rich culture, history, and environmental consciousness, is globally recognised as the birthplace of the iconic Chipko movement that rose to protect its …

Winter snow that once fed mountain rivers for the last several decades and centuries, powered streams and rivulets, and sustained Himachal Pradesh’s orchard-based economy has all but vanished this time, …

In the 1900s or a little before, Kullu’s Manikaran valley and Malana—an ancient, landlocked, high-altitude village—found a naturally growing Himalayan plant, cannabis, as the most viable and easy source to …