Ayaan Sharma

The Hindi word ‘Kainchi’ means ‘scissors’. Kainchi Dham, in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district in the Himalayan region of North India, is located where two hills intersect along the Shipra River. For …

Kashmiri handicrafts need no introduction. It has long carried its artistic legacy far beyond the Valley as one of Kashmir’s most important traditional economic activities. Not only has it providedlivelihoods …

At a time when farmers across the world are facing challenges of climate, environmental crisis, and growing agrarian distress, the BRICS countries are getting ready to reach out to them …

Nine years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone, India’s first bullet train is expected to be ready by August 15, 2027, …

Nepal, a landlocked Himalayan nation and home to eight of the world’s 14 highest peaks, including Mount Everest, is facing a humanitarian crisis of alarming proportions. Beyond this devastation caused …

Outlining India’s vision for its 2026 BRICS Chairmanship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address at the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, held in July 2025, underlined …

Deteriorating air quality in India’s capital, New Delhi, may not directly affect Himachal Pradesh. But the growing air pollution crisis and environmental degradation in the Himalayan state, where millions of …

In the words of Himachal Pradesh revenue minister Jagat Singh Negi, “Borders may close, and trade routes may fall silent, but history can’t be erased. It rather waits to be rediscovered. …

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” goes the adage. Today, however, it is climate change that is driving apples away from the very hills of Himachal Pradesh that …

Does any Indian city breathe, live, and prosper like a human body? It has a heart, too, and a head and lungs. More than a city made of brick and …

At an age when global fast-food choices such as momos, pizzas, and sandwiches dominate the street food scene and enjoy immense popularity among youngsters, a humble Dogra delicacy—Kaladi — is …

At a time when large dams and infrastructure projects in the Himalayas are drawing intense scrutiny over environmental degradation, geological instability, and displacement of communities, five northern states have come …

From militancy to peace, from barren slopes to fragrant lavender fields, the rugged Chenab Valley of Jammu and Kashmir is scripting one of India’s most remarkable stories of rural transformation—a …

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, …