Himachal Pradesh

India receives only 85.8 mm of rain this June

Twenty four students were washed away in the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh earlier this month. The students, all from an engineering college in Hyderabad, were picknicking in the river on their way back from the tourist town of Manali. While cooling their heels in the knee deep water and clicking photographs, they missed the rising wall of water that engulfed them in minutes.

Strong El Nino, less rainfall this year: IMD

Scientists say Himachal prone to Uttarakhand-like flash floods

'Below normal' rainfall for India this monsoon: IMD

No more commercial activities on Rohtang pass after May 6: HP govt

IPCC releases its climate change report, alarms India of severe water shortage

People learn and retain better through visual media. That's a fact. So what better way to bring attention to topics around the themes of water than by screening movies? That was the thought process behind organising an event on World Water Day with school students in Shimla. 

Kerala seas's rich in sand, says GSI

The mountain states are at a loss when it comes to a defined livelihood option for its inhabitants. Himachal Pradesh is no different. While the upper reaches of the state have excelled in growing niche products like apple and chilgoza (a variety of pine nut), areas like Chamba that are below 4000 metres, have to depend on farming.