Environment
Environment
Rural Asian Women Are Transforming Their Lives With Solar Power
Aug 4, 2017 In remote parts of India and Nepal, female entrepreneurs bring electricity to their villages.
Truthdigger of the Week: Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Nepal’s First Female President
Nov 1, 2015 Bhandari’s pro-democracy campaigning is helping to end the oppressive legacies of a monarchy that lasted 240 years in the country she now heads.
Climate-Smart Villages Boost Nepali Farmers’ Harvests
Oct 5, 2015 Nepali farmers are finding that environmentally friendly cultivation methods increase yields -- and also help them adapt to rising temperatures and increasingly erratic rainfall.
Extreme Weather Puts Africa’s Food Security at Risk
Aug 16, 2015 A British government scientific panel says increasingly frequent heat waves, droughts and other extreme weather threaten more -- and more severe -- global food crises.
Nepal
Apr 30, 2015
Aftershocks Hinder Rescue Efforts in Nepal as Quake Death Toll Passes 2,500
Apr 26, 2015 Officials expect the number of people killed and injured in Saturday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake to rise well above 2,500 and 5,000 respectively.
Discovery Plans Documentary About Mount Everest Avalanche
Apr 23, 2014 But is it too soon? The Discovery network is working on a documentary about the avalanche on Mount Everest on Friday in which 13 Sherpas were killed and three more are missing and presumed dead.
Everest Avalanche Death Toll Reaches 13
Apr 20, 2014 Rescuers on Mount Everest found the body of a 13th Nepalese guide Saturday as authorities ruled out hope of finding any more survivors from the deadliest accident ever on the world's highest peak.
Thank You, Peter Matthiessen, for Taking Me Along
Apr 10, 2014 I trekked with the writer, who died last week, only in a Walter Mitty dream, but his service as a guide was valuable.
Qatar an ‘Open Jail’ for Nepalese Laborers Working in Slave-Like Conditions
Sep 26, 2013 The Gulf state of Qatar is building sites for the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament on the backs of thousands of Nepalese migrants working in appalling conditions. Dozens died this summer alone, many of them young men felled by heart failure.The Gulf state is building sites for the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament on the backs of thousands of Nepalese migrants.
