Celebrating women in cryosphere
GlacierHub celebrated five stories of women in the cryosphere as part of the celebrations of ‘Women’s History Month’ Junko
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High Asia
Zero-carbon water pumps turn Khyber green
Running only on fast-moving water, the pumps are cheap and easy to maintain, enabling farmers to grow fruit and vegetables
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GB seeks permission for airlifting of medical supplies from Khunjerav pass
The home department writes a letter to interior ministry opposing the opening of the highest border pass High Asia
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COVID-19: Xinjiang governor donates medical equipment for GB
202,000 face masks, 5 ventilators, 2,000 testing kits, and 2,000 medical protective clothes will be handed over to GB officials
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Humans of pandemic
To our healthcare workers: we are grateful for your service and sorry for our collective inaction. by Faizaan Qayyum The
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COVID-19: ban on public, religious gatherings in Nagar, Yasin
by Inayat Abdali GILGIT: The administrations of Nagar District and Yasin Tehsil in Ghizer District as preemptive measures have
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COVID-19 brings life to a halt in GB as total cases rise to 21
Hotels, motels, and guest houses turned into incubation centres; markets, shops, parks, wedding halls shut; religious congregations, public gatherings, rallies
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COVID-19 crisis: ABM, BSF prove godsend for stranded students
The two organisations arrange buses, to send 500 students to Gilgit-Baltistan; another 500 students will depart on March 18
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For safe travel, GB youth unveil charter of demand
Gilgit-Baltistan Youth Action Committee expresses its commitment to struggle for the achievement of the 15-point demands. | by By Anayat
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Tectonic effect of COVID-19 on tourism, hospitality sectors
Herald Report The worldwide spread of coronavirus that has devastated the global economy has also hit hard the tourism
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CM urged to take notice of Baba Jan’s ill-health, fresh curbs in jail
The AWP leader’s sister has written an open letter to the CM about a ban on family members’ visit to
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1931: The Silk Road meets the auto age
From the National Geographic archives, a look back at the Citroën-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition. By BILL JONES GEORGES-MARIE HAARDT was
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Youth alliance formed to struggle for better transport service for GB
Nine youth and student bodies form an alliance and prepare a charter od demand for provision of better transport service
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Kazakh, Kyrgyz nomads under Soviet rule
In his book, Nomads and Soviet Rule: Central Asia under Lenin and Stalin (I.B. Tauris, 2018), Alun Thomas examines the
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A glacial surge in Hunza
by Peter Deneen. Less than one percent of the world’s glaciers are characterized as “surge-type” glaciers. The Karakoram in High
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