Drone tech makes communities resilient to natural disasters
File photo of the confluence of Khurdopin and Yokshin Glacier and blockade of Verjherav glacio-fluvial stream. Credit: MIMCP HAH Report
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Coronavirus sets off scare through Gilgit-Baltistan
Over 500 students stuck in Wuhan plead for evacuation; Gilgit asks Islamabad to delay reopening of Sost border HAH Report
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Food taboos: Kalasha women victim of faith, patriarchy
High Asia Herald Report There are certain food taboos in some Asian and African communities and tribes that are prohibited
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Climate change: Ladakh’s nomads and pashmina wool’s future
Each family has several hundred goats, all of which need to be moved separately so they don’t get mixed up
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Batura Sar peak remains unconquered in winter
Polish climbers team terminate expedition even before reaching the base camp Ali Qurban Mughani PASSU: The Polish climbers
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Protesters demand release of Baba Jan, 14 political prisoners
High Asia Herald Report LAHORE: A protest was held at Lahore Press Club on Sunday (19 Jan 2020) to demand
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Young Afghan woman teaches Sufi dance in Kabul for ‘inner peace’
Mirzaie, founder of a Sama Dance group dances with her teammates in Kabul. Reuters Fahima Mirzaie hopes the Sufi dance
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In conversation with Chomsky: Pakistan, India, religion, and climate change–III
In this last installment of the three-part article based on correspondence between Hassan Mirza and Professor Noam Chomsky, the internationally-acclaimed
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Life among the graves in northern Afghanistan
https://rferl.org/a/afghanistan-homeless-family-cemetery/30381496. An ethnic Turkmen family in northern Afghanistan was homeless and desperate — so they took shelter
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Culture is soul of a nation: Dr Fouzia
Chinese new year music gala and intangible art show draws big crowed at PNCA By Farman Ali Islamabad, Jan
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Five soldiers among 15 more killed by avalanches in Astore, Neelum Valley
Death toll surges to 110 in recent devastating snow and weather-related incidents
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Speakers shower tributes on Burushaski language poet
Singers, musicians from GB, Sindh spellbind audience at a mystical musical concert at PNCA By Shafqat Aziz ISLAMABAD: An event
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‘Most ice on earth is very close to melting conditions’
Even if we change our emissions now, we are committed to a lot of ice melt, says Prof. Kääb. Image
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Grass growing around Everest as global heating intensifies
Impact of increase in shrubs and grasses not yet known but scientists say it could increase flooding in the region
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Hell and ice water: Hassanabad residents live in constant fear
Shisper glacier melt threatens Pakistan’s future
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