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World’s smallest otter makes comeback in Nepal after 185 years
Scientists have for the first time in 185 years confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal, thrilling ...
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For the first time in 185 years, the world's smallest otter makes a comeback in Nepal
Scientists have for the first time in 185 years confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal, thrilling ...
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Nepal: Nepal's indigenous Tamang community celebrates traditional New Year
Members of Nepal’s indigenous Tamang community gathered in Kathmandu on Thursday to celebrate Sonam Lhosar, their traditional ...
Mongabay on MSN6d
Military-backed conservation ‘without firing a single shot’: Interview with Nepal’s Babu Krishna Karki
Nepal’s government faced major challenges conserving the fertile flood plains of the country’s south. The region is the ...
Public Radio International11d
Bhutanese refugees in Nepal living in limbo, longing to reclaim their land
In the 1990s, many Nepali-speaking citizens of Bhutan fled their country to escape oppression under the country’s “One Nation, One People” law. After landing in temporary refugee camps in Nepal, many ...
Fulbright scholar from Hutchinson shares love of Nepal
As the rickety bus barely rounded another corner, an audible gasp went through the passengers. A recent blizzard had taken out the road between the high Himalayan villages of Ranipauwa and ...
Religious research takes Hutchinson native to Nepal
A Hindu pilgrim stood anxiously next to a bus stand in Mustang, Nepal. “I’m going to burn my passport,” he told me. “I’m going to destroy all my documents and cross the border. I came ...
Nepali Times22d
Wildfire season starts early in Nepal
Since then, there has not been a drop of rain. A prolonged winter drought in central and eastern Nepal has sparked off an early start to the annual wildfire season, with multiple fires reported across ...
CNN18d
Nepal increases Mount Everest climbing fee to $15,000
Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials ...
Reuters20d
Nepal sharply hikes permit fee for Everest climbers
KATHMANDU, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time ...
Kent Online19d
Royal Navy sees off Putin’s Russian spy ship Yantar in UK waters
The hunter-killer submarine surfaced close to the Russian vessel The Yantar which was loitering over critical undersea cables. HMS Somerset (foreground) shadowing the Russian ship Yantar The first ...
The Daily Telegraph12d
The Russian spy ship in Britain’s waters preparing ground for war
Sailing off the south coast of England, the Russian trawler known as the Yantar carried its usual array of hi-tech equipment. In photographs released by the Ministry of Defence, a large radar dome ...