From cryospheric science to civil services relevance, understanding glacial melting and its far-reaching impact on Indian water resources.

Indian rescue crews struggled to reach trapped victims Sunday after part of a glacier in the Himalayas broke off and released a torrent of water and debris that slammed into two hydroelectric plants.

Crown of the Himalayas: Siachen Glacier is known as the Crown of the Himalayas because it is one of the largest and highest glaciers in the Himalayan–Karakoram region, located at a very high altitude ...

Rescuers in northern India worked Monday to rescue more than three dozen power plant workers trapped in a tunnel after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off and sent a wall of water and debris rushing ...

New Delhi: India strongly objects and condemns Pakistan’s attempt to use the International Glacier Conference in Tajikistan “to bring in unwarranted references to issues which do not fall within the ...

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RUDRAPRAYAG, India — Rescuers in northern India worked Monday to rescue more than three dozen power plant workers trapped in a tunnel after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off and sent a wall of ...

Villagers of the high desert of Ladakh in India’s Jammu and Kashmir states used to harvest bountiful crops of barley, wheat, fruits, and vegetables in summer. An artificial glacier made in the form of ...

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