14+ hour, 29+ min ago   (394+ words) After nine days trapped in a hydropower tunnel and a week of hospital care following his dramatic rescue, Sanjay Sah, a rare survivor of last month’s devastating glacier collapse in Nepal, finally returned to his village and family on Sunday....

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (875+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to New Delhi this week, his first to India in seven years, should further the diplomatic thaw between the giant neighbours, but there are few signs as yet that their business ties will improve. Businesses…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1027+ words) For a country that contributes little to global greenhouse gas emissions, Nepal is paying an increasingly high price for climate change. Floods, landslides, glacial lake outburst floods and other climate-related hazards are destroying homes, roads, farms and other infrastructure with…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1376+ words) A delirious Kabir Maharjan drifted in and out of consciousness in a pool of muddy water in complete darkness, trapped for nine days in a tunnel beneath the wreckage of Nepal’s worst flood disaster in decades. Maharjan was one of…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1218+ words) At the World Humanoid Robot Games in China last month, robots jumped, boxed and danced. Some fleet-footed bots ran faster than Usain Bolt over 100 meters. Spectators cheered the machines’ improving capabilities and their meme-worthy stumbles. Two days after the Games…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (316+ words) Around 121 people are believed to be trapped inside tunnels at hydropower projects affected by the Bhotekoshi floods, the Nepali Army said. The floods damaged about 11 hydropower projects, including several in Rasuwa district. At a briefing on Monday, the army said…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (119+ words) The Kathmandu Post Families and relatives of workers missing after the Bhotekoshi floods gathered at Maitighar Mandala in Kathmandu on Monday, demanding that authorities step up the search for their loved ones. The workers were employed at the Trishuli-3B hydropower…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (452+ words) Australian tunnel expert Professor Arnold Dix, who is in Nepal to assist search and rescue efforts at the Chilime Hydropower Project, says the teams working there are confronting a challenge unlike anything they have faced before. “Right now, in Nepal,…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (1174+ words) When the Bhotekoshi river surged through Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts on August 26, it did more than tear down roads, bridges and hydropower infrastructure. It sent a wave of anxiety through Nepal’s stock market. Shares of hydropower companies came under…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (876+ words) Following the Bhotekoshi disaster, have hydropower projects and their tunnels become major safety concerns for us? You have been involved with power projects in Rasuwa and Nuwakot, including Trishuli-3A, from the beginning. How do hydropower tunnels differ from road tunnels…...