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In an initiative, WWF found 211 exciting species including waking blue fish, a frog with blue eyes and a monkey that sneezes as part of its 6-year-long survey of the Eastern Himalayas covering the Northeast region as well. The WWF Living Himalayas Initiative in its final report “Hidden Himalayas: Asia’s Wonderland” said there are 133 plants, 39 invertebrates, 26 fish, ...

Today’s 7.8 urvey, due to frontal thrust between the subducting India plate and the overriding Eurasia plate to the north. The India plate is converging with Eurasia at a rate of 45 mm per year towards the north-northeast, driving the uplift of the Himalayan mountain range, it said. Though Nepal or India do not fall in the Pacific Ring of ...

At least four people were killed and several injured when a 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook Nepal and caused widespread devastation this morning. One person was killed in an old building collapse in front of the Indian consulate in Kathmandu and at least three people were confirmed killed elsewhere. Different buildings, including the walls surrounding Nepal’s royal palace, collapsed and more ...