Tibetan New Year celebration begins with special prayers in Dharamshala

Mar 01, 2025

Tibetans in exile are celebrating Losar, also known as the Tibetan New Year. Tibetans are welcoming Wood Snake Year 2152 and will...

Losar, the Tibetan New Year celebration begins with traditional prayers in Dharamshala

Feb 18, 2026

They are welcoming the Fire Horse Year 2153 and bidding farewell to the Wood Snake Year 2152. The Religion and Culture Department of the...

Two held at Jaipur airport with 9 wildlife species hidden in luggage

Feb 07, 2025

The seized reptiles include Corn snake, King snake, Albino snake, Milk snake, and Green iguana, Monitor lizard, Tarantula, Red squirrel and a packet of...

Nepal's indigenous Tamang community celebrate 'Year of Snake'

Jan 30, 2025

The Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of Nepal, Tamang, constitutes about 5.6 per cent of the population the Himalayan nation as per the 2021 census. The...

Electricity, gas shortage grips Pakistan as winter approaches

Dec 10, 2022

Gas shortage is a significant issue that grips Pakistan every year in winter due to increased prices of wood and coal as well as...

"This is what will happen if bitten twice more...," says Uttar Pradesh man who survived 7 snake bites in 40 days

Jul 13, 2024

A 24-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur was allegedly bitten by a snake for the seventh time in 40 days.