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...

Odisha: 30 baby cobras rescued from beneath wood-apple tree, safely released into forest

Jun 27, 2026

The incident began when a resident of Athshil village spotted a large adult cobra emerging from near a wood-apple (bael) tree close to a...

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...

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...

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...