The Dutch colonised Indonesian island of Java in 1596, and found that the coffee plant thrived in its fertile volcanic soil.

Coffee is grown in over 44 districts of Nepal (see map, above). In the last fiscal year, Nepal produced 550 tonnes of Bourbon, Typica and Yellow Caturra varieties of Arabica coffee. The total ...

Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula logged over 2 meters of snow in early January, after 3.7 meters in December, one of the snowiest ...

Uttarkhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday participated in the 'Awaaz Suno Pahadon Ki - Film Festival 2026.' On this occasion, the Chief Minister announced the beautification of the ...

A serene aarti at the high-altitude Rudranath Temple, surrounded by snow-laden Himalayan peaks, has captivated social media users. Dating back to the 8th century, the temple marks the site where Lord ...

Tibet and Nepal lie along a major geological fault line where the Indian tectonic plate converges with the Eurasian plate, ...

From the warm, humid rainforests of Southeast Asia to the harsh, dry conditions of the Tibetan Plateau, over 125 tarantula ...

Chelsea Rae Bourgeois is a health writer and registered dietitian nutritionist with over eight years of experience in the clinical setting. Her writing covers nutrition and overall health topics, ...

events like the 1985 Dig Tsho GLOF in Nepal and the 2012 Kedarnath disaster in India IIT Guwahati Research on Glacial Lakes: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached the initial release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...

AutoEngina has built the first-ever Royal Enfield Himalayan with a parallel-twin engine, the Himalayan 822. The bike was ...

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