They alert each other and bang wood on metal sheets to scare away wildlife, but past incidents show these makeshift defences are not foolproof.

Survivors lament unpaid wages and lack of support as the search for the missing slows.

Families abandoned the hunt after five days in Pauri Garhwal in India’s Uttarakhand state.

Several children were bathing along the riverbank when the two were swept away, the police said.

The Nepali embassy in New Delhi says those rescued remain in Haridwar, Dehradun, and other locations in India.

Both leaders sustain injuries and are undergoing treatment.

The punishing custom of banishing menstruating women to isolation sheds continues due to superstition, fear and social pressure.

Flanked by the Jogbuda and Mahakali rivers, the settlement faces growing risks each monsoon.

Despite campaigns, Chhaupadi practice persists in far-western Nepal.

Trafficked on promises of well-paid jobs, survivors say they were confined, starved and forced to lure others.

Army personnel were on their way to rebuild guide bund damaged by last year’s flood.

Nearly two decades into development, the project has built major canal infrastructure across far-western Nepal.

Surveyors say the actual number of the endangered bird may be slightly higher, although visible evidence points to steady population loss.

Located 245 km from New Delhi and approximately 1,200 km from Gujarat, the port is expected to facilitate trade with Indian states such as Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Haryana.

Over 300 blackbucks live in a 60 sq km enclosure where they are fed by park staff. But officials say confinement may not be a long-term solution.