The collapse of a 14.7-million cubic metre mass of rock, ice and sediment into the South Lhonak glacial lake was the trigger behind the devastating 2023 Sikkim flood that destroyed a hydropower dam on ...

A ribbon lake is a large, narrow lake found in a U-shaped valley. It forms in a hollow that a glacier has eroded more deeply. Misfit streams or rivers meander through the flat, wide U-shaped floor.

Here’s your knowledge nugget for today. The environment ministry’s expert appraisal committee (EAC) has cleared a proposal to construct a 118-metre high dam in the same place where a devastating ...

Banook Bagels has just opened its own bagel-making home in Peckham, serving loose bagels as well as open sandos. Neither of the founders, Ashley and Dave, hail from New York or Montreal, but they love ...