Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas are home to more than one-third of all types of rhododendrons found in India, reveals the latest publication of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI). The publication ...

The Indian Meteorological Department has finally woken up to the need for collecting more weather data from central Himalayas spanning Darjeeling, parts of Jalpaiguri and Sikkim. “The Arctic is ...

Over a two-year period, he travelled widely in the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya and described over 3,000 species of plants for the tiny state of Sikkim, 7,096 square kilometre in size. After Hooker ...