by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 4, 2026 | Indian News, Risk Management
The state is working towards what could be the country’s first dedicated GLOF Risk Mitigation Protocol, aimed at creating a standardised scientific framework for assessing, preparing for and mitigating glacial flood risks. GANGTOK: The eastern Himalayan state of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 30, 2026 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
Given increased exposure to GLOFs, flash floods, cloudbursts, landslides, and other climate-related risks, officials stress that combining satellite surveillance, scientific assessments, ground monitoring, early warning systems, HFL mapping, and rapid emergency...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 16, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Technology
There are 56 at-risk glacial lakes in India and the urgency to monitor them was stepped up after Lhonak Lake in the eastern Himalayas burst its banks two weeks ago and caused widespread damage in Sikkim, a small mountainous state wedged between China, Nepal and Bhutan...
