Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang expressed hope that 12 communities in Sikkim will soon be granted Scheduled Tribes ...

Like the Nordics, Himalayan communities face climate-induced disasters and centuries of resource exploitation. The region is home to 52 million people from various tribes, clans, ethnicities ...

"The 12 left out communities will be granted ST status by the central government in due course as these communities share cultural and ethnic identities of the indigenous people of Sikkim," he said.

Tribes in northern India marked the Losar New ... The Losar festival, celebrated by several Tibetan and Himalayan communities, marks the beginning of the new year in the lunar calendar.