tanka dhakal
Independent journalist from Nepal || MS in Investigative reporting at Indiana University || Environment, climate change, science and community.
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- In Panama, Indigenous midwives say birthing herbs are becoming harder to find. Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
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- Residents of Thini village in Nepal’s Trans-Himalayan Mustang region are struggling to maintain their ancestral mudbrick houses as heavier, more frequent rain and snow are causing roof leaks and weakening the mud-stone walls. Story for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/11/chan...
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- "Severe air pollution from urban emissions during Nepal’s Gen-Z protests has sent vulnerable groups to hospitals with serious respiratory complications." Uprooter @tankadhakal.bsky.social for @thexylom.com www.thexylom.com/post/nepal-g...
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- “Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for respiratory complications,” Dr. Bam explains. www.thexylom.com/post/nepal-g...
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- Though Nepal is also no stranger to political movements — the country has seen two revolutions since 1990 — recent Gen-Z protests were marked by escalation of force. A local official told AFP that tear gas entered the hospital where she worked, making it difficult for doctors to treat the wounded.
- "Severe air pollution from urban emissions during Nepal’s Gen-Z protests has sent vulnerable groups to hospitals with serious respiratory complications. A similar pattern emerged in June 2020, when Portland police unleashed excessive tear gas to control racial justice protests."
- “Before, it used to be around 40 cases a day, but after the protests, it went over 100 — mostly people who had inhaled tear gas and thick smoke from burning buildings [and] seeking emergency care for respiratory complications,” Dr. Bam explains. www.thexylom.com/post/nepal-g...
- NEW: Severe air pollution during Nepal's Gen-Z protests has sent vulnerable groups to hospitals with serious respiratory complications. It echoes research that evaluated the effects of excessive chemical munitions use in urban areas during the George Floyd protests, writes @tankadhakal.bsky.social:
- Some of our best work is powered by student journalists, and @tankadhakal.bsky.social is no exception. Today, Indiana University, where tanka currently studies, ordered its student newspaper to end all print publication. @thexylom.com will continue to provide an outlet to bypass campus censorship.
- NEW: Severe air pollution during Nepal's Gen-Z protests has sent vulnerable groups to hospitals with serious respiratory complications. It echoes research that evaluated the effects of excessive chemical munitions use in urban areas during the George Floyd protests, writes @tankadhakal.bsky.social:
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