Myconya Rondani specimens from the Himalayas, mostly Nepal and Myanmar, are revised. Pavoniya subg. n. is described. Altogether nine species from the subgenera Calomycoinya, Cymnoniya, Neoinycoinya and Pavomya subg. n. are recorded from the Himalayas and Indian subcontinent. The paper includes a key to the subgenera of Myconiya and the Himalayan species of Mycomya of the four subgenera. The fol...

Based on fieldwork by the author conducted in Tibetan cultural areas of the Indian Himalayas, this paper explores Himalayan understandings of what defines a fairy tale, in contrast to the Western understanding. In parts of the Himalayas, a distinction is made between “lakshung” (fairy tales) and “kyakshung”, which are shorter stories, the kind one might tell over tea. In light of the proposals ...

/ BV A. M. JUKES, M.D., CAPTAIN, Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Bengal. During the months of September and October 1912, I had the opportunity of commencing the investigation of some cases of fever caused by a spirochete, which I believe to be hitherto undescribed. The materials are very scanty, but sufficient, I think, to enable one to draw some conclusions. In the summer of 1912 there was a go...

common occurrence in this dispensary. I gather from the records that a single case of cataract extracted in 1882 was the only ophthalmic operation of importance performed within the past ten years. This state of things is accounted for by the very large amouut of general practice devolving on the civil surgeon during, what is called, " the season " in Darjeeling, and secondly by the comparative...

The intensity and extent of climate change impacts differ significantly with the geographical ecological structure landscape. This is especially evident in mountain ecosystems where topographic, climatic biological gradients make them extremely vulnerable to global environmental changes . Designing strategies mitigate adapt on such local landscapes requires a context-specific vulnerabilities th...

The continuous soil gas radon and daily monitoring of radon concentration in water is carried out at Amritsar (Punjab, India), a well known seismic zone to study the correlation of radon anomalies in relation to seismic activities in the study area. In this study, radon monitoring in soil was carried out by using barasol probe (BMC2) manufactured by Algade France whereas the radon content in wa...

BACKGROUND Darjeeling tea, a most popular variety of black tea, though consumed by the people in different parts of world but its beneficial health effects have not been investigated in details. In this study, the antimutagenic and anticancer effect of Darjeeling tea extract (DTE) has been evaluated. METHODS Antimutagenic activity of the DTE was carried out in two different strains of Salmone...

Unsafe abortion represents a preventable yet major cause for maternal mortality in India. A majority of these abortions are performed confidentially. Complications occur in a large portion of these cases and ultimately require tertiary care. However, patients and their relatives often fail to disclose the abortion despite the critical state of the patients. This scenario creates considerable co...

The present study represents the annual and seasonal concentration of PM10 over different sites (Darjeeling, Nainital, Mohal-Kullu) across Himalayan region India from July 2018 to December 2019. collected samples were analyzed for carbonaceous aerosols [organic carbon (OC), elemental (EC), water-soluble organic (WSOC), primary (POC), secondary (SOC)] major trace elements inspect their possible ...