Leh

Founded by Jigmet Nurzin Angmo and fellow canine lovers from Leh, the Semchan Welfare Society's rescue shelter is overseeing the care of more than 170 stray and abandoned dogs.

In the second part of this two-part series, we take a look at some of the actionable modern and traditional solutions that are available to revive Leh's rapidly declining groundwater including regulating extraction, improving sewage treatment and needing more data.

In the first part of this 2-part series, we explore why Leh's groundwater has suffered a serious decline in quality and quantity. Experts explain the reasons behind this decline and hint at how we can fix it.

Delhi engineer Abhishek Dwivedi took a 400 km trip to Leh on his e-scooter to show that electric vehicles can be as efficient as regular ones, and that you need not compromise due to range anxiety.

Searching for the best homestays in Ladakh? Here's a curated list of places in Leh where you can gaze up at starry night skies, experience culture and cuisine, and even empower rural communities.

Mini Augustine, who completed a 2,400-km ride from Delhi to Leh, shares how she got interested in riding and the driving force behind her roadtrips.

Meet Yogeshwar and Sushma Bhalla, a couple from Delhi, who are two riding enthusiasts that have travelled the world and more together, enjoying long distances on their Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle.

Stanzin Saldon is actively working for gender equality in Kargil, while also improving public school education in this neglected corner of Ladakh, ,through her NGO rZamba.

Designed and developed by a team of researchers at the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) led by senior scientist Dr Tsering Stobdan, Ladakhi farmers now have a passive solar greenhouse that allows them to grow vegetables throughout the year.

Ladakh Basket is an online and offline platform, which sells the region’s indigenous produce to the rest of the world. In doing so, they empower the local farmers to sustain themselves in villages of Leh.