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Study reveals how cardiorespiratory function is related to genetics
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 27 (ANI): Researchers say that the effect of high altitudes on people's breathing and its coordination with the heartbeat is due to genetic differences.
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Chinook helicopters operationalised in high-altitude locations including S
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Indian Air Force's American-origin Chinook helicopters have started getting operationalised in the high-altitude locations including the Siachen glacier area in the Ladakh sector and are ferrying military equipment to higher reaches.
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CAG report 'a little outdated', every jawan who goes to Siachen gets perso
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Army Chief General MM Naravane on Tuesday said the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) tabled in parliament on Monday regarding condition of troops in high altitude areas was "a little outdated" and stressed that every jawan who goes to Siachen
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Rejuvenating Ganga in Uttarakhand
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The town of Chamoli, situated at an altitude of 4,600 feet above sea level, is set amidst astounding scenic beauty.
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Lahaul-Spiti Dy Commissioner unfurls national flag at altitude of 10,000 f
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Keylong (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Deputy Commissioner of Lahaul-Spiti KK Saroch unfurled the national flag at an altitude of over 10,000 feet here on the occasion of 71st Republic Day on Sunday.
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NMCG conserves wetlands in Ganga basin
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Deoria Tal, one of the high altitude wetlands in Uttarakhand, is an untouched marvel of nature.
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Galactic gamma-ray source map reveals birthplaces of high-energy particles
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 15 (ANI): In a new catalogue compiled by researchers, nine sources of extremely high-energy gamma rays have been identified.
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Six seriously ill tourists evacuated to Army medical facility in Leh
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ladakh [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Six seriously ill tourists who were suffering from the effects of frostbite and High Altitude Pulmonary Odema (HAPO) were on Tuesday evacuated by the helicopters to the Indian Army medical facility in Leh.
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Temperature dips across North India, cold waves intensify in Amritsar
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Cold wave conditions have swept several parts of North India, particularly in parts of Punjab, Himachal and Uttarakhand where the effects of snowfall in high altitude places are also being felt in the plains.
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ISRO: Chandrayaan-2 orbiter detects Argon-40 on lunar exosphere
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct 31 (ANI): The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has detected Argon-40 on lunar exosphere from an altitude of approximately 100 Kilometers, informed Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday.
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IAF helicopters evacuate crashed civilian chopper from Kedarnath
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kedarnath (Uttarakhand) [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Two Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters have successfully evacuated a civilian aircraft, which had recently crashed at the Kedarnath helipad at an altitude of 11,500 feet.
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Defence Ministry to decide on Army's Rs 10,000 crore Akash missiles propos
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Seeking to prevent any intrusion of aircraft through the mountainous borders with Pakistan and China, the Defence Ministry is set to discuss a proposal to acquire two regiments of the Akash Prime missiles which can be deployed in high altitude areas above 15,
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