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Two pilgrims die during Kinner Kailash yatra
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 26 (ANI): Two pilgrims died of cold and altitude sickness on Wednesday, while undertaking a yatra to Kinner Kailash in Kinnaur district.
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Braving odds, Capt Kalpana provides medical cover to soldiers on China bor
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 22 (ANI): Braving odds, Captain Kalpana Kundu of Army Medical Corps (AMC) undertook a high altitude patrol in the Himalayas in Arunachal Pradesh on June 20.
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ITBP men perform Yoga in freezing Ladakh ahead of Yoga Day
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 14 (ANI): Ahead of the International Yoga Day on June 21, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) performed yoga at an altitude of 18,000 feet in freezing Ladakh.
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J-K receives fresh snow, farmers expect bumper production
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): High altitude areas witnessed fresh snowfall and plains in Jammu and Kashmir were lashed with rains on Wednesday.
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Frankfurt-bound AI plane suffers cabin decompression, lands safely back in
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi, Mar 6 (ANI) A Delhi-Frankfurt Air India plane, with 191 passengers on board, suffered cabin decompression at an altitude of 20,000 feet and returned to Delhi on Wednesday, thus averting a possible mis
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Army creates record of sorts, recovers helicopter stuck in snow at Siachen
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, Dec 25 (ANI) The Indian Army has created a world record of sorts as its pilots and technicians successfully recovered a helicopter which was stuck in snow at an altitude of 18,000 feet at Siachen Glacier in Jammu and Kashmir.
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LUH clears 6 kms altitude flight, looks for high-altitude cold weather tri
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka), [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Hindustan Aeronautics Limited-developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) has achieved an important milestone of flying at 6 km altitude. The chopper was flown by Chief Test Pilot Wg Cdr. (Retd) Unni K. Pillai and Test Pilot, Wing Cdr (Retd) Anil Bh
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Discovery channel to premiere a special series on High Altitude Warfare Sc
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 25 (NewsVoir): Discovery Channel, India's leading destination for factual entertainment, will premiere a special series on one of the most famous warfare academies of the world - High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) - as a part of its extremely popular Breaking Point
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Tejas clears maiden mid-air refuelling trial
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru [Karnataka], Sept 10 (ANI): India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas (LSP8) on Monday passed its maiden mid-air refuelling trial. In its first Wet (actual) engagement, Tejas transferred 1900 kg fuel from Indian Air Force (IAF) IL78 mid-air refuelling tanker. The refuell
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6 dead in Nepal chopper crash
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 8 (ANI): At least six passengers, including a Japanese national, died after an Altitude Air helicopter, with seven people on board, crashed in central Nepal on Saturday.
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DLF Foundation embarks on 'Save the Himalayas' initiative
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Aug 28 (NewsVoir): DLF Foundation, the philanthropic arm of DLF Ltd., recently supported the 'Save the Himalayas Foundation' to organize its first international conference titled 'Saving Himalayas through Science and Spirituality'. The other organizations that jo
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High-altitude clouds becoming increasingly visible due to climate change
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] July 5 (ANI): The discovery of high altitude cloud formations was made possible in 1885 after the eruption of Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia increased the amount of water vapour in the air. Sightings of the clouds became more known during the 20th century, and scientists
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