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COVID-19 scare: Qutub Minar, Red Fort other ASI monuments shut for public
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Mar 17 (ANI): With the number of positive COVID-19 cases climbing in India, public monuments including Qutub Minar and Red Fort in the national capital are being shut till the end of this month as a precautionary measure.
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Jared Letto has close-shave with death during rock climbing session
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 7 (ANI): Hollywood actor Jared Letto shared an incident on Twitter about a close shave with death.
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Men climb boundary wall of school in Yavatmal, pass chits to students duri
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Yavatmal (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 4 (ANI): A video has come to light in which a group of men is seen climbing the boundary walls of a zila parishad school in Mahagaon and passing chits to students writing their Class X matriculation examination on Tuesday.
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Coronavirus fears affect Everest climbing expeditions in Nepal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 28 (ANI): With the outbreak of coronavirus showing no sign of abating, many mountain climbers have already started cancelling their expedition bookings. This is a cause of concern to the tour operators who will have to bear severe economic losses during the climbing se
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Ladakh Mountaineering Association organises Ice Climbing festival at Gangl
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Ladakh [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Bringing a cheer for the adventure enthusiasts, Ladakh Mountaineering Association on Sunday organized an Ice climbing festival at Gangles Village.
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Scientists develop vacuum suction units that defy gravity
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): Your dreams of scaling high rise buildings may soon come true as scientists are on their way to develop a highly effective suction unit that can be used to latch on to rough and highly textured surfaces.
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New govt order mandates nationals of China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanis
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Mountaineers from China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will need to take prior permission from the Central government for climbing mountain peaks in India, according to a new order.
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Man dies after touching overhead high-tension wire at Nagpur railway stati
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): A newly married couple attempted suicide by climbing on top of a railway coach and touching an overhead high-tension wire at Nagpur railway station with the husband dying of electrocution while Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel managed to sa
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Man breaches enclosure at Delhi Zoo, sits face-to-face with lion; later re
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): In a startling incident, a man entered inside the enclosure of a lion at the Delhi Zoo here after climbing over the metal grille on Thursday. Alert zoo staff, however, acted quickly and brought the man, who is said to be mentally unstable, out safely by tranq
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Nepal issues permits to 260 mountaineers for climbing Mt Manaslu this autu
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 19 (ANI): Nepal's Department of Tourism (DoT) has issued permits to 260 mountaineers to climb the Mount Manaslu this autumn.
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UP: Man climbs tree after being chased by mob on suspicion of child liftin
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 19 (ANI): In an incident fuelled by the rumors of child lifting, a man had to save himself by climbing on a tree after allegedly being chased by a crowd who suspected him of being a child lifter.
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Nepal makes mountaineering experience mandatory for aspirants wanting to s
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 15 (ANI): All climbers seeking a permit to scale Mt Everest should have prior high altitude mountaineering experience, said a high-level committee in its report on Wednesday.
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