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Beyond the Ice: Where courage is the currency of life
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Welcome to a land of surreal beauty, where rugged, snow-draped mountains pierce a cobalt sky, and ancient Buddhist monasteries like Keylong and Tabo cling to cliff-sides, preserving a millennium of culture.
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Spiti Valley recognized as part of UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Res
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Himachal Pradesh's Spiti Valley, located in the Lahaul-Spiti district, has been recognised as India's first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO's prestigious Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme.
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Kerala and Ladakh - India's Heaven on Earth, But So Different
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6: India is a land of diverse landscapes, cultures, and experiences. Two of the most breathtaking destinations in the country are Kerala and Ladakh. While both are often described as 'heaven on Earth', their geography, climate, culture, and experiences differ vastly.
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PoGB: Protests over Sarfaranga Cold Desert land ruling cross one-month mar
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The situation in the Shigar district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan remains tense as residents continue their sit-in protest against a recent court ruling that declared the Sarfaranga Cold Desert as "khalisa sarkar" (state land), marking one month of protest.
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PoGB: Protests intensify in Shigar district over state ownership of Cold D
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Tensions in the Shigar district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan are mounting as a sit-in protest against a recent court ruling declaring the Sarfaranga Cold Desert as state land entered ended its third week.
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PoGB: Protests against state ownership of Cold Desert continues
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The situation in the Shigar district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan remained tense as a sit-in protest against the Chief Court's ruling, which declared the Sarfaranga Cold Desert as "khalisa sarkar" (state land), entered its 14th consecutive day on October 3, local media Hum English r
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Planning a trip to Ladakh? Add these must-visit places to your travel itin
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Nestled among the two of the world's mightiest mountain ranges-- the Great Himalayas and the Karakoram-- Ladakh is the Shangrilla on the earth. Lying at an altitude ranging from about 9,000 to 25,000 feet, the cold desert of Ladakh is undoubtedly a great su
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Cold desert Ladakh experienced active flooding during post-glacial warming
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): The cold desert of Ladakh Himalaya once experienced large floods that rose much above the present-day river level scientists have shown, scientists have shown, the Ministry of Science and Technology informed on Wednesday.
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BRO upgrades crucial 110 feet long bridge on Leh-Sarchu Road in 8 days
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) April 19 (ANI): Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has in a record eight days revamped and upgraded a crucial 110 feet long bridge on the Leh-Sarchu Road connecting the cold desert with Manali for smooth movement of heavy convoys of the army and civilian vehicles.
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Farmers begin cultivating asafoetida in Himachal's Lahaul valley, thanks t
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Farmers of the remote Lahaul valley in Himachal Pradesh are now taking up cultivation of asafoetida (Heeng) on the vast expanses of wasteland in the cold desert conditions of the region, owing to efforts of a CSIR constituent laboratory, the Institute of
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'Disengagement process likely to prove to be temporary fix without overhau
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The disengagement process between India and China is "likely to prove to be only a temporary fix without a major overhaul of thinking about contested borders in the mountains and high cold deserts between South and Central Asia", suggests Myra Macdonald.
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