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PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan lawmakers allege misuse of funds for flood victims,
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Members of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly have demanded an investigation into alleged corruption and misuse of funds provided for the rehabilitation of flood-affected people in the region, reported Dawn.
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Climate change, rain-induced floods affect tourism in Pakistan's Swat Vall
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The weather patterns and recent rain spells indicate that climate change is among the major challenges the tourism sector will have to adapt to. Swat, Dir and Chitral are three districts particularly vulnerable to climate change. Nestled in the Hindu Kush mountain range, these areas are regu
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Scientists predict two out of three glaciers could be lost by 2100
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists have made new projections of glacier mass loss through the century under different emissions scenarios.
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Geneticists discover new wild goat subspecies via ancient DNA: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): Geneticists have discovered a previously unknown lineage of wild goats over ten millennia old. The new goat type, discovered from genetic screening of bone remains and referred to as 'the Taurasian tur', likely survived the Last Glacial Maximum (the ice age)
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Pakistan authorities' negligence leaves locals of Gilgit Baltistan in mise
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [Pakistan], September 26 (ANI): Locals of the Hoper nullah area in Nagar district of Gilgit Baltistan have complained that despite the recent unprecedented flooding, not a single official visited the area to ascertain the magnitude of the disaster, leaving the people of the
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Six dead in glacier collapse in Italy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], July 4 (ANI/Xinhua): At least six people were dead and more than a dozen missing Sunday after a glacial ice shelf collapsed amid higher-than-usual temperatures in northern Italy.
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Pak PM orders measures to control glacial lake outburst flood
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday asked officials to take measures to control a glacial lake outburst flood from a glacier in Hunza, Pak media reported.
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Glacial outburst suspected for flash flood in Central Nepal
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sindhupalchok [Nepal], June 17 (ANI): The flash flood incident of Tuesday in Sindhupalchok district of Nepal is suspected to be caused by glacial outburst in a high lying area bordering Tibet, said a government official.
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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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IIT scientists' suggests satellite-based monitoring of glacial catchments
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): A recent study carried out by the scientist of Indian Institue of Technology (IIT) Kanpur suggests satellite-based real-time monitoring of Himalayan glacial catchments would improve understanding of flood risk in the region and help inform an early flood wa
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Glacial period impacted crocodile evolution: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], February 28 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers from McGill University discovered that the genomes of Caribbean and Pacific crocodiles in Panama were impacted due to sea-level changes during the Ice Age.
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Uttarakhand glacial burst: Death toll rises to 72
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], February 27 (ANI): The death toll in the Uttarakhand glacier burst incident has reached 72 as two more bodies and 30 parts of human bodies were recovered from the debris, according to the state government on Saturday.
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