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14 stranded trekkers to reach Kaza, bodies to arrive at Keylong today: DC
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahaul Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 29 (ANI): Fourteen members of the mountaineering team from West Bengal stranded for over two weeks with two bodies at over 5,000m high Khamengar glacier of Lahaul Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh are likely to reach Kaza, Lahaul Spiti Deputy
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ITBP launches rescue mission in Himachal's Lahaul Spiti valley for strande
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) launched a rescue mission in Lahaul Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh after two trekkers from West Bengal died while 12 other mountaineers remain stranded for over two weeks at the over 5,000m high Khamengar glacier due
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PM Modi lauds team of differently-abled people for hoisting flag at Siache
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the team of differently-abled people who created a world record by hoisting a flag on the Kumar Post situated at an altitude of more than 15,000 feet at the Siachen glacier.
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Team of 8 specially-abled people creates world record, reaches Kumar Post
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): A team of eight specially-abled people created a world record on Sunday when they reached Kumar Post at 15,632 feet on the Siachen glacier.
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Amid depleting groundwater table, Aquabrim is promoting water security acr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): It is common knowledge, taught to us since school days that water covers 70 per cent of our planet, and only three per cent out of it is fresh water and two-third of it is stored in glaciers. However, the struggles of over a billion people world
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Swarnim Vijay Flame reaches Siachen Glacier to commemorate 50 years of vic
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir)[India], August 3 (ANI): The Swarnim Vijay Flame on Tuesday reached the frozen frontier of Siachen Glacier to commemorate 50 years of Indian Armed Forces victory over Pakistan in the 1971 Indo-Pak War.
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Take tiered approach to tackle climate change melting glaciers, altering r
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Climate change is causing river runoffs and melting of glaciers located in the Himalayan range and the seasonality of flow in rivers in the region like the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra will continue to increase till the 2050s, says a new study which suggest
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ITBP, SDRF teams sent for inspection of Rishiganga lake and glacier: Chamo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], May 31 (ANI): Uttarakhand's Chamoli District Magistrate on Monday informed that teams of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) have been sent for the inspection of Rishiganga lake and glacier.
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Rishiganga glacier not yet in critical condition: Uttarakhand DGP
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 30 (ANI): The Rishiganga glacier in Chamoli district is not yet in critical condition the Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar said on Sunday.
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Scientists conduct aerial survey of glaciers in Chamoli
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], May 30 (ANI): A team of scientists on Saturday conducted an aerial survey of glaciers at the origin of Rishiganga river in Chamoli.
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Uttarakhand glacier burst: 8 killed, 384 rescued; search on for 38 missing
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], April 24 (ANI): Eight bodies have been recovered and 384 people were rescued by the Army today while 38 persons are still missing after the glacier burst incident took place in Sumna, Neeti Valley near the India-China border in Chamoli district on Friday.
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U'khand glacier burst: 384 rescued so far, 6 of them critical
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], April 24 (ANI): As many as 384 persons have been rescued so far with six of them being critical and currently under medical treatment, a day after a glacier burst incident took place in Sumna, Neeti Valley near the India-China border in Chamoli district. Eig
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