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IAF carries out rescue operation at Kolahoi Glacier
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 09 (ANI): The Indian Air Force on Sunday rescued a trekker after his team fell in a crevasse at the Kolahoi Glacier in Jammu and Kashmir.
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1968 plane crash victim's body found in H-P glacier
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 21 (ANI): After a span of 50 years, the body of a 1968 Indian Air Force (IAF) plane crash victim was found in Himachal Pradesh's Dhaka glacier base camp. A mountaineering expedition recovered the body on July 1.
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Glaciers melting in Gilgit-Baltistan due to CPEC project
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan occupied Kashmir], Mar 4 (ANI): Thirty-six glacial lakes in various valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan have been declared dangerous with seven of them posing a major threat to the people, said a survey by Focus Pakistan, an NGO.
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5 Pak soldiers missing after avalanche in Siachen
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 31 (ANI): At least five Pakistani army personnel went missing on Saturday after an avalanche hit the Siachen Glacier.
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Carbon emissions put Pakistan's glaciers in danger
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 5 (ANI): Increase in the carbon emissions and the soot from various vehicles that pass through Khunjerab Pass in the Karakoram Mountain range will lead to melting glaciers in Pakistan, experts have warned.
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Greenland's ice more at risk than previously believed
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 2 (ANI): According to new maps of Greenland's coastal seafloor and bedrock beneath its massive ice sheet, two to four times as many coastal glaciers are at risk of accelerated melting as had previously been thought.
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Bhamre visits Siachen Glacier forward post, Ladakh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 17 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre visited a forward post of Siachen Glacier, Eastern Ladakh and Western Ladakh between July 15 and 16.
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Pakistan Mirage jets fly over Siachen Glacier
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Skardu [Pakistan], May 24 (ANI): Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter jets conducted flights near the Siachen Glacier on Wednesday.
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Patrolling is an operational requirement of Army: Col N. Kumar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 28 (ANI): Acknowledging that patrolling at Siachen glaciers is an ardent task for the armed forces to carry out, (Retd.) Colonel N Kumar, who is also called the 'Siachen Saviour', said the army has an operational requirement to patrol the glaciers as it woul
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Siachen braveheart honoured with Sena Medal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 15 (ANI): Siachen braveheart Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad, who died after he was miraculously rescued alive from beneath tonnes of snow following an avalanche that hit his post in Siachen Glacier, was today awarded the Sena Medal.
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Smriti Irani celebrates Raksha Bandhan at Siachen, ties rakhi to valiant s
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Siachen (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug 18 (ANI): Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday celebrated Raksha Bandhan with Army Jawans deployed at the Siachen Base Camp Glacier, the highest battleground in the world.
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