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Uttarkashi avalanche: 9 bodies retrieved so far, 29 still trapped, says NI
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], October 6 (ANI): The Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) on Thursday said that a total of nine bodies which were trapped in the Uttarkashi avalanche have been recovered and retrieved till now, while 29 other trainees continue to remain stranded.
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Hemkund Sahib receives snowfall; doors to be closed on Oct 10
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], October 4 (ANI): Hemkund Sahib, situated at an altitude of 15225 feet, received up to two inches of snow, dropping the temperature here to minus.
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Asia Cup 2022: Watch Virat Kohli training in high-altitude mask ahead of S
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Virat has had a solid Asia Cup 2022 so far
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Indian Air Force evacuates Israeli national in Ladakh
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India], August 31 (ANI): The Indian Air Force on Wednesday evacuated from Ladakh an Israeli national suffering from high altitude sickness, including vomiting and low oxygen saturation, and transported him to Leh, officials said.
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Indian Air Force rescues Israeli national in Ladakh
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): The Indian Air Force rescued an Israeli national in Ladakh, who was suffering from mountain sickness with difficulty in breathing due to the high altitude, and transported him to Leh.
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COVID-19 outbreak brings worry amid shortage of medical supplies, oxygen i
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI): The new COVID-19 outbreak in Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region raises grave concern across the region amid the lack of medical personnel and nucleic acid testing sample collectors, as well as a shortage of oxygen for treating severe cases du
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China concerned over South Korea's remarks on US-made anti-missile systems
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 3 (ANI): China has expressed concern over the remarks of South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin about the US-made anti-missile systems- THAAD, which it said might lead to a gradual shift in Seoul's foreign policy towards Beijing.
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Duty with human service: ITBP providing oxygen to Amarnath pilgrims
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): In yet another life-saving effort, the mountain-trained Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force, while doing security duties of the Amarnath Yatra-2022, is engaged in providing oxygen support to the needy pilgrims at high altitude points during the annual pil
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China to relocate 17,000 Tibetan people, claims to improve living conditio
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], June 27 (ANI): Around 17,555 Tibetan people will be relocated away from high-altitude places in Nagqu City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region under a relocation plan that aims to improve the living conditions of the people and protect the region's fragile ecosystem.
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Over 50,000 ITBP personnel perform Yoga at 19,000 feet in sub-zero tempera
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): More than 50,000 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel, known as 'Himveers', performed Yoga on the occasion of the 8th International Yoga Day on Tuesday in sub-zero temperature locations in the high altitude regions of Himalayas up to 19,000 feet start
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Himveers of ITBP practice yoga at high altitudes in Himalayas
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): On the occasion of the 8th International Day of Yoga, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel practised yoga in different high-altitude Himalayan ranges starting from Ladakh in the north to Sikkim in the eastern ranges.
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ITBP drivers trained to deal slippery roads in difficult terrains in the H
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): For the first time, the Transport Battalion Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Chandigarh created a marshy road driving track for its drivers to train them to negotiate slippery roads in difficult terrains in the high altitude mountain slopes.
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