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Amarinder Singh announces Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia for kin of Punjab solider k
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], February 27 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakh, along with a government job to a family member of Naib Subedar Parwinder Singh from Punjab, who laid down his life in high altitude area of Batalik
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Army deploys K-9 Vajra howitzers in Ladakh for high altitude operations, m
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): As Indian Army chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane inducted the last of the 100 K-9 Vajra guns ordered, three of these howitzers have been deployed for trials in high altitude mountainous area of Ladakh.
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Army trains its 'mountain warriors' at J-K's High Altitude Warfare School
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 11 (ANI): Indian Army is training its soldiers and officers for high altitude operations at its High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) in Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir.
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Army organises camp on snow avalanche awareness, rescue in J-K's Baramulla
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 9 (ANI): The avalanche rescue team of the Indian Army on Monday organised awareness-cum-demonstration camp on snow avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district.
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Indian Army signs a $20 million contract with ideaForge to procure SWITCH
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 14 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Indian Army has signed an approximately USD 20 million contract for undisclosed quantities of a high-altitude variant of ideaForge's SWITCH UAV which will be delivered over a period of 1 year.
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HAL's indigenously made Light Utility Helicopter completes high-altitude t
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 9 (ANI): HAL's indigenously developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) demonstrated high altitude capability in hot and high weather conditions in the Himalayas for about 10 days.
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Study links living at higher altitudes to higher levels of child stunting
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 25 (ANI): Children living at high altitudes are found to be more stunted, on average, than peers residing at lower altitudes, according to a new study.
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India building new road to Ladakh, for facilitating troop movement without
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): In an effort to rush troops and tanks to the Pakistan and China front in Ladakh without being observed by the enemy, India is working on making a new road from Manali to Leh, which will provide the third link between the high altitude mountainous Union
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Army to choose from Tata, American Stryker and Humvee for its armoured pro
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Seeking to provide highly mobile armoured protection vehicles to its soldiers in high altitude terrains like Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army is looking to choose from three different vehicles including the indigenous Tata Wheeled Armoured Protection along with
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Army's big edge over China in Eastern Ladakh, 35,000 Indian troops deploye
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Preparing for a long haul in the Eastern Ladakh sector in extreme winters, the Indian Army has an edge over the Chinese as it has deployed 35,000 troops there who have already done tenures in high altitude and cold conditions.
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DRDO establishes COVID-19 testing facility in Leh
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has established a COVID-19 testing facility at the Leh-based laboratory - Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), according to an official statement.
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Ladakh LG inaugurates COVID-19 testing facility at DIHAR
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ladakh [India], July 23 (ANI): Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh RK Mathur on Wednesday inaugurated the COVID-19 testing facility established in adherence to the safety standards and advisories of ICMR at (DIHAR) lab in Leh on July 22.
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