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Africa's highest peak Mount Kilimanjaro on fire
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Dodoma [Tanzania], October 14 (ANI): Africa's highest peak Mount Kilimanjaro is on fire as about 500 volunteers are trying to douse the flames, which can be seen from miles away, Tanzanian authorities said.
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China trying to consolidate position in Tibet by highlighting Mt. Everest
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): In a surprising move, the official website of China Global Television Network (CGTN) has published a tweet with pictures of Mount Everest stating that "An extraordinary sun halo was spotted Friday in the skies over Mount Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everes
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Telangana youngster scales Australia's highest peak
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 12 (ANI): Amgoth Tukaram, a young mountaineer from Telangana has scaled Mount Kosciuszko, the highest peak in Australia.
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7th standard student Kaamya becomes youngest girl to summit Mount Aconcagu
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Kaamya Karthikeyan, a 7th standard student of Navy Children School in Mumbai, became the youngest girl in the world to summit Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America and outside of Asia, the Indian Navy said on Sunday.
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Global warming is to blame for Sweden's highest peak losing title
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 11 (ANI): Sweden's tallest peak, Kebnekaise has lost its title of the highest mountain, as most of the glacier covering its summit melted due to the effects of global warming, reported CNN.
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Telangana: 21-yr-old Amgoth Tukaram conquers Europe's highest peak Mount E
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 28 (ANI): The 21-year-old Amgoth Tukaram scaled Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in the European continent and the most prominent peak in the world.
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U'khand CM meets 29-year-old Everester
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], July 20 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday met and felicitated Mount Everest climber Ameesha Chauhan, who scaled the world's highest peak earlier this year.
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Delhi electricity demand touches record 7,241 MW
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Delhi's electricity demand touched an all-time high of 7,241 megawatt (MW) on Monday at 3:29 pm. This is the highest peak power demand recorded in any Indian city.
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ITBP DIG Aparna Kumar becomes first civil servant to summit Mount Denali i
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Aparna Kumar has become the first civil servant to scale Mount Denali, the highest peak in North America.
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Nepal seeks help in identifying bodies recovered from Mt Everest
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jun 9 (ANI): Nepal sought help in identifying the bodies of four mountaineers that were recovered from Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, during this expedition season.
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Efforts underway to bring remains of Odisha's first woman mountaineer
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 25 (ANI): The state government is working in close coordination with the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu to bring back the mortal remains of Odisha's first woman mountaineer, Kalpana Dash, who died while descending from world's highest peak.
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Gopal Shrestha becomes first HIV-infected climber to scale Mount Everest
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 22 (ANI): A-56 year-old Gopal Shrestha from Pokhara in Nepal became first HIV infected climber to ascend world's highest peak, the Mount Everest.
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