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Mann ki Baat: PM Modi calls women drone operators 'sky warriors', says the
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Addressing the 122nd episode of Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi said, "Today, there are many women who are working in the fields as well as touching the heights of the sky. Yes! You heard it right; now the women of the village are flying drones as Drone Didi and ushering in a new revolution in agri
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Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates new Multi-Agency Centre at Nort
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the new Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) at North Block in New Delhi on Friday.
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Home Minister Amit Shah commends ITBP jawans for Mount Makalu summit, clea
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah praised ITBP jawans for climbing Mount Makalu, the world's fifth highest peak. They planted the Indian flag and removed 150 kg of garbage, inspired by PM Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Shah applauded their courage and commitment in a tweet.
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ITBP creates history with first-ever CAPF ascent of Mt. Makalu; twin summi
Updated : 1 year ago IST
In a landmark achievement, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) successfully scaled Mt. Makalu (8,485 m), the world's fifth highest peak, on April 19, marking the first-ever ascent of the peak by any Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), the force said on Friday.
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Everest summiteer from Himachal sets sights on climbing atop Lhotse and Ma
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Negi, who successfully summitted Mount Annapurna (8091 mt) earlier this month, is now looking for financial support to move ahead with his planned expedition.
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Savita Kanswal becomes the first woman in India to successfully climb Mt.
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], July 25 (ANI/PNN): Savita Kanswal, a 26 years old girl from Lonthru Village, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand), has become the first woman in India who has successfully climbed Mt. Everest and Mt. Makalu in just 16 days.
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Nepali climber Nirmal Purja scripts history, climbed 14 peaks in 7 months
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Oct 29 (ANI): A Nepali climber Nirmal Purja, popularly known as "Nims Dai", has set a new record of summit--14 mountains in less than seven months.
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Everest Day observed in Siliguri; condolences expressed over deaths in exp
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 29 (ANI): Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation expressed condolences over the deaths of the mountaineers during the mountain expeditions in this month, on the occasion of the 66th Everest Day in Siliguri.
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Ace mountaineer Dipankar Ghosh goes missing on Mt Makalu in Nepal
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 17 (ANI): Ace mountaineer Dipankar Ghosh has reportedly gone missing on Nepal's Mount Makalu, the world's fifth highest peak in, expedition organisers confirmed on Friday.
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First Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition to Mt Makalu led to discovery
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Indian Army has claimed that its Mountaineering Expedition Team sited a series of huge mysterious footprints measuring 32 inches by 15 inches on April 09, while acclimatizing at Langmale Kharka, at a height of 3500 metres above sea level, close to Makalu
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First Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition to Mt Makalu flags off
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): First Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition to Mt Makalu (8485m) comprising five Officers, two JCOs and eleven OR was flagged off by Director General Military Training on Tuesday.
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Cargo copter crashes in Nepal, two dead
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 16 (ANI): A cargo helicopter of Makalu Air crashed in Nepal's Humla district on Wednesday morning, killing both pilots. The deceased were identified as Kiran Bhattarai (pilot) and Aditya Nepali (co-pilot). The aircraft bearing the call sign 9 N-AJU was en-route to S
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