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Uttarakhand: Over one lakh cusecs water released from Banbasa-Sharda barra
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Champawat (Uttarakhand) [India], July 9 (ANI): Due to incessant rains in the mountains of Uttarakhand for two consecutive days, the Banbasa-Sharda Barrage overflowed after water levels of Sharda River in Champawat district increased.
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U'khand: ITBP personnel rescue jawans after Army truck falls in roadside d
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Auli (Uttarakhand) [India], July 6 (ANI): The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel from Mountaineering and Skiing Institute, ITBP in Auli rescued two jawans here after an Army truck fell in a roadside ditch on Monday.
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Indian military maintains edge over Chinese PLA in high-altitude mountaino
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 18 (ANI): Conventional wisdom suggests that China hold a significant military advantage over India, but recent studies from the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Boston and the Center for a New American Security in Washington suggests that
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Chinese military conducts drills in mountainous region amid border tension
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 17 (ANI): China has recently conducted joint exercises keeping in mind the high-elevation mountainous region, The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command said on Tuesday.
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People living on higher altitude have less chances of catching coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 1 (ANI): Researchers have found that populations living in higher altitudes, especially 3,000 meters (9,842 feet) above the sea level significantly report lower levels of coronavirus infections than their lowland counterparts.
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Rudranath temple in Uttarakhand opens without devotees today
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 19 (ANI): Situated at an altitude of 11,808 feet above the sea level, the doors of Rudranath temple dedicated to Lord Shiva situated in Garhwal Himalayan mountains were opened on Tuesday morning for summers without devotees due to the coronavirus lockdown.
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Lava-like mud flows on Mars
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): Scientists have long suspected that the 'fire-breathing' volcanoes that spread large quantities of flowing lava over Mars were not the only kind. The numerous mountain cones in the northern hemisphere of the Red Planet may be the result of mud volcanoes.
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Leonardo DiCaprio aids launch of USD 2 million fund for Africa's Virunga N
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 18 (ANI): Joining hands with the European Commission, actor Leonardo DiCaprio launched the Virunga Fund with seed money of USD 2 million to support Africa's Virunga National Park.
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Uttarakhand: High mountains including Gangotri covered in snow
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 6 (ANI): Gangotri Dham got covered with sheets of snow after heavy snowfall lashed Uttarkashi region of Uttarakhand on Wednesday.
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Rescue chopper with 7 onboard crashes in mountains in South Korea, no fata
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 01 (Sputnik/ANI): A rescue helicopter with seven people on board, including a patient, crashed in mountains in South Korea on Friday, national media reported.
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Tricolour on Swiss Alps as Switzerland expresses solidarity with India in
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], April 18 (ANI): Switzerland and India are fighting coronavirus together and to express solidarity, strength to India, Switzerland projected India's tricolor on the iconic mountain -- Matterhorn.
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SPO killed, another injured in attack in J-K's Kishtwar
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 13 (ANI): A Special Police Officer (SPO) was killed while another suffered grievous injuries after being attacked while on patrolling duty at the upper area of Tander, falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Dachhan in the mountainous distric
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