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Two dams collapse in Balochistan amid relentless rain
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Disastrous spells of monsoon rains in Balochistan have led to the collapse of two dams, Jara and Tabina, in the Toba Kakar range of mountains, media reports said.
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Punjab govt frees 2,828 acres of land from Shivalik foothills
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 30 (ANI): The Punjab government on Friday freed 2,828 acres of illegally encroached land in the foothills of the Shivalik Mountains from the possession of various influential people including the son of Shiromani Akali Dal's MP Simranjit Singh Mann.
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Nepal: Record-setting female climbers vow to continue scaling heights
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 30 (ANI): Photojournalist by profession turned mountaineer Purnima Shrestha from Gorkha, Nepal became the first in her profession to climb six mountains above 8,000 metres high in the Himalayan nation.
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HCL and UNLEASH partner to develop solutions for Aquatic Ecosystem Conserv
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India): HCL Group and UNLEASH, a global innovation program for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), announced a year-long collaboration to mobilize youth and develop innovative solutions to promote aquatic ecosystem conservatio
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Life of shepherdess in Ladakh mountains an inspiration to many
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Tsering Dorjai, a shepherdess in Gya village who spends 11 months a year with her flock in the Ladakh mountains, believes that an organic life of daily struggles and adventures can be a rewarding life and one should not "let the world decide your definitio
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Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna's 'Animal' goes on floors
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Manali (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 22 (ANI): Shooting for Ranbir Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna-starrer 'Animal' has started amid the snow-capped mountains of Manali, Himachal Pradesh.
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KMVN appoints trip to temples as official partner for Adi Kailash Yatra
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) April 21 (ANI/PNN): In cheerful news for devotees of Lord Shiva, the Adi Kailash and Om mountains, equivalent to the sacred mountain Kailash, will be accessible from June to October this year. The holy mountains could be visited via a motorable road without trekking. Adi Ka
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Study finds how mountain streams can signal climate change
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Riverside (California)[US], April 9 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California have found a new tool that can better assess an important but overlooked indicator of global warming, which is a variety of bugs, worms and snails living in high mountain streams.
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New model explores how geographic features influence evolutionary outcomes
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 28 (ANI): Researchers at St. Louis University have recently developed a new method to measure the extent to which regional geographic features including barriers between regions, like mountains or water affect local rates of speciation, extinction and dispersal for spe
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Study finds catchment restoration in mountains can reduce climate change i
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], March 10 (ANI): A new research led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has shown how catchment restoration through the management of alien tree infestation in the mountains of the South-Western Cape could have lessened the impact of climate change on low river flow
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Three women crushed by falling debris in Uttarakhand
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand) [India], March 3 (ANI): Three women were crushed by debris falling from mountains at Luthiyag in Jakholi block and the body of one of them has been taken out, said Rudraprayag district magistrate Manuj Goyal on Thursday.
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Good news for tourists: Toy train ride in Darjeeling to become more afford
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], February 24 (ANI): The journey through the spectacular mountains of the Himalayas will become more affordable from March as the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) has reduced the fare of the world-famous 'Toy Train' service.
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