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  Higher reaches of Uttarakhand receive heavy snowfall

  India | October 04, 2022 10:25 IST

  Snowfall in Uttarakhand: The Darma Valley, the last outpost near the China border, has received about 1 foot of snow in the low-lying area and more than four feet of snowfall in the mountains at an altitude of 17,500 feet.

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  Freedom to travel: Indian passport holders can visit these 10 countries without visas

  Travel | April 05, 2022 10:19 IST

  India has improved its passport power ranking for the year 2022. It has become much easier for Indians, who are waiting for their long-pending trips to be tick marked just because of long queue visas. It is time to pack your bags to visit the ten listed countries without even holding a visa.

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  Snow capped Himalayas are visible from Saharanpur again, mesmerising pics go viral on social media

  Trending | May 21, 2021 16:58 IST

  Last year, the magnificent range of the Himalayas was seen from Jalandhar and this time the snow capped mountains are clearly visible from Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur. 

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  Himalayas seen from Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur, residents share photos

  India | May 21, 2021 14:09 IST

  This is not the first instance where nature can be seen healing itself. Last year too, people of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab towns witnessed snow-capped mountain peaks of the Himalayas after decades

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  Explained | Himalayan glaciers sensitive to climate change, rapidly shrinking

  India | February 09, 2021 14:38 IST

  Himalayan glaciers are highly sensitive to climate change and are rapidly shrinking, posing a big threat to the populations that rely on them, according to scientific explanations.

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  NASA shares stunning pic of snow-covered Himalayan mountains

  Science | December 16, 2020 21:57 IST

  NASA has shared a stunning picture of snow-covered Himalayan mountains captured by a crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS). 

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  Save the Himalayas trends as people report forest fire in Uttarakhand

  India | May 27, 2020 21:43 IST

  With rise in mercury levels, Uttarakhand's forest fire has now reached at its peak. For the past four days, the state has been burning up as wildfires break out in different regions.

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  Jalandhar residents get view of Himalayan range, Harbhajan posts picture as lockdown clears air

  Trending | April 03, 2020 22:56 IST

  Jalandhar residents were left "amazed" by the sight of the Dhauladhar mountain range on Friday morning.

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  Himalayan glaciers getting smaller every year: Study

  India | June 20, 2019 6:35 IST

  The study is the latest and perhaps most convincing indication that climate change is eating the Himalayas' glaciers, potentially threatening water supplies for hundreds of millions of people downstream across much of Asia.  

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  Season's highest, the toll on Mt. everest reaches 11

  India | May 29, 2019 10:22 IST

  Indians have topped among the international climbers attempting to scale the Summit this spring with a total number of 78 of them getting permission.

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  This scary bus ride viral video might stop you from going to the Himalayas

  Trending | May 13, 2019 19:59 IST

  This viral video of a bus ride might give you goosebumps and make you back out from your plan. Watch people's reaction too!

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  Fresh batch of 782 pilgrims leave for Amarnath shrine

  India | July 27, 2018 13:03 IST

  A fresh batch of 782 pilgrims left for the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas

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  48-day-long Amarnath Yatra to begin on July 2nd

  India | May 09, 2016 21:40 IST

  Srinagar: The annual Amarnarh Yatra to the Himalayan Hindu cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir will begin on July 2 and conclude on August 24, it was announced today. The schedule and arrangements for this

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  Small plane carrying 21 people goes missing in Nepal

  World | February 24, 2016 12:47 IST

  Kathmandu: A Tara Air passenger plane with 21 people on board has gone missing during a domestic flight over the Himalayas in Nepal, officials say.Among those on board were two foreign tourists and two children.Official

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  248 glaciers retreating in the entire Himalayas

  India | December 15, 2015 11:28 IST

  New Delhi: There are 34,191 glaciers in the entire Himalayas and 248 of these are 'retreating' while 18 are 'advancing', the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar informed the House in a

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  Himalayan peak 5260 set to be named after mountaineer Nalini Sengupta

  India | July 25, 2015 13:10 IST

  Pune: Veteran mountaineer Nalini Sengupta is set to become the first Puneite to have a Himalyan peak christened in her honour.Sexagenarian Sengupta, who has scaled several summits till now, was bestowed with his honour recently

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  Two more Amarnath yatris die; toll rises to 25

  India | July 21, 2015 15:06 IST

  Srinagar: Two more pilgrims died due to cardiac arrest enroute to the 3,880 metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the death toll inthe ongoing yatra to 25, officials said today.Pradeep Kumar (64), a

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  5.1-magnitude quake again hits Nepal

  World | May 02, 2015 13:18 IST

  Kathmandu: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake on Saturday struck Nepal at 11.30 a.m. with its epicentre at Barpark in Gorkha district, seismologist Mukunda Bhattarai from the National Seismology Centre (NSC) said.This is the third quake with its

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  Entire Himalayan region vulnerable to quakes, says study

  India | April 27, 2015 8:23 IST

  New Delhi: An assessment made by the Indian government has revealed that entire Himalayan region is vulnerable to high intensity earthquakes exceeding 8.0 on the Richter scale which could adversely affect millions of people.Santosh Kumar,

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  Nepal Police gun down 'most wanted' Indian criminal

  World | November 23, 2014 13:27 IST

  Kathmandu: An Indian national, who was in the most wanted list of Nepal Police, has been killed in an encounter in southern Nepal, police said.  Sahasran Khan of Maharajganj district, Uttar Pradesh, was killed in