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Historic start for Char Dham Yatra: Uttarkashi welcomes over 3,60,000 pilgrimsOn Friday, 9,812 pilgrims visited Yamunotri Dham, while 13,602 made their way to Gangotri Dham. This surge in devotees brings the total to ...- Yatra route towards Kedarnath Dham temporarily closed after fragment of Bhairav glacier breaks offThe route towards Kedarnath Dham Yatra has been closed after a glacier broke at Bhairon, according to officials. Due to this, the Rudrapray...
- Gangotri glacier retreated by 0.23 sq km between 2001-16, govt tells Rajya Sabha"According to information received from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), in-situ measurements show the black carbon concentra...
- Debris alters course of Ganga near GaumukhThe snout of the Gangotri glacier - Gaumukh - from where the Ganga river emerges has been so impacted by debris falling from nearby areas d...
- Gangotri glacier’s rate of receding slows, but base thinning: ExpertsThe scientists are yet to work out the short-term and long-term implications that the thinning of the base will have on the water flow from...
- Gangotri glacier’s rate of receding slows, but base thinning: ExpertsThe rate of retreat of Gangotri glacier has slowed down to 11 metres since 2008 from the maximum of 35 metres recorded in 1974, according t...
- Retreat of Gangotri glacier will not impact the flow of river Ganga drastically, says governmentRetreat of Gangotri glacier will not have drastic influence on the flow of Ganga as the river is not totally dependent on glaciers for its ...
- Gangotri glacier getting less snowfall, higher temperaturesA team of climate scientists recorded and analysed snow and meteorological parameters for a period of 13 years from 2000 to 2012.
- On Uma Bharti's direction, experts to probe if Kailash is Ganga's source as Hindu mythology saysIncidentally, NIH has an observatory at Bhojwasa near the Gangotri glacier where several studies have been conducted on the Ganga.
- Around 18,000 people shifted to safer places in Uttarakhand: GOCThe Army has shifted some 18,000 people stranded at various places in the rain-ravaged Uttarakhand to safer places braving adverse conditio...
- Gangotri glacier dying a slow deathIs Gangotri glacier receding at an alarming pace: shrunken by a kilometre in the past 30 years? That’s the question often debated by enviro...
- Smaller glaciers more vulnerable to climate change: StudySmaller Himalayan glaciers are proving much more vulnerable to climate change than the area's larger glaciers, says a new report contradict...
- Govt findings on Himalayan glaciers misleading: NGOTerming the environment ministry's recent report on non-receding of Himalayan glaciers as false complacency, a research foundation on ecolo...
- 'Gangotri glacier shrinking due to global warming'Under the impact of global warming, about 30 metres of Gangotri glacier and five km of Khumbu glacier have shrunk while the temperature in ...
- Receding of Gangotri glacier natural: GovtDespite fears that the flow of the Bhagirathi, the main tributary of the Ganga, is falling in volume, the government has said there is no s...
- 'Snout' of Dakshin Gangotri glacier recedingThe 'snout' of the Dakshin Gangotri glacier is receding at an average rate of .70 metres per annum, according to a study conducted by India...
- 'No immediate threat to Gangotri that feeds river Ganga'Even if Gangotri retreats at 20 m per annum, it will last for 1,500 years. The Himalayas are conducive for the preservation of glaciers.
- Gangotri: From here to eternitySome of India's leading scientists believe there's no immediate or even medium-term threat to the glacier that feeds the Ganga.
- Decline in the retreat of Gangotri glacier: StudyIn an important revelation, scientists have found a recession in the rate of retreat of Gangotri glacier in the Himalaya in last three deca...
- 'Industry should work for cleaner environ'Industry and the youth should take lead in protecting and conserving the country's natural resources, noted environmentalist Sunder Lal Bah...
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