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Mount Everest season opens late, with climbers undeterred by huge ice block and high travel costsHundreds of climbers are attempting Mount Everest despite an unstable ice block and increased costs. The Khumbu Icefall route, crucial for ...- NGT issues notice to Centre over hanging glacier danger in central HimalayaThe National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...
- Is glacial snout detachment at over 6,000 m reason for Dharali disaster?Authorities investigate the cause of the devastating flash flood in Uttarkashi. A glacial snout detachment upstream of Dharali is suspected...
- From Kedarnath to Dharali: Uttarakhand's unheeded warnings and rising disastersFlash floods in Kheer Ganga revive memories of past disasters for survivors. Uttarakhand faces increasing extreme rainfall and landslides. ...
- Avalanche near Kedarnath temple leaves pilgrims worried, officials allay fearsAn avalanche continued to strike Kedarnath region as the devotees witnessed a snow storm on the hills of Kedarnath around 6 a.m. on Saturda...
- Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier on verge of breaking way, poses threat to billion livesThe Thwaites glacier is said to be hanging onto mainland Antarctica by its fingernails according to a survey. Geophysicists have been scrut...
- Experts eye unstable glacier within Italy's Mont Blanc
- Watch the ice: Post Uttarakhand, experts call for regular, dedicated monitoring of glaciersThe raging waters also swept away the Rishiganga and Tapovan hydel projects. The researchers’ hypothesis is based on surveillance by teams ...
- Another lake formed upstream, poses danger: ExpertsGeologists of the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garwal University (HNBGU) who are conducting a survey of the Rishiganga area - from where the fla...
- Fate of NTPC’s Tapovan project hangs in balance after Rs 1,500 crore lossThe company, however, told the BSE on Monday that the “damage may not be considered material or significant” as per Sebi norms in the light...
- Uttarakhand disaster: Glacier fracture triggered tragedy, shows initial studies“The DRDO team is analysing all available data but an initial aerial survey indicates that a hanging glacier broke away from the main glaci...
- Global warming making Siachen riskier for soldiersThe death of 10 soldiers earlier this year in an avalanche in the critical Sonam post, located close to the Line of Control with Pakistan, ...
- Roster ready for ministers’ Independence Day activitiesThe big ‘Yaad Karo Kurbani’ celebrations on I-Day will be kicked off by PM Modi on August 9 when he will visit freedom fighter Chandra Shek...
- A trek with friends from Jungle Camp to the Gujjar Hut is worth rememberingIn the encouraging words of ETTravel reader Ridhika Khanna, who took mountaineering course for a month at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering...
- Adventure tourism: Where human emotions form the perfect canvas for photographersMountaineering expeditions, sky diving, bungee jumping, rafting and rock climbing are popular choices with our desi youthful travellers.
- Top 10 countries to travel to in 2010Lonely Planet has named the top 10 countries to travel to next year and they start with El Salvador, which is marked by its “ lefty lounge ...
- Ten national parks that make for the perfect holidayTen national parks that make for the perfect holiday far from the madding crowd.
- Brown clouds making Asian cities 'dimmer': UN reportBrown clouds of pollution are hanging over Asia, making "cities from Beijing to New Delhi" darker and melting Himalayan glaciers faster, th...
- Just three places that the two of you might tryOkay, okay, for the past 15 days you’ve been bombarded with suggestions of things to do, things to wear, things to buy, things to gift etc ...
- Downhill taskTo avoid embarrassment it’s best to avoid a first-ever ski lesson in one of the skiing Meccas of the world. I mean, it’s never nice to plou...
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