Showing posts with label himalayas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label himalayas. Show all posts
Saturday, November 14, 2009

Top mountaineer Tomaz Humar killed in Nepal's Himalayas

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KATHMANDU — A Slovenian climber recognised as one of the world's greatest-ever mountaineers has died after a daredevil solo attempt on...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Chipko Movement leader lauds Sikkim’s green mission

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GANGTOK, November 13: Applauding the efforts of the State Government in pioneering innovative steps with the launch of the State Green Mis...

Sikkim eager to protect the environment around the Himalayas, says Chamling

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Gangtok,Nov13:   Sikkim government will always like to become a willing partner in the regional endeavour to protect the Himalayas, Chief M...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

16 Bear sightings, nine injured in bear spate in Sikkim so far

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Trap set up at Bulbuley to capture elusive Himalayan Black Bear GANGTOK, November 11: Debate on forest resource conservation have been re...
Monday, November 02, 2009

RARE HIMALAYAN SPECIE SCOOPS OWL CRUSHED AT PAKYONG AIRPORT SITE

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PAKYONG AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION HEAVY MACHINERY CRUSHED DOWN A VERY RARE SPECIES OF HIMALAYAN OWL, SCOOPS OWL WHICH IS NOW LISTED IN WORLD NA...
Friday, October 30, 2009

Glaciology centre to study melting of Himalayan glaciers

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Shimla,October30: The Glaciology centre, the first of its kind in the country, will be set up in one of the Himalayan states to study mel...
Friday, October 23, 2009

Melting Himalayan glaciers endanger Bhutan,Sikkim and North East India

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Mount Jomolhar the highest peak in Bhutan. Reports indicate that the melting of the Himalayan glaciers is threatening the kingdom of Bhu...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The Eastern Himalayas — Where Worlds Collide :The WWF report

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353 wildlife species found in 10 years in N-E India . Snow white orchid among 353 new species Gangtok , Aug. 10: The eastern Himalayas is ...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Spring date for Sikkim Everest team

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photos: Late Sonam Gyatso & The shoes that he used while scaling Everest. Gangtok, Nov. 12: Sonam Gyatso Mountaineering Institute here...
Friday, November 02, 2007

Peak push to tourism in Sikkim

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Gangtok, Nov. 1: Mountaineering is fast becoming the most popular form of adventure tourism in Sikkim and a British couple are keen to prom...
Monday, October 29, 2007

Swiss-Dutch team climbs 6010m Sikkim peak

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photo:The team at peak Gangtok, Oct. 28: A Swiss and Dutch team has conquered the 6,010m-high Mt Thingchingkhang in West Sikkim. This is t...
Saturday, October 27, 2007

SWISS TEAM CONQUER MOUNT THINCHINKHANG OF SIKKIM

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YUKSOM, (West Sikkim), October 26: A Swiss mountaineering expedition successfully scaled the 6010m Mount Thinchinkhang on October 24. The e...
Thursday, October 11, 2007

US climbers set to climb Mt. Thinchinkhang ,Sikkim

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YUKSOM (West Sikkim), Oct. 10: Three experienced climbers from America are set to climb Mt. Thinchinkhang situated at an altitude of 21,035...
Friday, October 05, 2007

USA team to scale 6010 m peak in West Sikkim

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Gangtok, Oct 5,2007 : A three-member team from the USA will be attempting to scale a 6,010 m alpine peak of Sikkim on a sixteen-day expediti...
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Himalayan Glaciers on Sikkim study table

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Gangtok, Sept. 17: The Sikkim government has constituted a commission to study the glaciers in the state and their impact on the river syst...
Sunday, September 02, 2007

Global Warming : A fable from the Himalayas

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Enjoy the Video Nitin Das, an IIM graduate left his corporate career for filmmaking. His eight-minute film is an inspiring story about a Bud...
Monday, August 27, 2007

FLASH FLOODS IN THE HIMALAYAS

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The Himalayas are one of the youngest mountain ranges on earth and represent a high energy environment very much prone to natural disasters....