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Here is a list of 10 of the highest mountains in India.

It is difficult to tackle snow leopard poaching and trafficking in the absence of a joint database of crimes, say researchers in India

President Donald Trump said that the United States would impose major new sanctions on Iran in two days, just hours after saying he would be the Islamic republics new best friend if they were to renounce nuclear arms.

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(CNN) — It’s a fact every schoolchild knows: Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It’s a truth that feels ancient and inevitable, an unassailable certainty that draws hundreds of climbers to attempt the summit each year — because, in the words of George Mallory, one of the first mountaineers to conquer it, […]

NEW DELHI: Nearly 50 people have died in flash floods triggered by unprecedented heavy rains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, authorities said on Wednesday, as environmentalist warn the Himalayan region is seeing the effects of climate change and rampant development. Incessant rain since Monday has caused flooding, landslides, and massive destruction in the state

A car, with passengers on board, was pulled to safety by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) after it got stuck in a landslide in Uttarakhand.

Chardham pilgrims, who had arrived in Haridwar and Rishikesh by Sunday, have been asked not to proceed further till the weather improves while operation of vehicles for the Himalayan temples has been suspended temporarily.

Heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand over the past two-three days has led to scenes of chaos and disaster across the hilly state, with flooded roads and buildings, destroyed bridges and overflowing rivers leaving five dead and several people stranded.

The state authorities have advised Chardham pilgrims not to proceed to the Himalayan temples till the weather improves.