Tag: ICE

LEH (Ladakh): Iron, and tons of it lying everywhere. The whirring sound of machines cutting through firm metal cut through the serenity of beautiful Leh. The activity of men at work was like a Monday at the office. About 200 metres away, at the NDS Memorial Sports Ground, local ...

It is now too late to save summer Arctic sea ice, research has shown, and scientists say preparations need to be made for the increased extreme weather across the northern hemisphere that is likely to occur as a result.Analysis shows that even if greenhouse gas emissions are sharply reduced, ...

Parts of Earth's ice sheets that could lift global oceans by metres will likely crumble with another half degree Celsius of warming, and are fragile in ways not previously understood, according to new research. The risk, which will play out over centuries, may also be greater than expected for ...

Acting CEC Er. Punchok Tashi interacting with players at Kargil on Wednesday. -Excelsior/Basharat Ladakhi Excelsior Sports CorrespondentKargil, Jan 11, 2023: Acting Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, Kargil, Er Punchok Tashi today inaugurated the 14th CEC Ice Hockey Championship organized by Department of Youth Services and Sports, Kargil at Khree Sultan Cho Sports ...

Chairman LAHDC Adv Tashi Gyalson alongwith other officials displaying MoU copy at Leh on Saturday. Excelsior Sports CorrespondentLEH, Sept 24: Lieutenant Governor R K Mathur virtually attended the signing of the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Youth Services and Sports, Ladakh; LAHDC Leh and Eicher ...

Srinagar: The Hurriyat Conference on Wednesday said the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan is an opportunity for prime ministers of India and Pakistan to break the ice and move towards resolving their outstanding issues.The SCO will hold its first in-person summit in Samarkand in Uzbekistan on Thursday ...

Defence Cooperation Perks Up ...A more intensive relationship may be traced back to the visit of General Wei Fenghe, Minister for National Defence and State Councilor, a top-ranking position after the Vice-Premiers. That visit occurred in December 2020 even as the standoff between India and China at Ladakh continued. ...

#Pakistan News High in northern India's untouched Himalayas, artists are chainsawing blocks of ice from a frozen river, feverishly sculpting what they hope will be pioneering India's answer to China's Harbin International Ice Festival. So far, the Kangsing collective have created what they call a "mini-colosseum," a cafeteria and ...

#Pakistan News Talks in Oslo between Taliban and Afghan diaspora members served as an "icebreaker," participants say, on the eve of Taliban’s meeting with Western diplomats to discuss humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Taliban official says the three days of talks with Western officials in Oslo is "a step to ...

"Whichever style you decide to climb, winter expeditions on 8,000m peaks are anything but a walk in the park and no one without exception has collected easy and abundant successes in this type of vertical adventure," Simone Moro wrote on Instagram.  With more than 20 winter expeditions under his ...