Many of us didn’t anticipate that most of India would go through a lockdown again like last summer. While the 2nd wave of COVID has stalled India again, air quality did increase again. Probably the only short term benefit of the pandemic! This is also similar to the last year
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Some respite for environment as pollution level drastically reduced amid coronavirus lockdown in India. Despite immense misery perhaps this is one positive outcome, for the time being. Over polluted Indian cities are experiencing the cleanest of air since several years. As per a report of GREENPEACE, air quality in top
For last week or so our central and states govt were unanimously in favour of extending the lockdown in India. Finally today the announcement came. As expected Lockdown 2.0 will continue till 3rd May 2020. Despite the distress it caused, it is the only available option to us for the
Though Roopkund trek is closed to trekkers at present, but that doesn’t keep away its tendency to be on news. It may well be a game changer from the prior researches and reveal new facts. Last month a research paper published on “Roopkund” in ‘Nature’, a well-known and authoritative forum
India opens 137 new Himalayan peaks to climb in 2019
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- 137 new Himalayan peaks are now open in India, new Himalayan peaks opened to climb in India
On the eve of independence day, Indian govt announced to open 137 new mountaineering and trekking peaks to climb in Indian Himalayas. This is surely a welcome move in favour of global mountaineering and climbing fraternity. Prior to this, very few of the newly opened peaks were accessible to mountaineers