Himalayas

Himalayas

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How an ancient ocean shaped both the Himalayas and the Strait of Hormuz

About 50 to 40 million years ago, the Indian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate. Instead of one plate sliding beneath the other, both crumpled due to their thickness.

Yala Peak. Photo: Mohammad Mohiuddin Mahi/Rope4

From Keokradong to Himalayas: Mountaineer Mahi is building Bangladesh’s next generation of climbers

The majestic Himalayas, often referred to as the “roof of the world,” stand tall as a natural fortress. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam

Three killed, eight missing in Himalaya peak avalanche in Nepal

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Indian, Japanese scientists unearth 600-million-year-old ocean in Himalayas

FILE PHOTO: Snow-covered mountain range is seen from a passenger airplane in Ladakh region September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

India expects more clashes with Chinese troops in Himalayas - document

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India expects more clashes with Chinese troops in Himalayas

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2 Bangladeshi mountaineers set out to scale Himalayan peaks

I did not go there in search of God, nor am I trying to achieve nirvana. All I wanted was complete solitude in this secluded wonder of the world. Photos: Salehin Arshady

Alone in the Himalayas

Bimla Thakur, 56, a health worker, treks through mountains to vaccinate people in remote villages as a part of a vaccination drive, during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, near Malana village in Kullu district in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, September 14, 2021. Despite the hostile terrain, the northern state of Himachal Pradesh became the first in India to administer at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose in all its adults. The steep topography was a challenge overcome by health workers walking for hours or days to reach remote villages. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Doctors scale rockslides, invoke gods to vaccinate Himalayan villages

Members of a rescue team work inside a tunnel after a part of a glacier broke away in Tapovan, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Rescuers drill Indian tunnel to look for trapped workers; families get impatient

Members of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) tend to people rescued after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam, in Chormi village in Tapovan in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Desperate search for survivors after India glacier disaster

Excavator exits a tunnel in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India during a rescue operation after a glacier burst, in this still frame taken from video dated February 8, 2021. STATE DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE/via REUTERS

26 dead, hundreds missing: What we know so far about Uttarakhand flash flood

Members of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) tend to people rescued after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam, in Chormi village in Tapovan in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

India glacier avalanche leaves 18 dead, more than 200 missing