Tag: Expedition

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15 Odias to begin Biju Patnaik Himalaya Abhiyan from Sept 20

Bhubaneswar: As part of the Biju Patnaik Himalaya Abhiyan-2016, 15 Odia mountaineers will begin their expedition from September 20. The team comprising nine male and six female members will set off its expedition to scale 5819 metre Rudugera mountain peak in the Himalayan region in Uttarakhand. The expedition will conclude on October 5. To be […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Plastic rubbish polluting remote Arctic Ocean too

London: In what shows how far plastic pollution has spread, scientists on an expedition have discovered such pollution on remote frozen ice floes in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. A team of scientists led by marine biologist Tim Gordon of the University of Exeter in Britain carried out research on two sailing boats as part […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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All-women Navy crew returns to Goa after historic circumnavigation

Panaji: An all-woman crew commanding the INSV Tarini today returned to Goa after successfully circumnavigating the globe in a 55-foot sailboat in more than eight months, the first-ever Indian expedition steered by women sailors. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba welcomed the crew at INS Mandovi boat pool in Panaji. The […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Op-Ed: The Magic of The ‘Bol Bom’ Battlecry

As I watched the kaawariyas file past on National Highway No. 5 (now NH 16), dragging their feet along and occasionally letting out a muffled cry of ‘Bol Bom’, year after year, I often wondered what kept them going on what must have been a long and arduous expedition: religion, fun or the marijuana? As […]

  • Thursday, 10 June 2021
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