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Avalanche hits Gulmarg ski resort, one foreigner dead, two injured

ThePrint Team -
According to the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), the avalanche hit the resort at around 2 pm, in Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir.

Five go missing after being hit by avalanche in Nepal, search operation launched

Gopal Sharma -
Four women and one man were missing since Tuesday when an avalanche hit their camp at Byas village while 7 others escaped, said Darchula district official.

Three Nepali sherpa climbers go missing on Everest after avalanche

Gopal Sharma -
Three guides who were ferrying climbing gear for their clients were caught at an unspecified site between the Base Camp and Camp I on its lower parts.

Rescuers scour site of deadly avalanche in Sikkim for any more victims

Shilpa Jamkhandikar -
Rescue teams pulled 20 survivors from the snow that engulfed the road to the Nathu La pass before calling off their search as bad weather closed in and darkness fell on Tuesday.

Seven tourists killed in Sikkim as deadly avalanche hits cars on way to Nathu La

Karishma Hasnat -
19 others were rescued by Tuesday evening. Search & rescue operations resumed 8am Wednesday after being halted at 6pm the previous evening due to 'inclement weather'.

Seven tourists dead in Sikkim avalanche, scores still missing

ThePrint Team -
The avalanche occurred around 12.20 pm Tuesday at the 15th Mile checkpost towards Nathula Pass.

‘Ban construction to protect Kedarnath from avalanches’ — what expert panel told Uttarakhand govt

Prithviraj Singh -
The 5-member panel report also suggests building concrete wedges and mounds on higher slopes above the shrine to reduce momentum of avalanches originating 5-6 km above it.

10 mountaineering students killed in avalanche in Uttarkashi, search on for missing 11

ThePrint Team -
8 from the group have been rescued; the budding mountaineers were on their way to scale Draupadi’s Danda 2 peak at 18,000 feet.

Army installs monitoring radar in north Sikkim that can detect avalanche in 3 seconds

ThePrint Team -
The radar can also spot landslides. The device can permanently scan a targeted slope for avalanche release and track its path and size.

Bodies of 7 Army personnel hit by avalanche in Arunachal Pradesh recovered

PTI -
The Army personnel were part of a patrolling team and were hit by an avalanche in high altitude area of Arunachal Pradesh's Kameng sector Sunday.

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Opinion

Mamata Banerjee is blaming everyone else after SSC scam. Clearly, buck stops with the voters

Monideepa Banerjie -
For 1,138 days now, at least 5,000 people have been sitting on dharna in central Kolkata. All eyes are now on the Supreme Court.

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Economy

Notices, fines, court case & now a limited ban — RBI-Kotak relationship has been fraught for years

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
RBI Wednesday banned Kotak Mahindra Bank from taking on new customers through digital channels & from issuing new credit cards. Violations had to do with strength of bank’s IT infra.

Defence

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Smruti Deshpande -
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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