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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit

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    Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport

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    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

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    Why Indian cities flood within hours of rain

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    Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

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    How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design

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    Bhubaneswar municipal official dragged out of office and assaulted, told to apologise to BJP leader

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    Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species

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    Stephen Alter’s novel brings to life an older version of Rudyard Kipling’s young hero, Kim, as a spy

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    Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride

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Watch: Rare view of stunning snow-clad Himalayas seen from western UP for second year in a row

Photos and videos by residents of Saharanpur have gone viral as the mountains became visible again thanks to rain and the lockdown.

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May 21, 2021 · 11:56 am
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#Himalayan range visible from #Saharanpur, #UttarPradesh due to #lockdown#Himalayas #Snow #lockdownhustle #Lockdown2 #Lockdown3 #COVID__19 pic.twitter.com/JXKzlONV8c

— S. Imran Ali Hashmi (@syedimranhashmi) May 1, 2020

For the second year in a row, snow-clad Himalayas were visible from western Uttar Pradesh's #Saharanpur town

Read here: https://t.co/bOyjpzmmN7 pic.twitter.com/m67cDY9pHu

— NDTV (@ndtv) May 21, 2021

This year also Himalayas gave a glimpse today (Saharanpur) . Better than last year. @rameshpandeyifs sir.. @ParveenKaswan Photos coming soon.. Amid the gloom nature giving some solace pic.twitter.com/oAyLYyR1sF

— Dushyant Kumar (@DushyantKSaini) May 20, 2021

What a fabulous view of snowclad Upper Himalayas more than 150kms from Saharanpur city. Two days of heavy rains across North India after Cyclone Tauktae landfall ensured all pollution in air, mist and haze is gone.. PC Dr Vivek Banerjee. @rameshpandeyifs @paragenetics pic.twitter.com/QHidB1p0c3

— Sanjay Kumar. IAS (@skumarias02) May 21, 2021
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