Dharali sits on the banks of the Bhagirathi River, just below where a smaller glacier-fed stream, the Khir Gad, rushes down from the Srikanta Glacier.

Iran has destroyed a key $300 million radar system crucial to directing US missile defense batteries in the Gulf that risks further straining the region’s ability to counter future attacks, according to a US official.

In the first week of March, three Iranian naval vessels operating in the Indian Ocean found themselves at the centre of a geopolitical crisis.