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Detailed explanation-1: -“Satyarup Siddhanta”, an Indian Mountaineer enters ‘Limca Book of Records’ conquering highest volcanoes. The Indian Mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta has entered ‘Limca Book of Records’. He has set the record of becoming the first Indian to climb the highest volcanoes in the world of all the 7 continents.

Detailed explanation-2: -Poorna Malavath, a mountaineer from Telangana, has created history by scaling the seven tallest summits located in seven continents. She achieved the feat after climbing the seventh mountain on her list - Mount Denali (6, 190mt) - the highest mountain in the continent of North America.

Detailed explanation-3: -Guinness World record approved this claim. On 15 December 2017 he summited Vinson Massif, becoming only the fifth Indian civilian to complete the seven summits (Messner’s List and Bass List). He is the first civilian to accomplish this feat from Karnataka (Residence State) and West Bengal (Home State).

Detailed explanation-4: -Telangana-based mountaineer Poorna Malavath has achieved yet another feat by completing the ‘Seven Summits Challenge’. In her latest achievement, Poorna climbed Mt Denali (6, 190 mt), the highest mountain in the continent of North America, on June 5.

Detailed explanation-5: -The records are further categorized into education, literature, agriculture, medical science, business, sports, nature, adventure, radio and cinema.