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Kanchha Sherpa, last surviving member of pioneering Mount Everest expedition, dies at 92Kanchha Sherpa, the last survivor of the historic 1953 Mount Everest expedition, has passed away at 92. He was part of the team that saw Ed...16 Oct, 2025, 11.06 PM IST- Nuclear leakage in Ganga? How a secret CIA mission 60 years ago may haunt the billions in India who depend on the holy riverIn 1965, India’s top climbers carried a nuclear spying device up Nanda Devi for the CIA to watch China’s atomic tests. Bad weather forced t...02 Jul, 2025, 02.11 PM IST
- 52-year-old mountaineer scales Mount EverestMohan Rawat, a 52-year-old senior instructor at Tata Steel Adventure Foundation, successfully summited Mount Everest on May 18. He spent 15...19 May, 2025, 05.54 PM IST
- From seven hours to seven minutes: Drones could revolutionise climbing Mt Everest this yearDrones are transforming Everest expeditions by transporting essential supplies across the perilous Khumbu Icefall, significantly reducing t...22 Apr, 2025, 01.11 PM IST
- Nepal hikes Mount Everest climbing fee to USD 15,000Kathmandu has raised Mount Everest permit fees by up to 36% to address garbage pollution and enhance revenue. New regulations include manda...23 Jan, 2025, 10.09 AM IST
- From Base Camp to Summit: Chinese drone films epic journey up Mount EverestThe DJI Mavic 3 drone, in partnership with 8KRAW, has unveiled stunning footage of Mount Everest, from base camp to summit. Capturing the m...12 Jul, 2024, 09.26 PM IST
- Here's how an all-women Nepali team chose to draw attention towards climate changeThe expedition by Nepali women activists to Mt. Everest's base camp on International Women's Day highlights the impact of climate change on...09 Mar, 2024, 08.49 PM IST
- Nepal reopens its mountains including Everest despite Covid pandemic uncertaintyThe Himalayan country shut its borders in March just ahead of the busy spring season when hundreds of mountaineers usually flock to the cou...31 Jul, 2020, 01.50 PM IST
- Glaciers from half of world heritage sites to disappear by 2100Glaciers from almost half of natural World Heritage sites may disappear completely by 2100, a study said. Even under a low emission scenari...03 May, 2019, 10.45 AM IST
- 3,000-kg garbage collected from Mt Everest, as Nepal's clean-up campaign gathers momentum29 Apr, 2019, 03.29 PM IST
- Colonel Ranveer Jamwal becomes first Indian to summit the seven highest mountains in the worldThis also makes him the first from the Indian Army to climb the seven highest mountains.18 Feb, 2019, 07.53 PM IST
- Quake-hit Nepal to come up with discounts to woo holidayersTour operators say they are exploring to build new packages of western and eastern areas of Nepal which were never affected by the quake.05 Jul, 2015, 02.57 PM IST
- Mountaineer recalls moments at Everest Base Camp as fresh quake hits NepalThe Kolkata-based Lipika ran out of her office in Eastern Railway chief engineer's office today after the tremors, to find a lot of people ...12 May, 2015, 09.33 PM IST
- Navigate with Google Maps to the edge of Mount EverestGoogle Maps announced in a blog post recently that it has officially made it to the Mount Everest.19 Mar, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
- Death toll in worst-ever Everest accident rises to 13Seven of the 12 bodies have been handed over to their families in the Everest region, while the other five were taken to Kathmandu.19 Apr, 2014, 03.48 PM IST
- 'Gangotri glacier shrinking due to global warming'Under the impact of global warming, about 30 metres of Gangotri glacier and five km of Khumbu glacier have shrunk while the temperature in ...30 May, 2008, 07.23 PM IST
- When Jill and friends went up the hillEncompassed by the enormity of the world's highest peaks, she and her group of old school friends realised just how miniscule they all real...08 Feb, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
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