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China shuts down Mt Everest scenic area after 6.8-magnitude quake hits TibetChina has closed the tourist areas of its side of Mt Everest after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Dingri County in Tibet. The quake caused ...07 Jan, 2025, 01.21 PM IST- China begins observation experiment on land-atmosphere interactions in Mt Everest regionChina has launched an observational experiment on land-atmosphere interactions in the Mount Everest region of Tibet to study how land surfa...03 Aug, 2024, 11.04 AM IST
- Has Mt. Everest become world's highest ice-covered cemetery? Special mission to bring back remains of mountaineers. Details hereAs temperatures go up due to climate change, the snow cover of the world's highest peak Mt. Everest thins, and bodies of deceased climbers ...27 Jun, 2024, 10.31 PM IST
- Nepal's mountaineer Kami Rita summits Mt Everest for a record 29th timeNepal's Kami Rita Sherpa, also known as 'Everest Man', broke his own record by scaling Mount Everest for the 29th time. The 54-year-old cli...12 May, 2024, 09.35 AM IST
- At 5, Prisha Lokesh Nikajoo becomes the youngest mountaineer to climb 17.6k ft base camp of Mt EverestTrekking along with her father Lokesh Nikajoo, Prisha reached the height of 17,598 feet or 5,364 metres.20 Jun, 2023, 01.27 PM IST
- IIT Delhi alumnus scales Mt Everest within seven weeks of recovering from COVID-19Neeraj Chaudhary, 37, did his MTech in Environmental Sciences and Management at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi during 2009-11 ...11 Jul, 2021, 02.48 PM IST
- New survey suggests Mt Everest a bit taller than past measurements: Why did the height change?The new height is 8,848.86 metres, more than 2 feet higher than the previous figure.10 Dec, 2020, 05.42 PM IST
- New height of Mount Everest 8,848.86 metres: Nepal, China joint surveyThe Nepal government decided to measure the exact height of the mountain amid debates that there might have been a change in its height due...08 Dec, 2020, 03.56 PM IST
- Everest, marriage or education? Why the Malik twins chose to scale new heightsIn 2013, Nungshi and Tashi Malik set off to climb Mt. Everest at the age of 21.11 Feb, 2019, 02.40 PM IST
- Two all-female NCC contingents to participate in Republic Day ParadeOne all-female NCC contingent comprising 148 cadets along with a band of 45 female cadets will participate in the Republic Day Parade.05 Jan, 2016, 04.08 PM IST
- Glaciers in Mount Everest shrink 28% in 40 years: ReportPart of the report, which was released yesterday, also said Mt Everest, known as Mount Qomolangma in Tibet, has been getting warmer for the...08 Dec, 2015, 04.08 PM IST
- Everest moved 3 cm but height not affected by Nepal quakesThis is contrary to reports by Europe's Sentinel-1A radar satellite that world's tallest peak may have shrank about 2.5 cm after the quake.15 Jun, 2015, 08.00 PM IST
- Nepal earthquake stirs debate on overcrowding and commercialisation of EverestThe deaths from avalanche at the Everest Base Camp have brought the spotlight back on over-commercialisation. The old debate will now be re...03 May, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
- Glaciers in Tibet retreating at alarming rateChina's glaciers particularly those in Tibet have retreated by about 7,600sqkm - nearly 18 per cent - in the last 65 years and even the thi...23 Apr, 2015, 02.38 PM IST
- China's new daily flight to Nepal to fly over Mount EverestThe daily direct flight will leave Chengdu at 7:30 a.m. and arrive in Kathmandu at 10:10 a.m. (local time) via Lhasa and the Tibet Autonomo...10 Mar, 2015, 01.59 PM IST
- Glaciers in Tibetan Plateau shrinking rapidly: ReportGlaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, home to several Himalayan rivers, have been shrunk by 15 per cent in the past three decades and the ...21 May, 2014, 05.03 PM IST
- Clashes in Seoul during Olympic torch relayThe Olympic torch relay concluded in the South Korean capital Sunday marked by sporadic clashes between pro- and anti-China demonstrators a...27 Apr, 2008, 08.13 PM IST
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