Life, water on Mars? Morning frost detected on red planet. What does this mean?A significant discovery has been made as early morning frost was found on Mars. The discovery came by chance -- no one expected to find fro...
11 Jun, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
Around 500 climbers, including four Indians, conquer Mt Everest in the 70th anniversary year of the first successful summitA total of 478 climbers, including 103 females summited Everest in the Spring of 2023. Four Indian nationals stood atop Mt Everest and one ...
29 Dec, 2023, 04.52 PM IST
Mount Everest: Is 'climate change' behind record number of deaths?As many as 12 people have died climbing Mt. Everest this year. Is the "climate change" one of the main reasons?
09 Jun, 2023, 08.58 PM IST
Everest 'dry, more rocky,' says british record-holding climberMount Everest is losing snow and turning "dry and rocky", British climber Kenton Cool, who made his 17th ascent of the world's highest peak...
20 May, 2023, 11.33 PM IST
British TV celebrity Spencer Matthews plans to climb Mount Everest in search of brother's missing body after 23 yearsSpencer Matthews, the ‘Made in Chelsea’ star, is restarting his search for his mountaineer brother, is planning to climb Mount Everest to f...
14 Nov, 2022, 07.06 PM IST
On top of the world! This 10-year-old braves hailstones, -10° C to scale Mt Everest base campRhythm Mamania is the youngest mountaineer to achieve this feat.
26 May, 2022, 10.10 AM IST
Everest's highest glacier rapidly losing ice: StudyIce on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to clim...
05 Feb, 2022, 05.55 PM IST
Climate is no longer the only major challenge for Mount Everest climbers. It's poop!Human waste left behind by climbers is a major challenge on Mount Everest. A project is now trying to break the nasty stuff down to generat...
03 Nov, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
Bachendri Pal to lead month-long rafting expedition to clean GangaThe expedition will start from Haridwar on October 5 and traverse through Bijnor, Farukhabad, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Buxar and end in...
28 Sep, 2018, 12.53 PM IST
Missing Indian mountaineer dies after climbing Mt EverestThe body of Ravi Kumar, a native of Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district, was spotted by rescuers after 36 hours of intense search.
22 May, 2017, 07.34 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
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
- Warming eats up Everest ice by 13% in 50 years
Mount Everest is shedding its frozen cloak as its glaciers have shrunk at an alarming rate of 13% over the last 50 years due to global warm...
15 May, 2013, 03.08 AM IST
Everest losing its snow ice coverResearchers have found that glaciers in the Mount Everest region including the Sagarmatha national park that surrounds the peak, have shrun...
14 May, 2013, 01.10 PM IST
- Modi machinery in Kutch
The Gujarat government has begun a five-day Chintan Shibir in a tent city set up at Dhordo in the desert district of Kutch.
05 Dec, 2009, 03.57 AM IST
- Nepal cabinet to hold meeting on Everest: Minister
A meeting of the Nepalese cabinet will take place on Mount Everest to draw the attention of the global community to the threat from global ...
02 Nov, 2009, 05.20 PM IST
- Everest expedition to create climate change awareness
A UN-backed expedition will scale Mount Everest this spring to create awareness about the impact of climate change on the mountain range.
12 Feb, 2008, 04.22 PM IST