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
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
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
- Coal India plans policy for financial assistance to future mountaineers
Coal India Limited (CIL) is considering a policy to provide financial aid to support future mountaineers, according to the company’s chairm...
20 Aug, 2023, 05.01 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
Mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya unfurls Tiranga on Europe's highest peak on Independence Dayndian mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya unfurled India's national flag on Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe on August 15.
15 Aug, 2022, 08.24 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
- Colonel Ranveer Jamwal becomes first Indian to summit the seven highest mountains in the world
This also makes him the first from the Indian Army to climb the seven highest mountains.
18 Feb, 2019, 07.53 PM IST
Anshu Jamsenpa becomes first woman to conquer Mt Everest twice within a weekJamsenpa, a mother of two, was blessed by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama before leaving for the expedition.
21 May, 2017, 04.55 PM IST
Mount Everest getting warmer, glaciers shrinking: researchMount Everest is getting warmer for the past 50 years with the glaciers around the world's highest peak shrinking "remarkably", according t...
07 Dec, 2015, 11.45 AM IST
Indian mathematician Radhanath Sikdar first to identify Everest as highest mountain peakIndian mathematician and surveyor Radhanath Sikdar was probably the first person to identify that Mount Everest was the world's highest pea...
01 Jun, 2015, 04.10 PM IST
Reaching Everest easier than securing national border: Bachendri PalBachendri Pal appreciated BSF personnel and said it is easier to climb the world's highest mountain than work in 50 degrees for the nation'...
08 Mar, 2015, 04.32 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
- Australian mum, daughter within reach of Everest record
Two Sydney women are just hours from the summit of Mount Everest, where they would create history as the first mother-daughter team to clim...
23 May, 2008, 10.12 PM IST