This spring a team of Sherpas will attempt to beat the Everest speed record and the total number of individual ascents. The group, led by 16 times summiter Apa Sherpa and speed record holder Lhakpa ...

Renowned Nepali mountaineer Phurba Tenjing Sherpa has been awarded honorary membership by the Rotary Club of New York Queens in recognition of his achievements in extreme mountaineering and social ...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 19 (ANI): The Left Front on Thursday released its second list of 32 candidates for the 294 seats West Bengal Assembly elections next month. The announcement comes ...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 23 (ANI): The Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal, on Monday released its third list of 15 candidates for the 2026 State ...

An essential guide to the week's key developments relating to climate change.

Following a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of the August 2024 Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) on the living heritages of Thame, the final 2-day workshop validated eight cultural elements ...

Climate change is real, and glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at a much faster rate than anywhere else in the world. On higher altitudes, meltwater pools on the Everest Base Camp account for ...

Dipak Kumar Shrestha, a spokesperson at the Kathmandu District Court, told Anadolu that the court officials are recording the ...

The Kathmandu District Court has granted bail to 10 individuals accused of conducting fake rescues of tourists on ...

, March 23 -- three Bangladeshis have returned home through Benapole check post after serving three years in jail in India. They were handed over to Bangladesh immigration authorities at Benapole on ...

Mountaineering news: in October Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini made the first ascent of Shiva's Ice, a beautiful new route up Shivling (6543 m) in the Indian Himalayas. Italy’s Simon Gietl and ...

The 55-year-old climber leading stood atop the 8,849-meter summit at around 4 am under stable weather conditions, according to Mingma Sherpa, chairman of Seven Summit Treks, the expedition organiser.