Articles about Mount Everest
02 Jun 2021
In a first, NIM-JIMWS mountaineers jointly climb Mount Everest
Three climbers from South Kashmir's Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports (JIMWS) on Tuesday brought laurels to Jammu and Kashmir by scaling Mount Everest.
11 May 2021
Bahrain prince-led team conquers new altitude of Mount Everest
A 16-member Bahrain Royal Guard team led by Prince Mohammed Hamad Mohammed Al Khalifa on Tuesday became the first international team to conquer the new altitude of Mount Everest.
23 Apr 2021
Coronavirus reaches Mount Everest as Norwegian climber tests positive
The deadly coronavirus has hit a new peak as it reached Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.
24 May 2019
"Traffic jam" on Mt Everest leads to 2 deaths
As mountaineers neared the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, to enjoy a breathtaking view of the entire Himalayan range, they were welcomed by a traffic jam-like situation.
10 Mar 2019
Missing Italian, British climbers found dead on Pakistan's 'killer mountain'
The bodies of a British and Italian mountaineer were found yesterday in northern Pakistan, nearly two weeks after the duo went missing while trying to climb Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas, the Italian ambassador to Pakistan said yesterday.
19 Feb 2019
Laureus Sports Award goes to Novak Djokovic, Simone Biles
Novak Djokovic had left the sporting world stunned with his brilliant comeback from injury which saw him win the Wimbledon, US, and Australian Opens last year.
20 Jan 2019
Meet Aparna Kumar, first female IPS-officer to reach South Pole
They say impossible actually means "I am possible" and Aparna Kumar has proved it. Last Sunday, Kumar became the first female IPS officer to conquer the South Pole.
01 Nov 2018
Bachendri Pal-led 'Mission Gange' removed over 50 tons of garbage
Over 55 tons of garbage and waste were removed from the Ganga by a 40-member team during its month-long expedition in the river, said its leader Bachendri Pal, India's first woman who reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1984.
22 Oct 2018
China to ban 'eco-unfriendly' tourist vehicles near Mt. Everest base-camp
China is planning to ban polluting tourist vehicles at the Mount Everest base camp in Tibet from next year as part of its efforts to reduce pollution in the area that has a fragile environment.
04 Sep 2018
Mumbai girl to trek Mount Fuji, first woman from Maharashtra
Taking inspiration from Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest in 1984, a 35-year-old woman is set to trek Mount Fuji in Japan.
26 Aug 2018
The inspiring story of the Indian teens who conquered Everest
In May this year, five Indian teenagers from the rural district of Chandrapur etched their name in history by scaling Mount Everest.
06 Aug 2018
This taxi driver's daughter became world's youngest to scale Kanchenjunga
This 22-year-old from Uttarakhand had the most overwhelming experience in her life two months back: she scaled the world's third highest mountain,Kanchenjunga.
28 Jul 2018
17-year-old Hisar girl scales Mount Kilimanjaro
It was another illustrious feather in the cap of 17-year-old Shivangi Pathak.
17 Jun 2018
Commercial mountaineering turns Mount Everest into world's highest rubbish dump
Decades of commercial mountaineering has turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump.
29 May 2018
Five Everest summiteers awarded Rs. 25L from Maharashtra Government
The Maharashtra Government has announced a reward of Rs. 25 lakh each to the state's five tribal students who successfully scaled Mount Everest earlier this month.
28 May 2018
Meet Sangeeta Bahl, the oldest Indian-woman to scale Mount Everest
On Sunday, Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl, the oldest woman to scale Mount Everest met Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Manjeev Singh Puri.
18 May 2018
Gurugram: Meet this father-daughter duo who scaled Mt. Everest
Around 4:30AM on Wednesday, when many of us were still rolling on our beds and were in our slumber, there was a Gurugram duo who reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming India's first father-daughter duo to achieve the feat.
19 Jan 2018
INSV Tarini's historic all-women crew crosses 'Mt Everest of sailing'
In September'17, a six-member all-women Indian Navy crew set out on a global circumnavigation trip on board INSV Tarini.
08 Dec 2017
Moderate 5.0 earthquake jolts Nepal, no casualty reported
Two days after a strong earthquake shook north India, a moderate tremor measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale struck Nepal today at around 8am.
06 Nov 2017
Entertainment Wrap-up: Sara Ali Khan's debut film gets release date
Sushant Rajput and Sara Ali Khan starrer Kedarnath will get a release date soon. The film is directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by Balaji Motion Pictures.
13 Jul 2017
Maharashtra becomes first Indian state to criminalize social boycott
Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to criminalize social boycott. The Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016, prescribes up to three years in jail and maximum fine of Rs. 1L.
23 May 2017
Missing Indian climber found dead on Mt. Everest
The body of Ravi Kumar, an Indian climber who went missing on Mt. Everest 2 days ago, was discovered after a 36-hour-long intense search.
26 Jan 2017
India to send expedition to measure Everest
The Surveyor-General of India, Swarna Subba Rao stated that a 30 member team would be dispatched to Mount Everest to assess any changes in height that may have happened after the 2015 earthquake.
20 Dec 2016
Centre to revive 'Special Service Bureau'
The central government has decided to pursue revival of the Special Service Bureau (SSB) along its international borders.
29 Nov 2016
Modi asks BJP members to submit bank details
PM Modi directed all BJP MPs and MLAs to submit details of their bank accounts so that suspicious transactions post November 8 can be tracked.
25 Nov 2016
Money burning: "Worthless pieces of paper" can light up homes
The Centre would soon have a huge number of invalid notes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi demonetized the Rs.500 and Rs.1000 notes.
31 Aug 2016
Indian Police Couple banned for 'fake climbing' Everest
A 10-year mountaineering ban has been imposed on a Maharashtra Police couple, after they falsely claimed to be the first Indian couple to scale Everest, on 23rd May 2016.
