Drone delivery service started on Mount Everest
In April, a Chinese technology company made history by carrying out the first successful drone delivery to the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest.
Jun 09, 2024, 00:48 AM IST
DNA: Increased crowd... Increased garbage... Danger on Everest
Today the whole world is celebrating World Environment Day. After the earth and the river, humans have started playing with the mountains as well. A video of Everest's base camp has gone viral on social media. In which some climbers' tents are visible.
Jun 05, 2023, 23:58 PM IST
10-year-old skater girl from Mumbai climbs Everest base camp
The girl had gone to the base camp with 'Satori Adventures', which is a Nepal-based company along with a group of Kutch trekkers.
May 23, 2022, 08:21 AM IST
Mt Everest getting a green cover, NASA satellite reveals more plants growing around world's highest peak
Researchers have found that plant life is growing and expanding around Mount Everest and across the Himalayan region as the area continues to experience the consequences of global warming. According to the study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, research team from University of Exeter in UK, used satellite data to measure the extent of subnival vegetation - plants growing between the treeline and snowline - in this vast area.
Jan 13, 2020, 16:00 PM IST
Indian climbers killed in Mount Everest 'traffic jam'
Indian climber Kalpana Das, 49, reached the summit, but died on Thursday afternoon while descending as a large number of climbers queued near the top. She was a member of the "Three Women Expedition", Gyanendra Shrestha, a liaison officer at the Everest base camp was cited as saying by the Himalayan Times.
May 24, 2019, 23:59 PM IST
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik condoles mountaineer Kalpana Das's death
The 49-year-old mountaineer from Odisha died on Thursday while descending from the peak.
May 24, 2019, 21:51 PM IST
Dress code needs to be followed, says Mahakal temple authorities after Arunima's allegations
Arunima Sinha is the first female amputee to scale Mount Everest.
Dec 26, 2017, 21:03 PM IST
Arunima Sinha, first amputee to climb Mt Everest, not allowed into Ujjain's Mahakal Temple
Arunima Sinha is the first amputee to climb Mount Everest.
Dec 26, 2017, 19:33 PM IST
Meet Ian Toothill – The first cancer patient to conquer Mt Everest
Toothill was diagnosed with bowel cancer in June 2015 and told that he might have only four months to live.
Jun 08, 2017, 10:49 AM IST
Former Miss India finalist among 6 evacuated from Mt Everest
According to the expedition organisers, 52-year-old Sangeeta S Bahl, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, Argentine climbers Andres Esteban Pariz and Ricardo Dario Birn were airlifted from Camp II.
May 21, 2017, 20:08 PM IST
Nepali women scales Mt Everest with anti-trafficking message
Tamang also carried a banner through her arduous trek that read, "we are people, not property".
May 20, 2017, 19:44 PM IST
Nepalese woman breaks world record for most Everest summits
A 44-year-old Nepalese mountaineer has broken her own world record for the most Everest summits by a woman after scaling the world's tallest peak for the eighth time.
May 14, 2017, 20:26 PM IST
Indian Navy team heading to climb Mt Everest again
A team from Indian Navy is all set for an expedition to the Mt. Everest, the world`s tallest mountain peak once again.
Apr 03, 2017, 19:31 PM IST
Amit Sadh keen to climb Mount Everest!
Actor Amit Sadh loves climbing and wants to scale Mount Everest for which he has already begun preparations. At the age of six, Amit started rock climbing and spent most of his childhood in hills trekking.
Feb 25, 2017, 13:52 PM IST
Did Pune police couple 'fake' it to the Mt Everest peak? Probe underway
The two climbers had claimed to be the first Indian couple to have reached the top of the world's highest peak.
Jun 30, 2016, 07:56 AM IST
It was Rabindranath Tagore who gave `Mahatma' title to Gandhi: Gujrat HC
Justice JB Pardiwala, while disposing of a petition, noted that all school textbooks give the credit for the Mahatma title of Gandhi to Tagore.
Feb 20, 2016, 00:25 AM IST
Himalayas subsided by 60 cm after Nepal quake
Using satellite technology, researchers found that the Himalayas subsided by up to 60 cm after the April 2015 Nepal earthquake that killed more than 8,000 people.
Jan 12, 2016, 17:24 PM IST
