Mount Everest
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Nepal may let Everest climbs restart despite massive quake
World | Apr 30, 2015, 09:29 PM ISTKathmandu, Nepal: Despite a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that triggered a landslide that killed 19 people at Everest base camp, government and trekking officials in Nepal said Thursday that expeditions to summit Mt. Everest may
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Everest season gets over after Nepal's earthquake !
World | Apr 29, 2015, 10:04 AM ISTSeattle: All climbers on the Nepal side of Mount Everest have left the mountain and the climbing season is over following a deadly earthquake that left thousands dead in Nepal and dozens of climbers killed
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#NepalDevastated: Around 200 rescued from Mount Everest
World | Apr 28, 2015, 12:02 PM ISTKathmandu: Around 200 people have been rescued from the Mount Everest, Nepal's tourism ministry said on Tuesday and added that 19 people are dead.After the weather conditions improved, four helicopters were deployed on Monday to
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#NepalDevastated: Death toll crosses 4300-mark, massive hunt for survivors on
World | Apr 28, 2015, 01:36 PM ISTKathmandu: A Nepal police official said that at least 4,352 bodies have so far been recovered after last week's massive earthquake that struck just outside of capital Kathmandu.Home Ministry spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal said that
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Live: Political leaders praise PM Modi for govt's quick response
National | Apr 27, 2015, 07:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Political leaders cutting across the party lines today hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to rescue people hit by massive earthquake in Nepal and North Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Giving details
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Watch video: Deadly avalanche hitting Mt Everest caught on camera
World | Apr 27, 2015, 01:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Saturday's massive earthquake-triggered deadly avalanche on Mount Everest was caught on camera by a climber.The clip shows terrifying face of an avalanche that hit the Mt Everest base camp.The video was taken by
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54-year-old Indian trapped on avalanche struck Everest in Nepal
World | Apr 26, 2015, 06:24 PM ISTKathmandu: A 54-year-old Indian attempting to climb all the highest peaks in the seven continents, is stuck at Camp II on Mount Everest along with 11 other fellow climbers due to the devastating earthquake that
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Google executive among hundreds dead in Nepal quake
World | Apr 26, 2015, 02:23 PM ISTNew York: Dan Fredinburg, a Google executive who described himself as an adventurer, was among the hundreds who died in a massive earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday.Google confirmed his death. Lawrence You, the company's
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Top 15 developments about Nepal earthquake
India | Apr 26, 2015, 02:13 PM ISTSaturday's catastrophic earthquake in Nepal – which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale – wrecked houses, levelled centuries-old temples and triggered avalanches on Mount Everest, killing over 2299 people. At least 18 people were killed
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Nepal's 'deadliest day ever': Over 1,900 dead in Nepal; 51 in India
World | Apr 26, 2015, 12:27 PM ISTThe death toll climbed and aftershocks continued a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Nepal region, triggering an avalanche on Mount Everest and setting off an urgent aid response.The key information known at this
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Two Tata steel employees safe: Bachendri Pal
India | Apr 25, 2015, 11:53 PM ISTJamshedpur: Two employees of Tata Steel including a woman, who had set off to conquer world's highest peak Mount Everest in the first week of April, are safe and based at camp II (at around
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Former US marine set to climb Mt. Everest on artificial limb
Life | Apr 17, 2015, 07:51 PM ISTWhen there's a will, then there's got to be a way! - Charlie Linville has no plans to stall his quest for 'Mission Everest'. The former U.S. Marine is making a second attempt to scale
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Phillip Hughes bat to be raised atop Mt.Everest
Cricket | Apr 13, 2015, 05:47 PM ISTKathmandu: Nepal's record-breaking climber Chhurim Sherpa will carry the bat and two playing shirts of deceased Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes to the top of the highest peak in the world, Mt. Everest.The 25-year-old Australian died
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Indian Army set to scale Everest,to bring down tonnes of trash
India | Apr 10, 2015, 11:15 PM ISTKathmandu: A mountaineering team of the Indian Army is set for the challenging journey to scale the Mount Everest from where they will bring down 4,000 kg of trash left behind by climbers, marking the
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Modi's Swachh Bharat to reach Mount Everest, Army to bring down 4,000kg of garbage
India | Apr 02, 2015, 11:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat mission is all set to reach the highest peak of the world.A 34-member Indian Army mountaineering team is preparing for a challenging journey to scale Mount Everest
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Mountaineers returning Nepal to climb Mount Everest
World | Apr 01, 2015, 10:49 AM ISTKathmandu:Climbers are returning to Mount Everest as the climbing industry recovers from last year's deadly disaster on the world's highest peak, a Nepalese mountaineering official said Wednesday.Climbers from four teams have already been issued permits
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Three-time summiteer set for another stab at Mt Everest
India | Mar 28, 2015, 02:59 PM ISTItanagar: Arunachalee everester Anshu Jamsenpa is all set to climb Mount Everest, for the fourth time early next month.She is likely to leave Arunachal on April 4 next for the Everest mission and would reach
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Reaching Everest easier than securing national border: Bachendri Pal
India | Mar 08, 2015, 05:48 PM ISTBachendri Pal, India's first woman mountaineer to conquer Mount Everest, on Sunday appreciated BSF personnel and said it is easier to climb the world's highest mountain than work in 50 degrees for the nation's security."When
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Human waste left by climbers polluting Mount Everest
World | Mar 04, 2015, 07:59 PM ISTKathmandu: Climbers and guides who spend nearly two months on Everest's slopes each climbing season have left a lot of trash and human waste, causing pollution and threatening to spread disease.More than 700 climbers and
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Nepal pledges to improve climbing conditions on Everest
World | Feb 23, 2015, 01:23 PM ISTKathmandu: Nepal is improving weather forecasting systems, stepping up security and promises swift rescues if needed during the upcoming climbing season on Everest in attempt to recover from the worst mountaineering disaster on the world's