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70 years after the first ascent of Everest, the impact of mass mountaineering must be confronted

Mountains – their height, their mass, their climates and ecosystems – have fascinated humans for thousands of years. But there is one that holds extra-special meaning for many – Mount Everest, or Chomolungma as the Nepalese Sherpa people call it.

The Conversation

Nepali sherpa with record Everest summits behind him says he'll keep climbing

A Nepali climber who scaled Mount Everest for a record 28th time this week, the most by any mountaineer, said on Thursday he had no immediate plans to hang up his climbing boots.

Reuters

Final call on Asia Cup venue to be taken after IPL final, says BCCI secretary Jay Shah

It has been learnt from ACC sources that PCB chairman Najam Sethi’s proposed hybrid model looks like a feasible solution although ACC had made no formal statements

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Ex-Nepal ministers among 30 charged in US-bound refugee scam

Prosecutors say huge amounts of money collected from hundreds of Nepalis to send them to the US as Bhutanese refugees.

Al Jazeera

Two Nepal ex-ministers among 30 charged in US-bound refugee scam

Nepali prosecutors have charged 30 people, including two former cabinet ministers, with corruption in a case involving faking documents for Nepali nationals to enter the United States as Bhutanese refugees, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Deaths soaring on overcrowded Everest

The latest climbing season on Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, is set to become one of the deadliest ever, raising questions about whether Nepal is issuing too many permits to maximise tourist revenue.

Bangkok Post

Double amputee Everest climber pledges to work for benefit of people with disabilities

The first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Mount Everest has returned from the mountain pledging to dedicate the rest of his life to helping people with disabilities

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Nepali sherpa scales Everest for 28th time as death toll rises to 11

A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year's climbing season rose to 11.

Reuters

Indian-origin man goes missing after reaching summit of Mount Everest

‘Through his satellite phone, he told me that he had made it to the summit. But then he followed with bad news, saying he would not be able to make it down’

The Independent UK

Britain’s record holding climber says Everest is 'dry, more rocky'

Mount Everest is losing snow and turning "dry and rocky", British climber Kenton Cool, who made his 17th ascent of the world’s highest peak this week, the most by a foreigner, said on Saturday.

Reuters

Disgusting moment WORMS rain from sky as public urged to carry umbrellas for protection

In the skin-crawling clip filmed on Tuesday in Bihar, an East India state bordering Nepal, the creepy-crawlies can be seen hailing down like confetti

Daily Mirror

British climber scales Everest for 17th time, the most by a non-Sherpa guide

A British mountain guide has returned to Nepal’s capital after scaling Mount Everest for a 17th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide

The Independent UK

Author Sumit Sharma Sameer on his latest book and waking up to issues of the diaspora

Wake Up Ali... Wake Up Now is Nepali author Sumit Sharma Sameer’s first fiction work that tells an archetypal migration story through a Pakistani migrant in Canada

The Hindu

84-year-old climber rescued from mountain in Nepal while seeking record

An 84-year-old climber attempting to become the oldest person to summit all the world’s highest peaks has been rescued from a mountain in Nepal where he was injured

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‘Everest Man’: Nepalese Sherpa climbs summit for record 27th time

Kami Rita reclaims record after another Nepalese Sherpa tied it by reaching Himalayan peak for the 26th time on Sunday.

The Hindu

Former PM Deuba’s relative involved in arms deal with China: Nepalese politician

A close relative of former Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is involved in an arms deal

ABC News

Art Gallery of NSW returns carved Nepalese goddess 20 years after discovering it was stolen

Art Gallery of New South Wales has returned an 800-year-old wooden carving to the Nepalese temple it was taken from, but after 20 years of work, and with so many more stolen pieces in their collection, experts say more needs to be done.

Bangkok Post

Himalayas key to climate battle

In our collective imagination, the Himalayas -- the roof of the world -- are an archetype: glistening white, distant, even otherworldly. Climbing them is proof of humanity's daring, courage and drive. And yet, despite rising 6,993 metres above sea level, the summit of Mount Machapuchare in central Nepal resembled a…

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India's U-19 girls put up grand opening show at South Asian Youth Table Tennis tournament

Yashaswini Ghorpade put India in the lead when she beat Oisha Rohman of Bangladesh in straight games

Reuters

Nepali sherpa becomes world’s second person to scale Everest 26 times

A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking officials said, becoming the world’s second person to achieve the feat.

The New Daily

Stolen 800-year-old temple carving finally being returned to Nepal

A 13th-century sculpture stolen from a Nepal temple in 1975 before landing in an Australian gallery has been returned.

ABC News

Art Gallery of NSW to hand back 800-year-old carving that was stolen from Nepalese temple

The gallery is preparing to hand back a sacred medieval wooden carving, nearly two years after it was identified on social media as being stolen from the Kathmandu Valley.

The Guardian - UK

Home Office admits errors after arrest of Nepali guards airlifted from Kabul

Officials say number of guards detained in March had been granted indefinite leave to remain by mistake

Daily Mirror

79-year-old man with pacemaker climbs fifth highest mountain in the world

Makalu, at 27,825ft it is the fifth highest mountain in the world with a base camp as high as Mont Blanc, but it a mountain which is climbed far less often than other Himalayan peaks

The Hindu

10 Indians arrested in Nepal for illegally acquiring citizenship cards

Ten Indian nationals, including three women, have been arrested in Kathmandu for allegedly acquiring Nepali citizenship cards illegally by producing fake documents.

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