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Jim Whittaker, first American to summit Mount Everest, passes away at 97

Whittaker's 1963 ascent of Everest alongside Nawang Gombu came 10 years after the pioneering climb of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

Updated 1 month ago

The feat helped spawn interest and an industry in mountaineering in the US. Photo Courtesy: File pic

India-France ties a ‘Force for Global Stability’: PM Modi

PM Modi and Macron on Tuesday virtually inaugurated India’s first private-sector helicopter manufacturing facility on Tuesday. The Final Assembly Line (FAL) for H125 helicopters is located in Vemagal Industrial Area, Kolar, Karnataka, near Bengaluru

Updated 3 months ago

The feat helped spawn interest and an industry in mountaineering in the US. Photo Courtesy: File pic

From seven summits to South Pole

Updated 5 months ago

Kaamya Karthikeyan is a mountaineering prodigy. Pic/By Special Arrangement

Sahil Shah on his debut stand-up, politics, and dropping his Mount Everest dream

Updated 6 months ago

Sahil Shah will continue his tour in South India next month. PICs COURTESY/SAHIL SHAH

Last surviving member of 1953 Everest expedition Kanchha Sherpa dies at 92

Updated 7 months ago

The 1953 Everest expedition team with Kanchha Sherpa (circled)

Around 900 hikers rescued from Mount Everest after severe snowstorm

Updated 7 months ago

villagers with their oxen and horses ascend the mountain during rescue efforts to reach hundreds of hikers trapped. Pic/AFP

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Mount Everest blizzard leaves over 200 climbers stranded, 350 rescued

Updated 7 months ago

Representational Image. Pic/Pixabay

Drones used to clear mounting Everest trash

Updated 8 months ago

A drone clears trash dumped at the Everest Base Camp. PIC/AFP

Nepal opens nearly 100 peaks for free climbing

Updated 9 months ago

Nepal has proposed making it mandatory for those attempting Everest to first scale at least one 7000-metre peak. REPRESENTATION PIC/ISTOCK

Defence Minister honour NCC Everest Cadets for historic achievement

Updated 11 months ago

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during an interaction with the NCC's expedition team that scaled Mount Everest in May, in New Delhi. Pic/PTI

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