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'Heavy lifter' drones could soon solve Mount Everest's trash problem
Sherpas will be trained to use the drones to help them remove the 50 tons of metric waste left by a…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Scientists discovered a surprising cooling trend on glaciers in Mount Everest 10 years ago. Now they think they know what's causing it.
For the last 15 years, local temperatures have dropped on mountains like Mount Everest during warme…
Saugat Bolakhe
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One of Mt. Everest's deadliest passages is growing even more treacherous
One of Mount Everest's deadliest passages, the Khumbu Icefall, delayed this year's climbing season …
Ellyn Lapointe
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Microplastics found at the highest point on Earth as the glaciers around Mount Everest’s death zone melt
Microplastics are one of the most harmful side effects of humans using the planet, and they're incr…
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Nepal is planning to move its Everest base camp because of rapidly thinning glaciers and erosion from climbers
The base camp, which is on top of a glacier thinning at a rate of 1 meter per year, is unsafe for c…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Most of the glaciers of the Himalayan mountain range surrounding Mount Everest will melt by the end of the 21st century: Report
In fact, one-third of the Himalayan glacier will melt by 2100 even if the global efforts are u…
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India's Indus water tower is the most important in the world — but it's also the most vulnerable
"We conclude that the most important water towers are also among the most vulnerable, and that c…
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Everest is shedding giant chunks of glaciers, and it's putting climbers in danger
"However, with climate warming and the glaciers thinning, we can expect that ice avalanches and roc…
NASA Earth Observatory
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6 Surprising Leadership Lessons From Climbing Mount Everest
Acclimatizing to Everest's thin air is a long and frustrating but necessary process to even have a …
Jenna Goudreau
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What you'll encounter if you try to climb K2, the King of Mountains that terrifies even the most experienced of climbers
On July 27, more than 150 people tried to summit K2 in a single day. Here's what a typical journey …
Matthew Loh
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What it's like to climb up and ski down Makalu, the world's 5th-highest mountain
Adrian Ballinger became the first person to ski down Makalu, the fifth-tallest mountain in the worl…
Britney Nguyen
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Kerala puts Kerala Police Act amendment on hold due to heavy criticism
The Kerala state government has decided not to implement the amendment to the Kerala Police Act fol…
PTI
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COVID-19 tally in India breaches 9.1 million mark
India's Covid-19 caseload went past 91 lakh with 44,059 coronavirus infections being reported in a …
PTI
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HDFC Bank’s net banking, UPI service and ATMs were down due to a 'data centre outage' but RBI demands more detailed information
Customers of HDFC Bank were reporting problems with their net banking and digital payments. Many we…
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Delhi's air quality remains in 'poor' category as the national capital faces its coldest November in 17 years
It was 251 on Saturday, 296 on Friday, 283 on Thursday and 211 on Wednesday. An AQI betwee…
PTI
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Modi to discuss India's COVID situation and vaccine rollout with states tomorrow
Amid the rising cases of coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to review the situa…
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Karnataka COVID-19 panel advises against reopening schools in December
"After extensive deliberations it was unanimously resolved not to reopen the schools in December…
PTI
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India's national capital sees its coldest November in 17 years with temperatures dipping to 6.3 degrees Celcius
"The Safdarjung Observatory which provides representative data for the city, recorded a minimum…
PTI
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New Delhi may face the coldest Sunday of November this week, according to the IMD
After witnessing the coldest of the season so far on Friday, the national capital may experience th…
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IndusInd Bank surges over 4% after RBI committee proposes to increase the cap on promoter stake in private sector banks
IndusInd Bank’s shares are up over 4% after the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Internal Working Grou…