Mount Everest

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Several researches conducted from time to time have warned that the glaciers close to the Everest summit are thinning at an alarming rate

A Nepali Sherpa broke her own record as the most successful female climber of Mount Everest by reaching the summit of the world's highest peak Thursday.

He also holds the record for most climbs over 8000 metres.

Nepal's Department of Tourism announced that it has issued the first climbing permit for Mt. Everest for this spring season.

Private sector telecommunication company of Nepal, Ncell is building the world's highest cell phone tower at an altitude of 5,200 metres on Mt. Everest

With estimated thinning rates of nearly two metre per year, glaciers on the Mount Everest such as South Col Glacier, has been thinning at an alarming rate

Hundreds are making the final push to the summit with only a few more days left in the season, saying they are undeterred by a coronavirus outbreak in base camp

A coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, an expert mountaineering guide said

China has cancelled attempts to climb Mount Everest from its side of the world's highest peak because of fears of importing Covid-19 cases from neighbouring Nepal, state media reported

China will draw a separation line atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday.

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K2 with its daunting 8,611 meters height is located in Gilgit-Baltistan side of the Karakoram range. It was the only among 8,000-meter high peaks that was never scaled in winter

The official height is now 8,848.86 metres, which is slightly less than a metre higher than the previous "official" figure

The world's highest peak is now taller by 86 centimetres, Nepal and China jointly announced on Tuesday after they remeasured Mt. Everest at 8,848.86 metres

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According to the measurement done in 1954 by Survey of India, the height of Mt Everest was 8,848 metres.

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The researchers found that the overall death rate of around one per cent hasn't changed

Many professional Indian economists today, as well as others who know some economics, also now have such a blanket