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Everest braces for record year amid overcrowding fears
World

Everest braces for record year amid overcrowding fears

The tented city at the foot of Mount Everest is bustling as mountaineers brace for potentially the busiest year yet…
Mount Everest clean-up team picks up 3 tons of garbage
World

Mount Everest clean-up team picks up 3 tons of garbage

A 14-member team sent by the Nepalese government to tidy up Mount Everest has so far collected three tonnes (3.3 US…
Malaysian climber rescued from Mount Annapurna in Nepal
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Malaysian climber rescued from Mount Annapurna in Nepal

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A rescue helicopter plucked a Malaysian climber from Mount Annapurna in west Nepal on Friday, where he…
Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia’s rivers, crops: study
Environment

Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia’s rivers, crops: study

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – At least a third of the ice in the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush will thaw this…
Fighting climate change in the shadow of Mount Everest
Environment

Fighting climate change in the shadow of Mount Everest

Formed in the shadow of Mount Everest, the turquoise depths of Nepal’s Imja glacial lake would be a breathtaking miracle…
Crouching tigers, hidden cameras: Nepal counts its big cats
Environment

Crouching tigers, hidden cameras: Nepal counts its big cats

  Chayan Kumar Chaudhary flicked through photographs captured on a hidden camera in the jungle, hoping his favorite big cat…
Nepal plane crash survivors say it’s a miracle they’re alive
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Nepal plane crash survivors say it’s a miracle they’re alive

Survivors of this week’s plane crash at Nepal’s main airport said Wednesday that it was a miracle they survived an…
Nepal outlaws menstruation huts, but what will take their place?
Health & Fitness

Nepal outlaws menstruation huts, but what will take their place?

Radhika Kami lives with her family of six in a traditional mud-and-brick house in a rural village in Nepal’s Kanchanpur…
Monsoon flooding kills at least 160 across South Asia
Weather

Monsoon flooding kills at least 160 across South Asia

Heavy monsoon rains have unleashed landslides and floods that have killed at least 160 people and displaced millions of others…
Floods, landslides triggered by heavy rain kill 47 in Nepal
Weather

Floods, landslides triggered by heavy rain kill 47 in Nepal

Landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 47 people in southern Nepal and left thousands homeless,…
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