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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

The Independent UK

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.

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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

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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

The Independent UK

‘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.

Al Jazeera

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

The Hindu

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.

ABC News

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…

Bangkok Post

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

The Hindu

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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

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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.

The Times of India

Happy Buddha Purnima 2023: Best Messages, Quotes, Wishes and Images to share on Buddha Purnima

Every year, the first full moon in the month of Vaishakha as per the Hindu calendar is celebrated as the day when Lord Gautam Buddha was born on earth. Devotees of Buddha believe that it was on this day around 563 BC when Lord Buddha was born as Prince Siddhartha…

The Independent UK

Norway climber aims to be fastest to scale 14 tallest peaks

A Norwegian who just became the fastest female to climb the world’s 14 highest mountains is now aiming to become the fastest person to complete the feat by beating the record set by a male climber in 2019

WEKU

A Seattle professor died during a climb up Mount Everest

The U.S. citizen did not die from a climbing-related accident or inclement weather, his group said. Mount Everest, located across Nepal and Tibet, is the world's highest point above sea level.

Reuters

Nepal police searching for five missing people after avalanche

Dozens of police rescuers were scouring a remote area in northwest Nepal on Wednesday looking for five villagers who went missing after being hit by an avalanche while searching for a valuable aphrodisiac herb, an official said.

The Hindu

Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel discharged from AIIMS, to return home tonight

Nepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel has been discharged from a hospital in New Delhi after undergoing treatment for a chest-related ailment and he will return to Kathmandu on April 30.

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