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70 Years Ago, They Conquered Everest

May 29, 1953. A New Zealand beekeeper named Edmund Hillary and a Nepali sherpa named Tenzing Norgay became the first human beings to reach the top of the world -- the 29,035 foot Mount Everest, the......

Do you know how Everest's height is calculated?

For one, triangles are involved, explains Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: Mount Everest, as seen from the border of Nepal and China, looking north from Nepal. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Has Everest grown or lost height? We'll know soon

On its 250th birthday, the Survey of India will send 30 mountaineers, armed with the most modern equipment, to measure the height of Mount Everest.Pallava Bagla reports. India's oldest scientific......

Mussoorie Diary: 42C, tidy tourists and stingy loo users

IMAGE: A view of Mussoorie. Photograph: Kind Courtesy: Akash Patwal/Facebook Syed Firdaus Ashraf tries to escape the Mumbai heat in the hills of Uttarakhand and ends up discovering the......

Jeffrey Archer on Paths to Glory

Last night in Andheri, suburban Mumbai, famed fiction writer Jeffrey Archer launched his latest novel, Paths of Glory, and gave a special book reading, as part of his five-stop tour of India,......

Who is Prasanta Pattanaik, Padma Shri?

Had he not been a student, admirer and follower of Amartya Sen, TCA Srinivasa-Raghavan feels it might have been a Padma Bhushan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The year was 1971.......

'I have very deep connections with India'

'When democracy first came to Bhutan people had no idea and they were like 'What is that?' 'Oh it's that thing they have in India where the leaders are always fighting and arguing'.' IMAGE: A......

OTT This Week: Badla, Bhoots, Sex...

Badla, bhoots and a barrage of detective dramas bombard the streaming platforms this week. Sukanya Verma lists everything you can see or skip. Copenhagen CowboyWhere to watch?......

PIX: Bhaichung Bhutia dances on The Kapil Sharma Show

Star sportspersons like footballer Bhaichung Bhutia, athlete Anju Bobby George, wrestler Sushil Kumar and mountaineer Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu (he has climbed the Mount Everest six......

Australia desperate to be competitive for next year's World Cup

IMAGE: Australia's David Warner and Steve Smith. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters On the other side of the globe, however, their former test team mates stepped into a Dubai furnace to......

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News for George Everest

70 Years Ago, They Conquered Everest

Do you know how Everest's height is calculated?

Has Everest grown or lost height? We'll know soon

Mussoorie Diary: 42C, tidy tourists and stingy loo users

Jeffrey Archer on Paths to Glory

Who is Prasanta Pattanaik, Padma Shri?

'I have very deep connections with India'

OTT This Week: Badla, Bhoots, Sex...

PIX: Bhaichung Bhutia dances on The Kapil Sharma Show

Australia desperate to be competitive for next year's World Cup

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