Will rivers in India, Nepal go dry?

More than twice as much global glacier mass will remain if countries restrict temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to the warming level of 2.7 degrees Celsius resulting from the......

IN PHOTOS: The mesmerising Mount Everest through ages

Mount Everest is not just the highest peak on the planet, not just the incarnation of the Supreme Being, not just a pinnacle of exemplary beauty which has silently witnessed the world unfold before......

Nepal govt closes radio station, arrests scribes

Nepal police seized equipment from a radio station late Sunday night and arrested four journalists and a technician to stop the broadcast of an interview with top Maoist leader Prachanda, reports......

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......

Nepali sherpa sets Everest record with 27th ascent!

IMAGE: Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, scaled the 8,849 metre (29,032-foot) mountain early along the traditional southeast ridge route, guiding a foreign climber. Photographs: Reuters A Nepali sherpa scaled......

Late Aus cricketer Hughes's bat, jerseys head to Mount Everest

Phillip Hughes of Australia. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images Chhurim Sherpa began her journey for a third ascent to Mount Everest on Sunday but this time some odd items were also part of her......