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Topic: Everest

World’s highest peak has an Everest-sized garbage problem. But drones have come to the rescue

New Delhi: Mount Everest is known to test human resolve. But, behind the success stories and summit photos lies a harsh truth—the world’s highest peak is...

Are the spices being sold in Indian market safe? Lack of testing and poor law enforcement concerns

After Hong Kong, Singapore found high level of Ethylene oxide in Indian masala brands, FSSAI conducts safety tests. A look at India's food safety rules & what happens in cases of violation.

MDH, Everest asked to give details of quality checks after Hong Kong, Singapore raise concerns

Authorities in Hong Kong and Singapore said the products contain high levels of ethylene oxide, which is unfit for human consumption, with long exposure to cancer risk.

Stop Everest obsession, Himalayas are vulnerable — British historian urges in new book

At the launch of his book on the Himalayas in Delhi, John Keay spoke of demon worship, mystical encounters and Europeans who didn’t understand local culture.

‘Hillary, Tenzing followed my footsteps’ — Sherpa who paved the way to Everest with 25kg load

In ‘Sherpa,’ Pradeep Bashyal and Ankit Babu Adhikari write how the Sherpa community exists at the edge of life and death in Nepal.

Everest’s Chhole Masala ad reminder of 2000s’ commercials. Same league as Feviquick, Havells

Everest’s new Chhole Masala ad doesn’t feature women, and that’s a good thing.

In this remote Manipur village, lockdown brought the gift of education for the elderly

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Nirmal Purja, the Nepali mountaineer who summitted Everest, Lhotse & Makalu in two days

The former soldier now holds the record for the fastest ascent of all 14 eight thousanders — having done it in six months and six days.

Trigonometry may be schooltime misery, but it’s what first helped us see India right

Here's how trigonometry helped India's colonial rulers draw up the subcontinent's first map in the 19th century.

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A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation in play: Air Headquarters to control strategic assets  

Exclusive: Theaterisation proposal has been stuck over how limited air assets would be divided. Consensus reached on division of air assets among 3 theatres, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.