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TopicMount Everest climber

Topic: Mount Everest climber

Chhonzin Angmo becomes first-ever visually impaired Indian woman to scale Mt Everest

The 29 year old hailing from a remote village in Himachal Pradesh recently hoisted the Tricolour atop the highest mountain peak in the world, becoming the 5th person ever to do so.

Nepali Sherpa saves Malaysian climber in rare Everest ‘death zone’ rescue

Gelje Sherpa, 30, hauled the climber 600m (1,900 feet) down from the Balcony area to the South Col, over a period of about 6 hours, where Nima Tahi Sherpa, another guide, joined the rescue.

‘There is no future in Nepal’: Everest record breaker Kami Rita Sherpa explains the struggle

Expeditions hiring sherpas must take out life insurance for them, but pay out is just about $11,300. Kami Rita wishes the amount to be increased to about $38,000.

On Camera

Game on in Gujarat — Ahmedabad is building India’s new sports economy

The massive success of the IPL is a watershed moment in Indian sports. It proved that sports could be an incredibly profitable commercial venture. The glamour, the glitz, and the spectacle of it didn’t go unnoticed.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.