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Topic: Mountaineer

Geeta Samota becomes first paramilitary CISF personnel to scale Mount Everest

The 35-year-old has undertaken specialised training in mountaineering and is also the first and fastest woman to climb five peaks in Ladakh's Rupshu region in just three days.

Spotted vultures, scaled 400-ft cliff — how ITBP found, retrieved US paraglider’s body in Spiti Valley

Probe & rescue ops, conducted over days, involved traditional sleuthing, use of drones & climbing a sharp cliff face 'perpendicular to mountain base' to retrieve body of Trevor Bockstahler.

‘Mt Annapurna’s baby’, Anurag Maloo is ready to climb again, a year after avalanche & coma

‘Now I remember when I took my first step, when I climbed my first stairs, when I ate food for the first time from my hands, when I wrote for the first time in the hospital,’ said Maloo.

Renowned US mountaineer climbs rare Everest ‘triple crown’

Garrett Madison, 44, has achieved the rare Everest region 'triple crown', climbing three peaks - Mount Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse - in one season.

Nepali Sherpa reaches Mount Everest summit for 28th time, completes his 2nd ascent in a week

Nepali tourism official Bigyan Koirala said, Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, reached 29,032-feet summit by traditional southeast ridge route, following his 27th climb last week.

Rescued mountaineer Anurag Maloo moves from Nepal to Delhi for further treatment, family relieved

Rescued from Mt Annapurna in Nepal last month, Maloo has been brought to Delhi for treatment at AIIMS. His vitals are stable, but will continue receiving treatment for frostbite.

10 mountaineering students killed in avalanche in Uttarkashi, search on for missing 11

8 from the group have been rescued; the budding mountaineers were on their way to scale Draupadi’s Danda 2 peak at 18,000 feet.

Tapi Mra, first Arunachalee to conquer Mount Everest, goes missing in snow-capped Kyarisatam

Tapi went missing 7 days ago since he went on an official mission to explore Mount Kyarisatam, one of Arunachal’s highest peaks.

Shehroze Kashif in Guinness Records is the pride of Pakistan—youngest to scale Everest, K2

The 19-year-old from Lahore was also the youngest Pakistani to scale Everest on 6 May this year.

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Govt must bring pending GST reforms too

The rate rationalisation this time will impact over 420 goods covering a vast range of sectors. The first two exercises to revamp the GST regime were much smaller in both range and impact.

What happens to Haryana real estate agents now? Govt agency HSVP to act as broker, take commissions

Gurugram: Stirring a storm in Haryana's real estate circles, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP)—the state's urban development agency—has taken on the role of...

Denmark tweaks its banned exports list, delivery of critical system for Tejas MK 1A starts 

HAL has produced 10 Tejas Mk 1A and is now awaiting further deliveries of engines from American firm GE—delayed by two and half years, so far.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?