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Three Indians ‘fake’ Everest summit climb, Nepal launches inquiry

Vikas Rana, Shobha Banwala & Ankush Kasana of Haryana have been asked to furnish proof of reaching the peak of Mount Everest.

At one point I thought I would die, says Mumbai man who survived Everest ‘traffic jam’

ThePrint speaks to Parth Upadhyay, 24, of Maharashtra, one of the climbers photographed in last month's viral photo of the Everest 'traffic jam'.

Trail to Everest is littered with bodies. But no one will say who is actually responsible

Neither the people stuck in 'traffic jam' at Mount Everest nor the travel firms bothered to look back and learn from the incidents of 2012.

Mount Everest’s deadly toll has a commercial solution

Nepal should invite private sector to help manage Everest and other peaks. More commercialisation, not less, is the best route to promoting safety.

Everest tourism is causing a mountain of problems every year

Nepal government does not really grasp what’s going on in the Himalayan peaks and must do more to make the mountainside sustainable.

Sherpa from Nepal summits Mt Everest for 23rd time & breaks his own record

Kama Rita Sherpa bettered his world record after he climbed Mt Everest for the 23rd time.

Himalayan fossil of adolescent’s jaw may explain how Tibetans, Sherpas master mountains

The new finding is the first Denisovan specimen found outside of the Denisova cave in Siberia and is dated at 1.6 lakh years old.

3,000 kg garbage collected from Mt Everest in two weeks

The 45-day Everest Cleaning Campaign began on April 14 and will conclude on May 29.

Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepal’s India-born PM who evolved from ideologue to peacemaker

On his ninth death anniversary, ThePrint tracks G.P. Koirala's life — from organising Nepal’s first political workers' movement to becoming its first PM.

Nepal’s tourism minister Adhikari among seven killed in helicopter crash

The Air Dynasty helicopter Ang Tsering Sherpa, prominent aviation, and Yubaraj Dahal, personal aide to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

On Camera

Lifting night shift ban increased female employment in India—only among big firms

Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

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?