Canada-based Punjabi scales Mount Everest
Deputy Commissioner Faridkot Rahul Chaba felicitated Dhaliwal during a special ceremony and congratulated him on conquering the world’s highest peak.
Deputy Commissioner Faridkot Rahul Chaba felicitated Dhaliwal during a special ceremony and congratulated him on conquering the world’s highest peak.
The Himalayas, long revered for their sublime beauty and spiritual significance, are under siege ~ not by avalanches or blizzards, but by human neglect. Mount Everest, the crown jewel of the range, tells a stark story: discarded tents, oxygen cylinders, plastic bottles, and even human remains lie scattered across its slopes.
Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first successful summit of Mount Everest in 1953, passed away at the age of 89.
The Himalayas have always symbolised human endurance and the allure of the extreme. Yet, the recent blizzard that trapped hundreds of hikers on Mount Everest’s Tibetan slopes offers a stark reminder that nature’s majesty is inseparable from its unpredictability.
Appreciating the role of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in nation-building and youth development, Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Tuesday announced the planned expansion of the organisation by adding three lakh cadets across the country.
The Swiss climber had successfully reached the summit but began experiencing issues during his descent, while the American died due to snow blindness and exhaustion at Camp IV before reaching the summit, the agency wrote in its Facebook page.
He climbed Mount Everest for the first time in 1998, and went on to do it again in 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2018.
The Nepal government decided to measure the exact height of the mountain amid debates that there might have been a change in it due to various reasons, including the devastating earthquake of 2015.
Chinese tech firm Huawei is working with China Mobile to build two 5G stations on Mount Everest. The stations are expected to cover the summit of the mountain.
Villagers from Sitamarhi district of Bihar woke up to a pleasant surprise on Tuesday when they saw the snow-capped Mount Everest from the roofs of their homes, thanks to the clearer sky and the low pollution level as a result of month-long lockdown, suspending all transport services and shutting down factories.
