Mt Everest Friendship Exercise started between Nepal & China

The 2nd edition of the Nepal-China joint military exercise “Mt Everest Friendship Exercise (or Sagarmatha Friendship-2018” has started at Chengdu, the capital of China’s southwestern Sichuan Province, from September 17. The aim of the 10-day exercise is to share expertise ..

Indian Mountaineers Satyarup Siddhanta and Mousumi Khatua climbs Asia’s highest volcanic peak Mount Damavand in Iran

Recently, Indian Mountaineers Satyarup Siddhanta and Mousumi Khatua created history by climbing Asia’s highest volcanic peak Mount Damavand in Iran. The expedition team comprised of 3 members – Siddhanta, Mousumi and Bhaswati Chatterjee. According to a release, the trio left ..

India supports Mauritius in International Court of Justice (ICJ) on issue of de-colonisation of Chagos Archipelago

The Chagos Archipelago (or Chagos Islands) is a group of 7 atolls consists of more than 60 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 km south of the Maldives archipelago. The sovereignty over the Islands is disputed between ..

UNESCO includes Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve in list of World Network of Biosphere Reserve

UNESCO has included the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (KBR) in the list of World Network of Biosphere Reserve (WNBR) at the 30th Session of the Man and Biosphere International Coordinating Council (ICC) in Palembang, Indonesia. With this, KBR has now become ..

Indian mountaneer Shivangi Pathak scales Mt Kilimanjaro

Shivangi Pathak (17) from Haryana, who became the India’s youngest women to scale Mt Everest from Nepal side, has recently scaled the highest peak of Africa “Mt Kilimanjaro”, which is located in Tanzania. The mountain is about 4,900 metres from ..

Satyarup Siddhanta becomes 2nd Indian mountaineer to climb Mt Ojos del Salado, highest volcano in world

Satyarup Siddhanta (35) has become the 2nd Indian mountaineer after Malli Mastan Babu to climb Mt Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano in the world. Satyarup is also set to be the first Indian to climb Mt Sidley, the highest ..