Mount Everest Archives

May 19, 2025 9:08 PM

NCC cadets successfully summit Mount Everest for the third time; return safely to base camp

In a proud moment for the nation, a ten-member mountaineering team of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) has successfully scaled Mount Everest (8,848.86 metres), the world’s highest peak. According to the Ministry of Defence, the cadets reached the sum...

May 18, 2025 3:36 PM

British climber makes 19th ascent of Everest, most by a non-Sherpa

A British climber beat his own record on Sunday for the most climbs of Mount Everest by a non-Sherpa, making his 19th ascent of the world's highest mountain, a hiking official said. Britain's Kenton Cool, 51, climbed the 8,849-m (29,032-foot) peak i...

May 16, 2025 3:20 PM

Two climbers, from India and the Philippines, died on Everest

An Indian climber and another from the Philippines became the first mountaineers to die on Mount Everest in the current March-May climbing season of the world's highest peak, hiking officials said on Friday. Subrata Ghosh, 45, from India, died on Th...

April 3, 2025 3:33 PM

Rajnath Singh addresses Army Commanders’ conference, flags off mountaineering expeditions

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the senior leadership of the Indian Army during the ongoing Army Commanders’ Conference, a biannual event being held in New Delhi from April 1 to 4. The conference serves as a crucial platform for deliberati...

October 1, 2024 11:17 AM

Scientists explain Mount Everest’s anomalous growth

Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an inexorable uplift that dates back to their birth roughly 50 million ye...