Nepal increases climbing permit fees by 36 per cent, sparking debate on the impact on tourism and environmental conservation.

Misrepresented clips continue to surface on social media following the devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region ...

Geologically, the Tibetan Plateau ranks among the most seismically active areas worldwide, serving as a convergence zone for the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates ...

Nepal has increased the permit price after nearly a decade by 36 per cent from $11000 (about Rs 9L) to $15000 (about Rs 13L).

When Pasang Nuru Sherpa recalls his childhood in the quiet village of Pangboche, in the foothills of Sagarmatha, the Nepali ...

Climbing Season Climbing season in the Himalayas predominately takes place just twice per year when the Jetstream subsides above the Himala ...

That it is a piece of critical geography is no secret. A sliver of land in north Bengal that lies at the confluence of ...

Family-run restaurant Yaks and Yetis, has been in Ross-on-Wye's Brookend Street for years, yet none of us had ever got a chance to try it. The local business says it offers a wide variety of "unique ...

Trump spoke with Chinese president Xi Jinping before his inauguration, and it seems to have been a meeting of minds between ...

Since the Nepal-China relationship has been guided by the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (Panchsheel), and amity and ...

Jost Kobusch completed his Mt. Everest Journey after the earthquake that jolted parts of Nepal and Tibet. Alex Txikon of Spain suffered health issues that derailed his aspirations on Annapurna. And ...

Lukas Furtenbach explains why using Xenon to help climb Everest in a week is a new tool but is really no different than familiar aids like bottled oxygen.