Nepal's Department of Tourism is determined to enlarge its list of 8,000m peaks by adding six secondary summits on ...

The list of globally recognised eight-thousanders in Nepal includes Everest (8,848.86 metres), Kanchenjunga (8,586 metres), ...

Foreign Minister Deuba asks Additional Secretary Mahawar to allow more air routes and direct flights to new airports.

Lesotho is a small African country that holds the title of the "highest country on Earth." Located in South Africa, this ...

That it is a piece of critical geography is no secret. A sliver of land in north Bengal that lies at the confluence of multiple nations and ways of life, a borderland critical to India. The author dec ...

Other South Asian countries such as Nepal and Bhutan have been subjected ... and incorporating contested regions into official maps — are becoming increasingly visible. For instance, in 2023 ...

Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry and wild water birds, posing significant global challenges due to its high mortality rates and economic impacts. Highly ...

Back then, it was a regional list, conceived as an objective way to determine which mountains in the Indonesian archipelago would probably be worth attempting to hike at weekends. We developed the ...

Over 1 billion people are impacted by neglected tropical diseases. Devex explores what WHO’s updated road map means and ...

Colonel Ranveer Jamwal says challenges faced during such expeditions mirror the conditions encountered in mountain warfare ...

President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive actions, revoking 78 of Joe Biden’s policies, hours after returning to the White House. The 47th US president ordered a crackdown on immigration ...

On snow-covered battlefields like the Himalayas, the Army wants its junior leadership to become decision-makers at the tactical level ...