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March 3, 2026 3:56 PM

‘I wanna travel through India, climb Everest’: Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton shares dream adventure

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has revealed his dream of exploring India and travelling through the Himalayas, with ambitions of eventually climbing Mount Everest. Responding to a question in a recent video shared by F1, Hamilton said, “Where I really want to go is… I want to travel through India and then make my way up through the Himalayas. That’s like a future dream for me, and then I’m going to climb Mount Everest.” The seven-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion, w...

February 9, 2026 3:39 PM

Satellites flag declining vegetation in Uttarakhand hills amid climate change

Satellite observations spanning more than two decades have revealed a gradual decline in vegetation cover across Uttarakhand’s Himalayan regions, raising concerns over the growing impact of climate change, pollution and human activity on fragile mountain ecosystems. Researchers analysing satellite data from 2001 to 2022 found that while Himalayan vegetation continues to respond to seasonal cycles—reviving after the monsoon and weakening before it—these natural rhythms are increasingly bei...

October 29, 2025 10:44 AM

Unseasonably heavy snowfall halts Everest tourism in Nepal, Tibet

The Nepali and Chinese sides of the Everest region were closed to tourism on Wednesday due to unseasonally heavy snow, and a helicopter crashed in deep snowdrifts as it tried to rescue stranded trekkers. Visited by thousands of trekkers and climbers, the region around Mount Everest has been blanketed by snow since Monday as a cyclone from the Bay of Bengal churned across India, ushering in a second bout of severe snowfall in the Himalayas this month. Authorities in Nepal have halted trekking o...

October 6, 2025 9:22 AM

Hundreds of trekkers escape from blizzard-struck Everest in Tibet

Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet have been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media reported on Sunday, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummelled the Himalayas. As of Sunday, 350 trekkers had reached the small township of Qudang, while contact with the remaining 200-plus trekkers had been made, CCTV reported. Visitors to the remote valley of Karma, which leads to the eastern Kangshung face of Everest, were in the hundreds...

August 11, 2025 3:13 PM

Nepal waives climbing fees for some peaks to lure mountaineers

Nepal will waive climbing fees for nearly 100 peaks in the remote northwestern Himalayas for the next two years to try and lure more mountaineers to the less developed region bordering China, an official said on Monday. The country has opened 491 of its peaks but climbers typically focus on around 25 in the northeast and central parts of Nepal, including the world’s highest peak Mount Everest, which hundreds scale every year. Tourism Department official Himal Gautam said the decision to waiv...

July 23, 2025 10:56 AM

Rains, floods and rising heat: South Asia’s growing climate crisis

People in India and neighboring countries eagerly await the monsoon rains, which signal the end of the scorching summer heat and bring much-needed water for crops that sustain crores of people. However, the increasing frequency, intensity, unpredictability and eccentricity of extreme rainfall events are making things increasingly difficult for the people. In 2024 alone, hundreds of people died in India due to heavy rainfall. Across South Asia, hundreds more have already died this year. Experts w...

August 1, 2024 11:09 PM

Hundreds rescued from India’s Himalayas after torrential rains

Emergency workers rescued nearly 1,000 people who were stranded in different parts of the Himalayas following torrential rainfall in northern India, which caused widespread damage and left at least 12 people dead, officials said on Thursday. The capital Delhi received intense rainfall late on Wednesday, totalling 147 mm (5.8 inches) in eastern parts of the city and its suburbs, the India Meteorological Department said. At least seven people died in Delhi, according to local media. Three peopl...