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Modi congratulates tribal students for scaling Mount Everest

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated five tribal students for scaling Mount Everest and also praised the all-women crew of INSV Tarini for circumventing the globe. The tribal students — Maneesha Dhurve, Pramesh Ale, Umakant Madhavi, Kavidas Katmode and Vikas Soyam — from an Ashram School in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur, scaled the world’s […]

Four Maharashtra tribal students scale Mt Everest

Mumbai :  Four tribal students, including a girl, of ashram schools in Maharashtra have scaled the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said here on Wednesday. They are Manisha Dhurve, 18, Umakant Madavi and Parmesh Aale, both 19, from Devada Ashram School and Kavidas Katmode, 18, from Jeevti Ashram School. They were […]

Nepal bans solo climbing on Mount Everest

Kathmandu, Dec 30 (IANS) Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in an attempt to reduce accidents and make mountaineering safer. The new safety regulations also prohibit double amputee and blind climbers from attempting to reach the summit of the world’s highest peak, the BBC reported on Saturday citing a […]