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VLISSINGEN, The Netherlands, November 12 /PRNewswire/ -- This is the start of a new Era in polar expedition cruising: the Dutch flagged expedition vessel "Plancius", operated by Oceanwide Expeditions from Vlissingen, the Netherlands, is almost ready ...  

KATHMANDU: Nepalis have given the thumbs-down to their forest minister Deepak Bohora's lofty plan to hold a cabinet meeting in the lap of Mt Everest, calling it an unnecessary ploy. The minister, whose wish to allow hotels to run as usual in the core ...  

Sure, Sir Edmund Hillary got all the accolades for being the first to scale Everest. But the locals celebrate someone else -- Tenzing Norgay, the sherpa who some say beat Hillary to the summit of the world's highest mountain.  

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s cabinet will hold a meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the threat from global warming, which is causing glaciers to melt in the Himalayas, an official said on Monday. The...  

After Maldives organized historical cabinet meeting under water, Nepal has announced that it will organize a cabinet meeting at the base camp of Mount Everest -- the highest peak of the world to draw global attention about climate change. Though Maldives organized the meeting on October 17, Nepal ha...... more  

After the Underwater cabinet meet at the bottom of South Asia, a cabinet meet at Everest at the top of South Asia Immediately after the news about Nepal’s plan to hold a cabinet meet on the base camp of Sagarmatha (the Mount Everest) flashed today by AFP, Nepalis from all over the world expressed their tongue-in-cheek [...]  

Scientific Name Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don Family Ericaceae Used Part Stem, leaves, and buds. Distribution Area It is a small, aromatic, shrubby plant found in the Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan and the N.E.F.A. hills at altitudes of 3,000-5,300 m. Common Uses . The leaves are aromatic, their smoke is considered useful in some diseases. They are supposed to have stimulant properties. The leaves are administered as an errhine to...  

KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal's Cabinet will hold a meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the threat from global warming, which is causing glaciers to melt in the Himalayas, an official said Monday. The Cabinet will meet at the Everest base camp later this month, just ahead of an international climate change conference next month in Copenhagen, Denmark, Forest and Soil Conservation Minister Deepak Bohara said. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar...  

Background Note: Nepal October 2009Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Mount Everest as seen from near Everest Base camp, Nepal, May 17, 2003. [© AP Images]PROFILEOFFICIAL NAME:Federal Democratic Republic of NepalGeographyArea: 147,181 sq. km. (56,136 sq. mi.), about the size and shape of Tennessee, bordering China and India.Cities: Capital--Kathmandu (3 districts) (pop. 2.2 million est.). Other cities--Biratnagar, Patan...  

Via The Himalayan Times, a report datelined Myagdi: Swine flu panic spread to neighbouring districts. Excerpt:The spread of swine flu virus in neighbouring Parbat district has caused widespread panic in neighbouring districts. Myagdi dwellers has been terrorised following the diagnosis...  

KATMANDU, NEPAL — Nepal's Cabinet will hold a meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the threat from global warming, which is causing glaciers to melt in the Himalayas, an official said Monday. The Cabinet will meet at the Everest base camp later ...  

Nepalese policemen on Sept. 7 display a leopard skull seized in Kathmandu. Conservationists say Nepal is fast becoming a transit hub for endangered species, with rhino horns and tiger skins from India being smuggled through the Himalayan nation into ...  

KATHMANDU, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Parbat district in western Nepal is in the grip of panic after nine people tested positive for A/H1N1 flu this week, The Himalayan Times reported on Saturday. According to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division ...  

Kathmandu, Nov 4 (IANS) Nepal's northern neighbour China Wednesday pledged a soft loan of $200 million for infrastructure-related projects in the Himalayan republic, including a 61 MW hydropower project. The Upper Trishuli power project in Nepal's ...  

Nirajan Malla (left) of Nepal dribbles the ball past a Kyrgyzstan player during their AFC U-19 Championship Group A Qualifying match at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Himalayan News Service KATHMANDU: Nepal bounced back in contention ...