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All 22 bodies retrieved from Nepal plane crash

Pokhara (Nepal) (AFP) - Nepali rescuers have retrieved all 22 bodies from a plane that crashed in the Himalayas, authorities said Tuesday.

AFP

Bodies Pulled from Wreckage of Missing Nepal Plane

Nepali rescuers pulled 14 bodies on Monday from the mangled wreckage of a passenger plane strewn across a mountainside that went missing in the Himalayas with 22 people on board.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Plane with 22 on board missing in Nepal

Pokhara (Nepal) (AFP) - Nepali rescuers scoured a remote area of the lower Himalayas by helicopter and on foot Sunday after a passenger plane with 22 people on board went missing.

AFP

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Plastic pollution: European farmland could be largest global reservoir of microplastics

Plastic particles smaller than 5mm (known as microplastics) are well-documented pollutants in ocean and freshwater habitats. The discovery of microplastics in the most remote rivers of the Himalayas and the deepest trenches of the Pacific Ocean has sparked widespread concern. But how much microplastic lies closer to home – buried…

The Conversation

Birdwatchers from India, Nepal and Bhutan to count birds in the Himalayas

First edition of the Himalayan Bird Count (HBC) to be held on May 14

The Hindu

Dams and disasters: How an Uttarakhand village was drowned for ‘development’

For decades, Uttarakhand’s Lohari village in Dehradun district has been home to a tribal community called the Jaunsars. They live mainly in the foothills of the western Himalayas and are believed to be descendents of the Pandavas.

Newslaundry

Indian climber dies during summit push on Mount Kanchenjunga

This is the third fatal incident reported on the Nepal Himalayas during the current climbing season which started in March.

The Hindu

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Scandi-style dream home hiding in one of Wales' most beautiful locations with links to Mount Everest

It's not the Himalayas but it is totally stunning

Wales Online

China and Nepal study feasibility of cross-border power grid

China and Nepal will conduct a feasibility study to construct a high-voltage power transmission line across the Himalayas to facilitate the exchange of electric power, officials said on Saturday.

Reuters

A walled city at the top of the world: The Nepalese village of Lo Manthang

Nestled among some of the tallest ridges in the world is the former kingdom of Mustang. This Nepalese region of the Himalayas is home to Lo Manthang, a fortified city that has been resisting time and invaders since the 14th century. In this remote village, the power supply is limited…

France 24

Uttarakhand: ITBP personnel patrol snow-bound area at 15,000 ft in sub-zero temperatures

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel were seen patrolling in a snow-bound area at 15,000 feet in sub-zero temperatures around in Uttarakhand Himalayas.

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Chainsaws, ice and a sauna in India's frozen north

Chilling (India) (AFP) - High in the barren Indian Himalayas, artists are chainsawing blocks of ice from a frozen river creating what they hope will be the beginnings of India's answer to China's Harbin International Ice Festival.

AFP

Co Fermanagh man on top of the world after climbing highest mountain in the Americas

Shane Boyd from Enniskillen conquered Aconcagua, the world’s highest peak outside of the Himalayas

Belfast Live

Helping hands in the Himalayas

A physician is one of the most respected careers, but like others, they also face difficulties. In a new book titled Himalai Tong Klub Pai Fung (Himalayan Health Exchange II) published by Salmon Books, Dr Kamphee Sruamsiri, a freelance emergency physician, wrote about his identity crisis which led him to…

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Glacier study finds Earth has less water than we thought

In a new study, scientists use updated satellite data to measure ice thickness and glacier volume, revealing the world's glaciers may contain less ice than previously thought.

The Hindu

‘Warming in Himalayas accelerating snow melt, flooding in rivers’

It has direct implications on water availability and security of South Asia, say studies

AFP

Crashed World War II aircraft found in India after 77 years

New Delhi (AFP) - A missing World War II plane has been identified in India's remote Himalayas nearly 80 years after it crashed with no survivors, following a treacherous search that led to the deaths of three guides.

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