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This Jan. 3 1976 photo made by the National Reconnaissance Office shows Mount Everest at center. This and other once-classified Cold War era spy satellite images are showing scientists that glaciers on the Himalayas are now melting about twice as fast as they used to. (National Reconnaissance Office via AP)

Himalayan glaciers are melting fast revealed by old spy images

The Asian mountain range, which includes Mount Everest, has been losing ice at a rate of about 1 per cent a year since...

20 Jun 2019 5:44 PM IST

The monks and residents of the nearby village of Komik, said to be Asias highest, are already feverishly preparing for winter, stocking up on food and fuel, drying vegetables -- and praying. (Photo: AFP)

Winter is coming: Himalayan Buddhist monastery prepares to welcome the...

Monastery is currently occupied by 20 monks in saffron robes and shaved heads, staging festivals and welcoming trickle...

7 Aug 2018 10:25 AM IST

A record 373 foreign climbers have been cleared to scale Everest from the south side during a narrow window of good weather this month

Everest braces for record number of summit attempts

The number of climbers issued with permits for Everest this spring is the highest ever

5 May 2017 7:41 AM IST