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ClimbingKami Rita Sherpa scales Everest for record 31st time
2025-05-27T00:00Renowned climber Kami Rita Sherpa has set a new world record by scaling Mt Everest for the 31st time, further extending his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak.
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EnvironmentPlastic recovery facility inaugurated in Bhaktapur on Global Recycling Day
2025-03-18T00:00Marking Global Recycling Day 2025, Doko Recyclers officially inaugurated its Plastic Recovery Facility (PRF) in Sallahghari, Bhaktapur, under the PLEASE project—Plastic Free Rivers and Seas for South Asia.
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EnvironmentICIMOD and UN Climate Change Sign Pact to Boost Mountain Climate Action
2025-06-24T00:00The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have signed a three-year agreement to strengthen climate action across the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region.
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EnvironmentMonsoon conditions prevail across Nepal, rain and snowfall likely
2025-06-27T00:00Nepal remains under the influence of monsoon winds, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD).
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EnvironmentAsia warming at twice the global average, faces escalating climate extremes: WMO
2025-06-29T00:00Asia is heating up nearly twice as fast as the global average, triggering record marine heatwaves, faster glacier melt, and devastating floods and droughts across the region, according to the State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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EnvironmentNepal secures $36.1 million climate grant to protect mountain communities from glacial floods
2025-07-02T00:00In a major boost to climate resilience and sustainable tourism, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $36.1 million grant to help Nepal reduce the growing threat of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) — a severe and rising hazard in the Himalayan region.
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EnvironmentNepal submits ambitious NDC 3.0, seeks global support to tackle climate crisis
2025-07-10T00:00Nepal has submitted its third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) under the Paris Agreement, outlining climate targets and actions through 2035 while calling for international climate finance, technology transfer, and capacity building.
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EnvironmentGreenpeace urges 75% cut in plastic production to avert public health crisis
2025-07-22T15:46A new Greenpeace International report has found that over 50 million people across 11 countries are at risk of breathing hazardous air pollutants released by petrochemical facilities linked to plastic production—prompting renewed calls to drastically cut plastic manufacturing at its source.
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EnvironmentInternational Solar Alliance, ICIMOD join hands to accelerate solar energy deployment in Hindu Kush Himalaya
2025-07-23T15:32The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the International Solar Alliance (ISA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster cooperation in scaling up solar energy solutions across the common member countries.
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EnvironmentWidespread rainfall expected across Nepal, showers likely in Kathmandu
2025-07-28T14:00As monsoon conditions continue to influence Nepal’s weather patterns, the country is bracing for another day of widespread cloud cover and rainfall.