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# Nepal

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August 2023
# Norway
Norway's record-breaking mountaineer rejects online accusations after death of climber
The climber said that she and her team “did everything they could” for the local climber, who later died.
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Aug 11th 2023, 12:11 PM
# Endangered Species
Three critically endangered red panda cubs born at Fota Wildlife Park in Cork
The park’s new arrivals bring continued hope for the species, which is under threat due to human interference,
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Aug 3rd 2023, 12:18 PM
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2023
# Nepal
Indian climber who fell on Annapurna on same day Northern Irish mountaineer died has been rescued
Several rescue attempts were made after Anurag Maloo fell on the world’s 10th highest mountain on Monday.
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Apr 20th 2023, 9:07 AM
# noel hanna
Northern Ireland mountaineer Noel Hanna dies in Nepal after scaling Annapurna
Tributes have been paid to Hanna by a number of MLAs in Northern Ireland.
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Apr 18th 2023, 2:00 PM
# Pokhara
Nepali hospitals return bodies from air crash to grieving families
All those on board, including six children, are believed to have died.
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Jan 17th 2023, 7:08 AM
# Plane Crash
Search for missing bodies after plane crash in Nepal suspended as evening falls
Officials believe the hopes of finding any survivors are ‘nil’.
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Jan 16th 2023, 3:18 PM
# Pokhara
DFA says Nepal crash victim first believed to be Irish was UK national
A list from the Nepalese aviation authority had initially classified the man as Irish.
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Jan 16th 2023, 1:38 PM
# Nepal
Irish national on board plane that crashed in Nepal killing dozens
The aircraft was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara.
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Jan 15th 2023, 4:00 PM
Last year
2022
# Charles Sobhraj
Notorious French serial killer 'The Serpent' freed from Nepal prison
Charles Sobhraj has served most of his sentence for killing US and Canadian backpackers in the 1970s.
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Dec 23rd 2022, 8:55 AM
# Himalayas
Body of missing US ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson found on Mount Manaslu in Nepal
Nelson slipped and went missing while skiing down the world’s eighth-highest mountain.
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Sep 28th 2022, 9:32 PM
# Nepal
14 bodies recovered after plane wreckage found in Nepal mountains
The Civil Aviation Authority said that the plane “met an accident” at 4,420 metres in the Sanosware area of Thasang rural municipality.
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May 30th 2022, 8:28 AM
# Pokhara
Plane with 22 on board missing in Nepal’s mountains
It is a popular route with foreign hikers who trek on the mountain trails.
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May 29th 2022, 9:53 AM
# On top of the world
Sherpa guide breaks own record scaling Mount Everest for 26th time
Kami Rita, whose father was among the first Sherpa guides, first scaled Everest in 1994 and has been making the trip nearly every year since.
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May 8th 2022, 3:00 PM
All time
# Extreme Weather
More than 100 people dead as floods and landslides hit India and Nepal
In Uttarakhand in northern India, officials said that 46 people had died in recent days with 11 missing.
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Oct 20th 2021, 8:04 AM
# Nepal
Ireland to send ventilators and defibrillators to help Nepal fight Covid-19
Oxygen concentrators, ventilators, defibrillators and PPE are among some of the equipment to be donated.
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Jun 16th 2021, 6:26 PM
# Nepal
Offices closed and markets shut as Nepal imposes 15-day lockdown amid surge in Covid cases
The lockdown was imposed in most of the Himalayan nation’s major cities and towns.
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Apr 29th 2021, 9:24 AM
# On top of the world
Mount Everest grows four metres after China and Nepal agree new height measurement
The new official height of the world’s tallest peak is 8,848.86 metres.
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Dec 8th 2020, 10:52 AM
# Nepal
Veteran Sherpa guide who set Everest record dies aged 72
Ang Rita was a national hero known as the ‘snow leopard”.
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Sep 22nd 2020, 8:48 AM
# TheJournal Investigation
“Every year you can see a change”: How melting glaciers are threatening livelihoods in the Himalayas
“This black mountain, in the past this was all ice but now it’s just rock.”
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Jul 26th 2020, 12:00 PM
# TheJournal Investigation
Floods, drought and natural disasters already threatened food security in Nepal, then coronavirus came
Too much rain, and too little rain, hampers farmers and their crops.
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Jul 25th 2020, 8:00 PM
# A mountain to climb
In Nepal, Sherpas are losing vital tourism income, but 'stopping the virus is more important than our jobs'
Cormac Fitzgerald reports from Nepal on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Mount Everest’s guides.
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Mar 21st 2020, 11:55 AM
# Nepal
Mount Everest region to ban single-use plastics
The region receives over 50,000 tourists every year, including climbers and trekkers.
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Aug 21st 2019, 5:11 PM
# Christopher Kulish
American climber dies after reaching top of Mount Everest
About half a dozen climbers died on Everest last week, including two Irish men .
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May 28th 2019, 10:43 AM
# Nepal
British climber dies on Mount Everest amid overcrowding concerns on world's highest peak
Robin Fisher’s death follows that of Irishman Kevin Hynes who died yesterday.
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May 25th 2019, 11:00 AM
# Seamus Lawless
Government will help family of Trinity professor who went missing on Everest 'in any way possible'
Seamus Lawless went missing on the world’s highest mountain earlier this week.
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May 19th 2019, 6:02 PM
# Missing
Trinity College professor missing on Mount Everest a day after reaching peak of world's highest mountain
Seamus Lawless reportedly fell on the mountain at an altitude of 8,300m yesterday.
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May 16th 2019, 6:12 PM
# bajura district
Nepali woman and her two children die in outlawed 'menstruation hut'
The ancient shunning practice known as “chhaupadi” was outlawed in 2005.
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Jan 10th 2019, 4:19 PM
# Mountain Climbing
Nine climbers killed in freak accident on rarely climbed Himalayan mountain
It is the deadliest incident to hit Nepal’s mountaineering industry since 2014.
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Oct 14th 2018, 7:52 AM
# Mount Gurja
Snowstorm kills nine climbers on Nepal peak
The bodies of four South Koreans and four Nepali guides were spotted among the wreckage of their camp.
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Oct 13th 2018, 10:33 AM
# Crash
Tourists among six dead in Nepal helicopter crash
One woman survived the crash with injuries and has been airlifted to the capital.
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Sep 8th 2018, 5:55 PM
# world's peak
Japanese climber who lost nine fingers on Everest dies on his eighth attempt at the summit
Nobukazu Kuriki was a solo climber who’d conquered other 8,000m peaks in Nepal.
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May 21st 2018, 10:38 AM
# persistence
Double leg amputee reaches summit of Everest, 40 years after losing his feet during his first attempt
Xia Boyu had both his feet amputated after suffering frostbite during his first attempt at Everest in 1975.
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May 14th 2018, 9:33 AM
# Delays
Plane with 139 people on board skids off runway causing chaos at Kathmandu airport
Nobody was hurt in the incident but hundreds of passengers had flights cancelled.
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Apr 20th 2018, 9:26 AM
# Nepal
49 dead after plane crashes in Kathmandu in worst accident in decades
The disaster is the worst such incident to hit Nepal for years.
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Mar 12th 2018, 10:44 PM
# banned practice
Nepali woman suffocates in 'menstruation hut'
She died of suspected smoke inhalation
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Jan 11th 2018, 3:45 PM
# Girls not Brides
Irish project helping to end child marriage in Nepal
10% of girls in Nepal are married by the age of 15 and 37% by the age of 18.
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Dec 31st 2017, 9:30 AM
# South Asia
Death toll in worst monsoon season in decades tops 1,200
At least five people, including two children, have been killed in Mumbai since yesterday.
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Aug 30th 2017, 10:50 PM
# any strawberries
A 'Wexford Bus' has been spotted doing the rounds in the mountains of Nepal
Erm… hi?
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Jun 1st 2017, 4:09 PM
# treacherous conditions
Rescuers find body of missing Everest climber, bringing death toll to four
More than a dozen climbers have also been rescued from the mountain in the last three days.
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May 22nd 2017, 12:00 PM
# Nepal
Rescuers find trekker who survived in remote mountainous terrain for 47 days
The man’s partner had died three days before rescuers arrived, he said.
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Apr 26th 2017, 10:12 PM
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