Why the Everest was still the common link for four speakers from three generationsDoug Scott, Leo Houlding and Tashi and Nungshi Malikat The Himalayan Club's annual seminar, part of its 90th year celebrations
4 min read1 Mar 2017Mamata Banerjee announced that from now on, a tea directorate, under the chairmanship of Sourav Chakroborty, will work to address all issues related to tea plantations, including the welfare of tea garden workers
1 min read30 Jun 2016From Tenzing Norgay presenting his identity slip at a polling booth in West Bengal, to village women proceeding to the polling station on camel back, a look at the 1957 Lok Sabha elections which saw Congress coming back to power once again.
8 Apr 2014The incredible story of how news of the Everest's first ascent was broken, and the woman who made it happen
7 min read4 Jun 2013Family members of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay placed garlands on statues of the now legendary pair
3 min read30 May 2013Several new products under patent aim to make the climb to world's highest peaks safer and easier
5 min read30 May 2013Mount Everest continues to be a tower of hope and aspiration for individuals from every margin of society
5 min read30 May 2013If Twitter had been around 60 years ago, how would the first ascent of Everest be experienced?
4 min read30 May 2013A collection of photographs to celebrate sixty years of the first successful ascent of Everestfrom Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary in 1953, to twins from Dehradun in 2013
29 May 2013Eight people have died on Mount Everest this climbing season
2 min read28 May 2013The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared