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The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute today observed the 100th birth anniversary of Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in a sombre manner given the deaths of the 16 Sherpa climbers recently on Mount Everest in an avalanche. The celebration was restricted to the...

By Suchita S. An LBBD reader once wrote to us saying ‘We are a nation of forgetters‘. This statement was made as a part of an opinion article she’d written for us; and it hit home. Guilty as charged, I too forget our country&rsquo...

Being a student, it is hard to ignore the campuses of institutions world over and compare their structural and educational layouts. I was eager to understand the educational system of the beautiful city of Darjeeling and have dragged my tour guide to...

SNS, Siliguri, 14 September : Family members of first Everester, Tenzing Norgay, and the United Sherpa Association have decided to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on taking initiatives to confer the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian...

The 2017 theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) is “Be Bold for Change” – and with good reason. Although many may argue that Sri Lanka is far ahead of its regional counterparts and close to achieving gender parity, there is proof to the contrary....