Doctors in Nepal have warned they are facing a major crisis as the number of coronavirus cases has soared in a matter of weeks. Medics have said the country’s hospitals are running out of oxygen and beds which could lead to a scale of emergency seen in neighbouring India. Nepal recorded 8,287 new coronavirus cases … Read more
Nepal is seeing its coronavirus cases soar amid fears that it could soon face a crisis on par with neighbouring India. The impoverished Himalayan nation reported 8,659 cases on Wednesday along with 58 deaths – both record totals, though they are almost certainly under-estimates. It means Nepal now has around 230 cases per million people, … Read more
Smog has blanketed huge swaths of Nepal as air pollution in the Himalayan country soared to hazardous levels. Nestled between China and India – two of the world’s biggest polluters – Nepal often suffers from poor air quality. But hundreds of raging wildfires across the country have aggravated the situation, sending smoke and ash into … Read more
Former Bond girl Gemma Arterton (aka Sister Clodagh) recalled the experience of filming Black Narcissus succinctly. ‘We were in the middle of nowhere in the Himalayan mountains. It took us three flights and a week to get there.’ Her co-star Alessandro Nivola who, as Mr Dean brought a fatal sexual frisson into the community of … Read more
Mount Everest ‘grows’ three feet higher: World’s biggest mountain now stands at 29,032 feet as China and Nepal agree on new height China’s long-running dispute with Nepal over the height of Everest is settled They jointly declared the world’s greatest peak now stands at 29,032 ft tall Nepal previously measured it to be 29,028.87 ft while … Read more
A turtle ‘revered as an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu’ is spotted in Nepal with a dazzling golden shell due to an ultra-rare genetic mutation Unique colouration is caused by ultra-rare genetic form of chromatic leucism Causes when xanthophores — cells that are yellow — become dominant Only fifth time a golden specimen of … Read more