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  • Nepali-Canadian first to climb Everest without prosthetic limbs

    In a bid to prove to the world that "disability was not inability", Sudharshan Gautam, a Nepali-Canadian citizen, became the first amputee to climb Mount Everest without the help of prosthetic limbs, officials said Monday. "We received information that Gautam, who has no hands, climbed Mount Everest," Dipendra Paudel, an official at Nepal's mountain department under the ministry of tourism and ...

  • Nepal India to discuss cross-border crime

    Nepal and India have decided to discuss cross-border crime to curb this menace on the 1,700-km border shared by the two countries, an official said here Sunday. "A secretary-level meeting is scheduled for June first week. Exact date will be fixed soon. Cross-border crime will be a key feature of the meeting," Nepal's Home Ministry spokesperson Shankar Koirala told Xinhua. In the meeting, Home ...

  • Nepal investigates illegal Everest broadcast

    Nepal A British mountaineer's interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy, with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast "illegal".British mountaineer Daniel Hughes gave a live video interview to the BBC on his smartphone from the 8,848-metres peak on Sunday morning."This is the world's first live video call - ...

  • Siblings from India and Pakistan reach Everest peak together

    lofty peak of Everest witnessed 'height' of Indo-Pak friendship on Sunday when two sets of siblings from both countries reached there almost ...

  • Nepal considers plan to expand fibre coverage

    Nepal's minister for information and communications Madhav Prasad Paudel has said the government is committed to improving its fibre-optic links in the country, specifically through the deployment of optical networks along highways and trunk roads. e-Kantipur notes that the state's backing of the plan comes at a time when its efforts to roll out the district optical fibre project are ...

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Revenge of the Nerds [DVD]

Revenge of the Nerds [DVD]

As I finished watching Revenge of the Nerds, it occurred to me that I had no idea where the word nerd came from. According to The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, nerd is listed as originating around 1965 in hot-rod and surfing slang, although it wa ... ...

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  • Nepal takes issue with troubled BBC’s Everest video

    (21 mins ago) A British mountaineer's interview with the UK state broadcaster BBC on his smart phone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy in Nepal where the government is calling the broadcast ';illegal'', officials said. Mountaineer Daniel Hughes went live on BBC via his smart phone from the 8,848-meter peak on Sunday morning. It was also seen on Asia ...

  • Nepal investigating Everest call

    A BRITISH mountaineer's interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast "illegal", officials said Monday. British mountaineer Daniel Hughes gave a live video interview to the BBC on his smartphone from the 8,848-metres (29,029-feet) peak on Sunday morning. "This is the world's ...

  • Chinese climber dies while ascending Lhotse in Nepal

    A Chinese climber, Xiaoshi Li, 58, died in wee hours of Monday while attempting to climb Lhotse mountain in Sagarmatha region, expedition organizer said."Li died due to sickness on his way to Lhotse peak," Nivesh Karki, manager of Seven Summit Treks Pvt. Ltd., the expedition organizer said. Li had fallen sick two days ago."Mr. Xiaoshi Li, citizen of Republic of China got altitude ...

  • WWF Nepal celebrates 20 years of conservation partnerships

    WWF Nepal celebrates 20 years of conservation partnerships WWF Nepal celebrated its 20 years of office (1993-2013) by recognising partnerships, from the national to the grassroots level, that helped shape Nepal’s conservation landscape. At a special ceremony organized to mark this day in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park in Nepal’s Terai Arc Landscape on Sunday, more than 70 ...

  • ANAs 31st will be different from past conventions Maharjan

    Samir Maharjan is the coordinator of the 31st Convention of the Association of Nepalese in America. Based in New York, he has been involved in Nepali jewellery business. Nepalnews' Rajendra Pokhrel talked to Maharjan about ANA and ts preparations for its 31st convention, which is to take place in Westchester, New York from July 4-6. How would you describe ANA? Could you give short history ...

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