Around 400 kg of plastic ropes have been left on Everest area last climbing season, remaining there for decades; as there is no policy to bring them down, 50 tons of climbing ropes are estimated to lie buried under the snow, polluting mountains

The catastrophic flood on the Nepal–Tibet border that left over 300 victims and 1300 unaccounted for was caused by a multi-million-ton glacier collapse that generated its own 5,2 seismic signal and gave way to a highly destructive chain reaction

Nepal reaffirmed commitment to the One China policy despite controversy about the Dalai Lama’s 91st birthday; government said won't allow activities harmful to China’s interests, thus balancing ties with Beijing while hosting a Tibetan refugee community

Ancient coins bearing Arabic and Persian inscriptions have been uncovered in Kapilvastu, an area historically linked to trade routes; The discovery provides new evidence of past commercial and cultural exchanges between South Asia and the Islamic world