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9 September 2026 AWARDS

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) has announced four recipients of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards (TNNAA) for 2024. The TNNAA is the highest national recognition of India for excellence in the field of adventure sports.

Baljeet Kaur and Skalzang Rigzin have been selected for the Land Adventure category, while Rimo Saha has been selected for the Water Adventure category. Shiv Prasad Chamoli has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award. Each recipient will receive a bronze statuette, a certificate, and a cash prize of ₹15 lakh.

27 May 2026 NATIONAL

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) has completed its first-ever all-women international mountaineering expedition to Mount (Mt) Everest, the highest peak in the world at 8,848 m. The 14-member team scaled the summit through the South Col Route from Nepal.

Meanwhile, the Border Security Force (BSF), a Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has also successfully scaled Mt Everest through its inaugural all-women expedition named ‘Mission Vande Mataram’. This expedition was organised as a part of its Diamond Jubilee celebrations, marking 60 years of service.

25 May 2026 SPORTS

Kami Rita Sherpa, a Nepali mountaineer popularly known as the “Everest Man”, has broken his own world record by scaling Mount Everest for the 32nd time in the male category. In the female category, Lhakpa Sherpa, popularly known as the “Mountain Queen”, has also broken her own world record by completing her 11th successful ascent of the peak.

It is to be noted that Mt Everest stands at an elevation of 8,849 m (29,032 feet) on the Nepal–China border. The peak is referred to as “Sagarmatha” in Nepali and “Chomolungma” in Tibetan. It was first successfully scaled in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

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