1.Wash rice and soak for an hour. Drain the water just before cooking. 2. Soak soy chunks in warm water for about 15 minutes and squeeze out excess water. 3. Chop vegetables. 4. Blanch chopped ...

and the quintessential biryani masala. According to 'Indian Food Tradition: A Historical Companion' by food historian K.T Achaya, Mahabharata mentions an instance of rice and meat cooked together, ...

The body of retired teacher Harry Tan, 76, who went missing while hiking near Mount Everest, was found on Oct 4 after a search and rescue operation that lasted more than a week. Mr Tan reportedly went ...

Mount Everest stands at 29,032 feet and is still growing. A river merger from 89,000 years ago is partly responsible for Everest’s continued height increase. The mountain gains up to 2 ...

How did Mount Everest come to be the world’s tallest mountain, towering more than 200 metres above the next two highest peaks? Geologists suggest the mountain owes part of its extra height to ...

A recent study suggests that Mount Everest's height may be increasing due to the erosion of the Arun River, located near the base of the Himalayas. As the river carves through the landscape, it ...

Mount Everest is astoundingly tall at 29,032 feet above sea level, besting its Himalayan neighbors by hundreds of feet. But the world’s tallest peak is still growing, scientists say, thanks in ...

Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an inexorable uplift that ...

Mount Everest is 15-50m taller than it would otherwise be because a river is eroding rock and soil at its base, helping push it upwards, according to a new study. Loss of landmass in the Arun ...

Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 8.85km above sea level - and is actually still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an inexorable uplift that dates ...

Mount Everest is nearly 1,000 feet (304 meters) taller than its surrounding Himalayan peaks, causing scientists to wonder exactly why the giant mountain stretched its neck out so much more than ...

Scientists think they have figured out why Mount Everest, known as Chomolungma in Tibet and Sagarmatha in Nepal, stands out so starkly from the rest of the peaks in the Himalayas. According to new ...