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NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||19/10/2025. SUNDAY| VOL—IV/2025/OCTOBER OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION. The last member of the Hillary-TENZING team, Kanchha Sherpa, died on Thursday, 16 th October-2025, the Nepal Mountaineering Association said in a statement. He died at 92 at his home in Kapan, Nepal, the group’s president, Phur Gelje Sherpa, told The Associated Press. Mr. Kanchha carried 60 pounds of gear, fixed ropes and scouted the trail for the team. Climbing without oxygen supplement, he was one of a handful of team members to reach the final base camp, where they halted. INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY). Today is ‘NARAK CHATURDDOSHI’—Indian Halloween’s day! GST cut spurred Growth! A sharp jump in sales, especially of electronics and consumer goods; reduced prices for key daily-use items; all adding up to a significant push to consumption which may even reflect in the GDP numbers for financial year 2025-26 — these were some ...