Climber dies during 8th Everest attempt

Kathmandu: A Japanese climber, who lost nine fingertips to frostbite in a previous expedition, died on Monday during an attempt to climb Mount Everest, the second person to die on the world's highest mountain during the current climbing season. Nobukazu Kuriki, 36, was found dead while sleeping in a camp 2 tent at 7,400 metres on the 8,850-metre mountain. Kuriki had made seven unsuccessful attempts to scale Everest. Reuters

Indian student dies taking selfie in Aus          

Melbourne: A 20-year-old Indian student died after falling off rocks into the ocean from a popular tourist attraction in Western Australia while trying to take a selfie, media reports said. Ankit was with friends when he slipped off the 40-metre precipice at The Gap, near the historic port town of Albany, the ABC news reported. He was studying in Perth. PTI 

New battery can be charged within seconds    

New York: Scientists have developed a novel self-assembling battery device that can be recharged within seconds and could power mobile devices of the future. Instead of having the batteries' anode and cathode on either side of a nonconducting separator, they intertwined the components in a self-assembling, 3D gyroidal structure, with thousands of nanoscale pores filled with the elements necessary for energy storage and delivery. PTI