The ambitious project will cut through glaciers and mountains, bridging two regions long isolated by geography ...

Tsewang Dorjee, a research scholar at the Tibet Policy Institute studying infrastructure development in the Himalayas, told ANI that China's push for new rail and highway projects near the Indian ...

China is planning a more than 1 trillion yuan ($146 billion) push to accelerate infrastructure investment in Tibet, including new and previously announced projects, three sources familiar with the ...

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Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering team that first reached the summit of Mount Everest, the ...

Kanchha Sherpa was among the 35-member team that put Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the world’s ...

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, died ...

Outside spoke to the 92-year-old’s family members about the role he played in helping Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary ...

Kanchha died at age 92 at his home in Kapan in the Kathmandu district of Nepal, confirmed Phur Gelje Sherpa, the association president.