In the world's highest and harshest wilderness — where oxygen thins, winds howl, and every second can separate life from death — Lhakpa Gyalzen Sherpa has become a legend.
Nepal's federal budget for fiscal year 2083/84 has allocated Rs 7.34 billion for culture and tourism and Rs 2.93 billion for civil aviation, with an extensive slate of infrastructure, heritage conservation, trekking, and airport development measures outlined across both sectors.
There is a photograph that Arnold Coster does not need to take. He has been there so many times that the view from the upper slopes of Everest no longer needs documenting.
Three international organisations have handed over 260 wheelchairs to the Nepal Disabled Fund (NDF) in Kathmandu, marking the third phase of a wheelchair distribution initiative that has now provided nearly 800 mobility aids to persons with disabilities across Nepal since 2021.