“I think we both together bring a story that really would help them see that what a person can do, what a girl can do,” Manyapu says. “Because I believe representation matters. And while we are at a generation where we do see women in various fields, we still have a lot of gender gap … Read more
“The night when we were planning to leave for our summit bit, it actually snowed at our high camp, which meant avalanche conditions on the mountain we wanted to climb that day,” Manyapu recalls to CNN. “We had to rapidly come back as a team, make a safety call and then prepare for the next … Read more
Exploring the peaks of the world’s highest mountains or the secrets of space’s deepest labyrinths has become almost second nature for Poorna Malavath and Kavya Manyapu. It has taken Manyapu to NASA where her research has included designing space suits, and Malavath to the top of Mount Everest when in 2014, she became the youngest ever woman to … Read more
The village of Thame is in Solukhumbu, a district that has become a Mecca for mountaineers since that first successful ascent on May 29, 1953. Located on the border with China’s Tibet, Solukhumbu’s crowning glory is Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak at 8,849 metres (29,032 feet), but it also hosts Lhotse (8,516 metres), Malaku … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) announced on Friday (June 6) that 114 daily flights- approximately 7.5 per cent of total operations- will be cancelled for a period of three months starting June 15 (Sunday), owing to upgradation work on one of the airport’s key runways, RW 10/28. The runway will remain closed from … Read more