At least 88 people lost their lives in the recent incidents of flood, landslides and inundation that hit different parts of Nepal, following incessant rains over the past three days, health ministry officials said.
106 Kilometre Koshi Corridor transmission line, a 'cross border initiative', upon completion will ensure smooth power evacuation from the generation projects coming up in the Arun and Tamor river basins.
Just as the match neared the end, the home team pulled one back in the 87th minute through Tej Tamang
Deuba sprang a surprise on Sunday by seeking a vote of confidence in the reinstated lower House of Representatives and won it comfortably.
Deuba, five times Prime Minister of Nepal, is the President of the Nepali Congress which is regarded as a party close to India.
Sher Bahadur Deuba, 74-year-old President of Nepali Congress party was appointed as the PM following orders by the Supreme Court of Nepal.
The Supreme Court has also reinstated Nepal’s dissolved House of Representatives for the second time in five months.
The Nepal SC has directed the President to appoint Nepali Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba as the Prime Minister on Tuesday
Strict restrictions were imposed on travelers from India and some other countries because of the rise of the contagious delta variant of the coronavirus.
Yoga, Ayodhya and Ram are all in a day’s politics for Nepal’s caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli
The World Health Organization has also urged the nations to scale up public health infrastructure and to rigorously implement social measures.
The alarming situation of India has been featured in newspapers across the globe but the western media’s concern about Nepal’s deepening crisis wave is limited to the virus reaching Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak.
Nepal currently has only 1,600 ICU beds and fewer than 600 ventilators, with just 0.7 doctors attending to 100,000 people, reports claim
In late April, a Norwegian climber became the first to test positive for coronavirus at the Everest base camp
Stating that neither PM KP Sharma Oli nor the Opposition alliance were in a position to form the government, Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved Parliament on Saturday
According to reports, India was expected to deliver about one million doses of Serum Institute’s Covishield vaccines to Nepal, last month.
Previously, India has also provided medicines and testing kits to Nepal.
Prime Minister Modi and four heads of state and government from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Maldives will be among the distinguished foreign guests to join the celebrations.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.