Tag: Nepal
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Nepal Covid-19 cases top 61k with record high daily spike
According to the Health Ministry, the death rate is also growing in Nepal.
September 19, 2020 -
Dichotomy in Nepal
In an effort to settle the quite obvious dichotomy in terms of governance, Prachanda will serve as executive chairman of the party with “full power” to handle party affairs. At another remove, Oli will focus on governance.
September 15, 2020 -
Settlement in Nepal
The two ~ who had merged the Communist groupings they each headed to form the Nepal Communist Party in 2018 ~ had been locked in a bitter battle over the past few months, triggered by what Prachanda perceived as a betrayal of the unity deal under which one would rule the country and the other would manage the party.
August 31, 2020 -
Coronavirus pandemic: Nepal govt decides to resume international flights from Sep 1
During a press meet on Friday, Minister for Finance and Communication Yubaraj Khatiwada said, "The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation will publish the table of flight schedules starting from September 1."
August 22, 2020 -
18 dead, 21 missing after torrential rain causes landslide in Nepal
Lidi village is one of the settlements identified by the Nepali government as having been in risk of landslide.
August 16, 2020 -
Nepal Coronavirus death toll climbs to 102; over 26,000 infected
After the lockdown was lifted late in July allowing almost all economic and social activities to operate largely without restrictions, the death toll also started to climb rapidly along with cases.
August 16, 2020 -
Heads of nations, including Nepal, greet India on I-Day; Netanyahu says, ‘You have so much to be proud of’
Prime Minister of Australia, President of Maldives, President of Sri Lanka and Prime Minister of Bhutan also greeted the nation.
August 15, 2020 -
The India-Nepal story
In a quest to assert its own political muscularity and one-upmanship, Delhi had fanned the subliminal fears of interference, when it questioned the tenets of the new constitution of Nepal on behalf of the Nepali Madheshis and then, as claimed by Nepal, enforced a humiliating blockade.
August 15, 2020 -
37 reported missing in Nepal landslide
A team of security personnel is conducting a rescue operation in the area.
August 14, 2020 -
Nepal’s travails
But with Oli engineering the defection of the vice-chair and persuading another powerful member to sit on the fence, the balance has shifted.
August 4, 2020 -
Nepal to send controversial ‘updated map’ to UN, India and international community
Reports suggest that the Ministry has asked the Department of Measurement to print 4,000 copies of the updated version of Nepal’s map in English and send it to the international community.
August 2, 2020 -
72 personnel infected with COVID-19 at Nepal Police HQ
Contact tracing of the infected persons is being carried out at the headquarters, Kadayat said.
July 31, 2020 -
China discusses 4-point plan with Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan amid Coronavirus pandemic
In a first meeting involving the four countries, the Chinese Foreign Minister proposed the four-point action plan including consolidating the consensus on unity and fight against the pandemic, avoiding politicisation and stigmatisation of the coronavirus and firmly support the World Health Organization (WHO) in playing its due role to jointly building global health community.
July 28, 2020 -
Death toll due to heavy rainfall in Nepal climbs to 132; over 100 injured
Search and rescue operations are being conducted continuously with officials and police personnel who are looking through the debris to find missing people.
July 24, 2020 -
COVID-19 pandemic: Nepal to resume domestic, international flights from Aug 17
Last month, Nepal lifted the coronavirus lockdown, allowing some economic activities to resume.
July 21, 2020 -
‘Ask analysts’: Foreign minister Jaishankar ‘schools’ Rahul Gandhi on India’s foreign policy
Jaishankar's no-holds-barred attack on Gandhi came after the former Congress chief, in a video message posted on Twitter on Friday, once again slammed the Narendra Modi government over the face-off with China in Ladakh.
July 18, 2020 -
A foot in the past
Now, with his back to the wall, he seeks to appeal to his Hindu countrymen, to deflect attention, once again, from his own predicament.
July 16, 2020