Tag: Nepal
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Modi meets Sri Lankan president in Nepal, discusses bilateral cooperation
Modi arrived here this morning to attend the 4th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit.
August 30, 2018 -
PM to visit Nepal for BIMSTEC Summit
PM Modi will be visiting Nepal for the fourth time during his tenure, is also expected to inaugurate a 400-bed 'dharamshala' built with Indian assistance at the Pashupatinath temple premises in Kathmandu during the trip.
August 25, 2018 -
PM Modi to visit Nepal for BIMSTEC Summit next week
Modi is also expected to inaugurate a 400-bed 'dharamshala' built with Indian assistance at Pashupatinath temple
August 24, 2018 -
Another Aspect of Life
Brenda Wright was a well-known cardiac surgeon in Chicago. I met her only once and very briefly. What she said, however, remains seared in my memory. Three days earlier, a large avalanche had come down the Annapurna circuit of the Himalayas and killed a seven-person team of Japanese mountaineers. The story broke on Tokyo television …
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August 13, 2018 -
Nepal to imprison, fine people writing on currency notes
It is the first time that the law has made a provision for penalizing those who write or draw lines on the currency notes.
August 9, 2018 -
Around 200 pilgrims stranded in Nepal’s Simikot
The Indian Embassy in Nepal said on Sunday that it is aware of the stranding of 200 Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrims in Simikot in Nepal due to bad weather.
August 5, 2018 -
So, what is the tiger count?
The number of tigers in the wild plunged 97 per cent to 3,000 in the last century due to poaching and habitat loss. In 2010, heads of state and government from tiger range countries agreed to make efforts to double the tiger population in the world by 2022. Nepal conducted a tiger census in 2017, …
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August 5, 2018 -
Five Indians arrested for smuggling gold in Nepal
Five Indian nationals were arrested on Wednesday for being in possession of over 3 kg of smuggled gold, worth Rs 14.7 million, at Tribhuvan International Airport here on Wednesday, police said. Iswar Das, Awatar Singh, Amrit Pal Singh, Harmindar Singh and Rijwan Ansari were arrested for smuggling gold from Bangkok. They were flying on Thai …
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July 25, 2018 -
She could even jump
She had fallen from a height of thirty feet and died, said the initial report. The first part was correct, the second part wasn’t. It was my year as the US Consul in Kathmandu. As a critically injured American overseas, travelling alone, she was my responsibility. I took a large utility vehicle and drove pell-mell …
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July 16, 2018 -
Women participation in agriculture is highest in Nepal
Nepal records the highest participation of women in agriculture while Singapore and Brunei record nil.
July 11, 2018 -
Kailash Mansarovar yatra: All Indian pilgrims stranded in Nepal rescued
The last batch of 160 pilgrims who got stranded on their way back from Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet was airlifted to safety from the Hilsa and Simikot districts of Nepal.
July 7, 2018 -
Almost all stranded Indian pilgrims evacuated in Nepal
The extensive operation to rescue and evacuate the stranded Indians returning from Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in Nepal was almost over on Friday. The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said “after humanitarian situation arising out of more than 1,500 Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims stranded in Hilsa and Simikot in Nepal, the Embassy of India in Kathmandu swiftly mounted …
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July 6, 2018 -
Kailash Mansarovar ordeal: Over 500 Indian pilgrims await rescue in Nepal
Indian pilgrims returning from Kailash Mansarovar had been caught in a bad weather since Saturday.
July 5, 2018 -
Massive operation launched to rescue Indian pilgrims stranded in Nepal
The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu has geared up the machinery to rescue a total of 1,575 pilgrims to Mansarovar who are stranded in Nepal and Tibet because of the inclement weather.
July 3, 2018 -
1,500 Indian Mansarovar pilgrims stranded in Nepal
The Embassy said there were 525 pilgrims stranded in Simikot, 550 in Hilsa and another 500 more in Tibet.
July 3, 2018 -
Indian Mansarovar pilgrim dies in Nepal
The deceased was identified as 56-year-old Leela Mahendra Narayan of Kerala. She arrived in Simikot on Sunday.
July 2, 2018 -
Nepal gains little from China’s move
The single most important takeaway in Nepal-China relations that transpired during Prime Minister KP Oli’s visit to Beijing last week is arguably a new official dictum, the ‘framework of Trans-Himalayan Multi-dimensional Connectivity Network (THMCN).’ A paragraph in the 14-point joint statement issued on June 21 on completion of Oli’s sojourn reads: “The two sides agreed …
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June 28, 2018