Nepal on Friday granted approval for AstraZeneca’s COVISHIELD vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the country. “Conditional permission has been granted for emergency use authorization of COVISHIELD vaccine against COVID-19 in Nepal,” a statement by the country’s Department of Drug Administration said. Nepal has reported 266,816 cases and 1,948 deaths […]
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Nepal foreign minister arrived in Delhi
Nepal foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali arrived in the Indian capital on Thursday for a two-day visit expected to focus on procuring Covid-19 vaccines and development cooperation, though Kathmandu has also signalled its intent to raise the border row. Gyawali will meet his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar for talks on Friday, […]
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Surprise elections in Nepal next year
A little less than three years after he was sworn in as prime minister for the second time, Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli on Sunday morning dropped a bombshell on his rivals in the ruling Nepal Communist Party. PM Oli’s cabinet recommended dissolution of the 275-member House of Representatives that was […]
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Nepal Opposition take to streets against discriminative Citizenship Act
The Nepal’s opposition Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) on Tuesday staged nationwide protests against the new Citizenship Bill claiming it to have targeted the minority groups of the nation. The Opposition claimed that the new Citizenship Bill has been targeting LGBTQ+, foreign women married onto Nepalese men, and the ex-Gurkhas who […]
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Nepal extends lockdown to July 22
As the Covid-19 cases continue to surge, the Nepal Government on Monday late evening announced the decision to extend lockdown till July 22 in its current form. A Council of Ministers held a meeting on Monday evening and decided to extend the lockdown further in the present format where limited […]
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Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli goes AWOL from party meet as pressure to quit builds
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli who pushed through the country’s new political map in an effort to consolidate his position in Nepal Communist Party, or NCP, and the government is coming under intense pressure from within to quit one of his two posts. PM Oli is also one of the […]
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China occupies Nepal village
China has occupied a village of Nepal and allegedly removed the boundary pillars to legitimise its annexation, top government sources said on Tuesday. It has also been learnt that China has gradually made inroads into several Nepalese territories with an ulterior aim to seize complete control. The latest in the […]
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India side-steps issues in Nepal border row
The external affairs ministry on Thursday side-stepped issues that have complicated a border row with Nepal, holding up the importance of long-standing bilateral relations and ongoing cooperation amid the Covid-19 crisis. The move was perceived in diplomatic circles as an effort to dial down tensions that have spiralled in recent […]
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Nepal puts on hold constitution amendment for new map that upset India
A constitutional amendment pushed hard by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to alter Nepal’s map has been put on hold, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times on Wednesday. The new political map placed Indian territories of Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh in Nepal and was seen as an effort […]
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Lipu Lekh: The past, present and future of the Nepal-India stand-off
Two of the world’s closest neighbours, India and Nepal, are locked in a cartographic, diplomatic, and to an extent, a political stand-off. The dispute is over the ownership of nearly 330 sq km of land called Kalapani near Nepal’s western tri-junction with India and China. The dispute was triggered in […]
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World’s shortest man Khagendra Thapa Magar dies of pneumonia in Nepal at 27
The world’s shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records, died Friday at a hospital in Nepal, his family said. Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measured 67.08 centimetres (2 feet 2.41 inches), died of pneumonia at a hospital in Pokhara, 200 kilometres from Kathmandu, where he lived with […]
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India rejects Nepal’s objection over map
India on Thursday rejected Nepal’s protest over the depiction of the Kalapani region in the new maps it released last week, saying the maps accurately portrayed the country’s sovereign territory and that New Delhi was committed to an exercise to delineate the boundary. On Wednesday, Nepal’s foreign ministry had protested […]