A newly published study is the first to offer clear photographic evidence of the presence of Tibetan brown bears in Nepal. The camera-trap images were taken in 2013, but the study around them was only recently published because researcher Madhu Chetri was busy with other studies on snow leopards. For […]
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Xi Jinping’s third term in office a battleground for China US rivalry
New Delhi: As Chinese President Xi Jinping began his third five-year term as the General Secretary of Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday, the fresh political development in the northern neighbour was also deeply observed in next-door Nepal.In Nepal, Xi’s re-election to the party’s top job is being viewed […]
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India Finally Sells Ammunition To Nepal After
A defence company under the SSS Group, SSS Defence, has won the contract to supply the Nepali Army with its 5.56x45mm rounds. The Bengaluru-based private firm has a joint venture with CBC Defence for this initiative which is being done through the government-to-government contract mechanism, according to a report by […]
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Some thoughts as I bid farewell to Nepal
China firmly supports Nepal in safeguarding its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, exploring a development path that suits its own national conditions. In December 2018, I was appointed the Chinese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Nepal. In more than 1,000 days and nights, I visited many places in Nepal, met […]
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Chinese woman held in Delhi used Nepalese citizen papers
The woman, identified as Cai Ruo, was arrested from Majnu Ka Tilla area in north Delhi on October 17, by police after they received information early October regarding a Chinese national who was allegedly involved in anti-national activities A 50-year-old Chinese woman, who was arrested on Monday for illegally holding […]
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Nepal Inflation Surges to 8.64% Ahead of Elections
KATHMANDU – Nepal’s annual inflation surged to 8.64% for the month that ended in mid-September compared with 3.49% a year earlier, central bank data showed on Friday, presenting a challenge for the ruling alliance ahead of a general election. The rate has stayed around the highest levels since 2016 and […]
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Expect stiffer US-China contestation in Nepal
US President Joe Biden unveiled a new national security strategy last week. The document talks about closely working with South Asian partners. It states: “No region will be of more significance to the world and to everyday Americans than the Indo-Pacific. As we work with South Asian regional partners to […]
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Xi’s visit had no significant impact on Nepal-China relations
Kathmandu [Nepal: Three years since Chinese President Xi Jinping’s historic Nepal visit in 2019, there is not much to show for it. Anil Giri, a reporter covering diplomacy, international relations and national politics, writing in The Kathmandu Post said that Xi came, Xi saw but Xi couldn’t conquer hurdles in […]
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Chinese hydropower projects handed over to Indians
In recent years, Nepal has shifted hydropower projects worth billions of dollars from Chinese developers to Indian companies. This is happening, experts say, not for economic or ecological reasons – two areas where Nepal’s ambitious pursuit of hydropower has been criticised – but because India, as Nepal’s principal buyer of […]
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Chinese blockade of Tatopani affects Nepalese businesses
China’s undeclared blockade of the Tatopani checkpoint is adversely affecting Nepalese businessmen, some committed suicides and many have left their businesses. China’s undeclared blockade of the Tatopani checkpoint is adversely affecting Nepalese businessmen, some committed suicides and many have left their businesses. Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in China in December 2019, […]