The sugar mills in the country are facing problems in procuring cane for the crushing as most of the farmers have quit sugarcane cultivation due to nonpayment of their cane dues. The delay in cane payments has demotivated farmers from cane cultivation and the area under sugarcane cultivation continues to […]
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‘No Doubt Buddha Born in Nepal’: MEA affirms As Nepal Objects to Jaishankar’s Remarks
After Nepal formally objected to External affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s assertion at the webinar that Buddha was one of the greatest ‘Indians,’ India was swift to dampen the nascent controversy by arguing that there is ‘no chance’ that the founder of Buddhism was born in Nepal. At Confederation of Indian […]
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China revives $300 million rail project in Nepal
China has begun the groundwork to lay the proposed strategic railway line connecting Lhasa to Kathmandu and finally to Lumbini close to the India-Nepal border, India Today reported. This comes in the midst of tensions between India and China, coupled with diplomatic ties between India and Nepal. China’s Shen Shiwei […]