A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal, causing tremors in the Delhi-NCR area.

In the early hours of Wednesday, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal. The earthquakes were felt throughout the Delhi-NCR region.

An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Nepal in the early hours of Wednesday. The earthquakes were also reported in portions of the Delhi...

Despite protests, Nepal's parliament approves a disputed US assistance agreement

Despite popular demonstrations and resistance from the Communist parties, Nepal's parliament has accepted a disputed $500 million US handout.

Nepal signed the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) deal with the US government in 2017 to fund infrastructure projects, but it has yet t...

180 people lost their lives in Nepal and India, due to floods

More than 180 people have lost their lives due to heavy rainfall and flash floods in Nepal, Uttarakhand and Kerala, two Indian states. Homes are submerged under water and crushed by rocks and swept  by landslides.

Highlights

• Many people lost their...

JAPAN IMPOSES STRICTER STEPS ON ARRIVALS FROM BANGLADESH, MALDIVES, SRI LANKA

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• Japan imposes stricter steps on arrivals from Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka.
• The countries have seen surging infections due to the new coronavirus variant.
• Japanese nationals arriving from these countries will be requir...

WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE NEPAL & BANGLADESH GET ENOUGH NUMBER OF VACCINE DOSES: US

Highlights

• This statement from the US comes after India banned exports and prioritized production for domestic requirements after it was witnessing a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

According to the statement issued by the United States on Monday, it has been worki...

CHINA TO PREVENT CORONAVIRUS ATOP MT. EVEREST BY DRAWING SEPERATION LINE

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• China to prevent coronavirus atop Mt. Everest by drawing separation line.
• The separation line at the peak will be set up by a team of Tibetan mountaineering guides.
• This year China has issued permits to 38 people to climb...

NEPALI NOODLES BUSINESS TYCOON WANTS BUSINESS EXPANSION IN INDIA

HIGHLIGHTS

• Nepali businessman Binod Chaudhary wants to expand his business in India.
• Binod Chaudhary is the owner of Wai Wai noodles.
• Mr. Chaudhary considers Indian market as a strong market.
• Mr. Chaudhary is also considering to ...

THE RISE OF CHINA HAS IMPACTED ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURS SAYS S JAISHANKAR

Highlights

• Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the gap in the development of India and China over the period of three decades has several implications for the relationship

• He said today India is capable on intervening and resolving any issue as peop...

SAARCH APPRECIATES MODI’S APPEAL TO BEAT CORONA VIRUS MENACE

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• SAARC countries welcome Modi’s appeal to working out a common strategy to counter the virus scare
• SAARC is an intergovernmental organization

SAARC is impressed with the gusty Indian premier as he calls fo...

EVEN THE MIGHTY HIMALAYAS TURN LONELY DUE TO COVID-19 FEAR

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• Nepal follows China, closes mountain climbing on Everest 
• Spring expedition cancelled 

December 2019: A modified version of the relatively harmless virus from the family of the coronavirus affected 7 peopl...

SIAM, THE AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS' BODY PUSHES FOR COMMON INDUSTRY FORUM

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• The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) proposed to set up a South Asian automotive forum in a bid to further trade and establish a strong automotive industry in Southern Asia.

• The forum will include the participation of...

Women in Nepal still forced to sleep outside in menstruation huts

A new study found that an estimated 77% of girls during their period are still forced to sleep in menstruation huts outside the house in mid-Western Nepal. Even though it was criminalized in 2018.

The study involved the survey of 400 adolescent girls. They were aged between 14-19 and be...

Nepal: Food help reality Sheet - Updated

Nepal remains one in all the most impoverished countries within the world. Conditions to natural disasters, like drought, earthquakes, floods, and landslides, vulnerability to fluctuations in world costs, civil unrest, and poor infrastructure, drive food insecurity within the country. Disparities...

China aims to increase cooperation with India to strengthen the economy

The Chinese just celebrated 70 years of their remarkable progress in world economics and what an amazing 70 years the nation has had. It grew to become the biggest influence on international trades, markets, manufacturing and almost all the things we can think of. But now its economic ambitions n...