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Nepal: Some Observations on Diplomacy

3 years ago Friday, March 4, 2022telegraphnepal

– Ramesh Prasad Khanal, Former Ambassador of Nepal to Germany (2016-2020) and Chief of Protocol (2015-2016) Diplomacy is construed as one of the major statecrafts of which trajectory of success and failure create history in the world. Consequently, in many instances, it has become the leading cause for the rise and fall of empires or […]

PM Khan’s live TV debate offer unnerves Indian PM Modi

3 years ago Friday, March 4, 2022telegraphnepal

N. P. Upadhyaya Kathmandu: Predictably, India must have been in a state of high depression. Reasons are in abundance. Two high magnitude quake on the Richter scale supposedly must have rocked the former seat of the Mughals and then the British India Company. The first one, for sure, must have been the news that PM […]

Nepal’s Gurkha recruitment: A slur and bolt on the dignity of the nation

3 years ago Wednesday, March 2, 2022telegraphnepal

-Prem Kumari Pant It was in the year 1885 that the recruitment of Gurkhas for the British Army was formally permitted by Bir Shumsher (1885-1901). The settlement of this issue had been pending since 1816. During the First World War (1914-18), the Gurkha troops fought on the British side and established a reputation for skill, […]

Stepping into the Next Level: Nepal’s Graduation from LDC Group and Diplomatic Efforts

3 years ago Wednesday, March 2, 2022telegraphnepal

– Gyan Chandra Acharya Former Foreign Secretary, Nepal The United Nations General Assembly endorsed the decision of ECOSOC to graduate Nepal from the LDC status with a 5-year transition period in November this year, 2021. This is a recognition of sustained progress that Nepal has achieved over the years, in particular in the last decade, […]

Nepal-India Peace and Friendship Treaty: 1950 in the Present Context

3 years ago Tuesday, March 1, 2022telegraphnepal

Bhagirath Basnet Former Ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh and Former Acting Foreign Secretary Time and again, political leaders and intelligentsia in Nepal are taking up the issue of Nepal-India Treaty of Peace and Friendship concluded in 1950. It is one of the most contentious issues in Nepal-India relation. We want to revise the treaty and […]

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