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Nepal: Bring in energetic Terai/Madhesh youths in national Army

N. P. Upadhyaya, Kathmandu: The aggressive arrogant UML (United Marxists-Leninists) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal in the early nineties proposed that “to tame King Birendra”, the Indian Army be invited”. This was his proposal then which was made null and void when the UML “paramount” leader Madan Kumar Bhandari scolded Mr. Nepal and ordered him to take […]

Sixty years of Nepal-Israel relations 

Kathmandu: The Embassy of Israel together with the Center for Diplomatic Dialogue (CeDiD) conducted a Seminar on “6 Decades of Nepal-Israel Relations” today, 18 March 2021. This year marks the 60th year of the establishment of diplomatic relations, the foundation stone in the history of our two countries. The Honourable Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. […]

Nepal: The China Card

Isabelle Duquesne, French Scholar Introduction: South Asian politicians, traders and intellectuals call it The China Card. In the geopolitical game, it has been drawn as an attempt to counterbalance the overwhelming influence of India on Nepal. It has been played for decades, particularly since King Mahendra established diplomatic relations in 1955 and signed the border […]

India may exploit from  Nepal’s ongoing political fluidity!

N. P. Upadhyaya; Kathmandu: As we all know, the Supreme Court was in a fix for quite some time on how to proceed with the verdict on the dissolution of the Parliament. Some even questioned as to why was the unnecessary delay in the pronouncement of the verdict as regards the dissolution of the lower […]

The Governance of Natural Resources in Nepal- 8

Professor D. D. Poudel, USA The Founder of the Asta-Ja Framework Asta-Ja Framework:  Asta-Ja is a theoretically grounded grassroots-based planning and management framework for conservation, development, and utilization of natural and human resources. Asta-Ja means eight of the Nepali letter “Ja” [Jal (water), Jamin (land), Jungle (forest), Jadibuti (medicinal and aromatic plants), Janashakti (manpower), Janawar, […]