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Nepal approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Vero Cell for emergency use

Feb 20, 2021 - 8:56 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal on Thursday approved the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Vero Cell for emergency use, a government official told Reuters, the second shot to be cleared after the AstraZeneca product. “Conditional permission has been granted […]

Nepal bans 3 Indian climbers for faking Everest summit

Feb 13, 2021 - 6:42 am EST @theindpanorama 0

KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal has banned two Indian climbers and their team leader from carrying out any mountaineering expeditions in the country for six years after a probe found that they faked their Mt Everest summit […]

Nepal protest throws life out of gear; 200 arrested

Feb 6, 2021 - 6:47 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Kathmandu (TIP): At least six people, including two former ministers, were injured when police lobbed tear gas shells and resorted to baton charges to break up a protest rally during a nationwide general strike that […]

Nepal Foreign Minister Gyawali embarks on three-day India visit

Jan 15, 2021 - 8:51 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal’s Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Thursday embarked on a three-day visit to India during which he will attend the 6th meeting of Nepal-India Joint Commission and discuss the entire gamut of […]

China holds COVID-19 vice-ministerial meeting with Pakistan, Bangla, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:23 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Beijing (TIP): China has hosted a vice-ministerial-level meeting with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka on controlling the COVID-19, expanding its first such meeting held in July involving Islamabad, Kathmandu and Kabul. Chinese Vice Foreign […]

Construction of India-funded Integrated Check Post begins in Nepalgunj in Western Nepal

Nov 13, 2020 - 9:21 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Kathmandu (TIP): India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Nepal’s Urban Development Minister Krishna Gopal Shrestha on Thursday jointly witnessed the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of an Integrated Check […]

China setting up world’s highest-altitude data centre in Tibet

Oct 31, 2020 - 6:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Beijing/Lhasa (Tibet) (TIP): China is building the world’s highest-altitude cloud computing data centre in Tibet that will meet the data storage needs of the country and South Asian nations like Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, official […]

World leaders Congratulate Modi: Great things are in store for US-India partnership, says Trump

May 28, 2019 - 9:02 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

World leaders on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his landslide victory for a second term in office. Congratulatory messages from various parts of the world poured in. While most of them congratulated him over […]

Reviving ‘Neighborhood First’

May 25, 2018 - 4:32 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

India’s regional reset won’t be complete without a change in its Pakistan policy “Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s critics acknowledge his uncanny ability to take bold decisions and this reflects in his foreign policy initiatives. […]

Religious freedom in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka: A Summary of Religious Freedom concerns in South Asia.

Mar 23, 2018 - 9:58 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The South Asia working group’s initial report to the International Religious Freedom Round-table “The many millennia old caste systems and the ‘unparalleled social abuse of untouchability (A.J. Toynbee)’ are based on religious doctrines of Brahminical […]

KP Sharma Oli sworn in as Nepal PM for second time

Feb 16, 2018 - 8:28 am EST @theindpanorama 0

KATHMANDU (TIP): KP Sharma Oli was on Feb 15 sworn in as Nepal‘s prime minister for the second time, weeks after his Left alliance with former Maoist rebels swept the historic parliamentary polls, kindling hopes for much-needed political stability in […]

Nepal clocks 67% voter turnout in final phase of historic poll

Dec 8, 2017 - 8:49 am EST @theindpanorama 0

KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal registered 67 per cent voter turnout in the last phase of the historic provincial and parliamentary elections that many hope will bring the much – needed political stability to the Himalayan nation on Dec 7. This was slightly […]

Modi’s $87 billion river-linking project set to take off as floods hit India

Sep 1, 2017 - 11:36 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): After years of foot-dragging, India will begin work in around a month on an $87 billion scheme to connect some of the country’s biggest rivers, government sources say, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bets on […]

FOCUS ON FLOODS, INFRA AS INDIA, NEPAL INK 8 PACTS

Aug 25, 2017 - 12:39 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Infrastructure development, measures to improve connectivity, earthquake reconstruction and a concerted effort to tackle the perennial problem of floods on both sides figured prominently during the comprehensive talks between India and Nepal here today. A range […]

7,620 Indian nationals lodged in foreign jails, highest in Saudi Arabia

Aug 11, 2017 - 6:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Lodged in 86 jails abroad, at least 50 are women NEW DELHI (TIP): As many as 7,620 Indian nationals are lodged in foreign jails, with the highest number in Saudi Arabia. Of them, at least […]

Sher Bahadur Deuba elected new Nepal PM

Jun 10, 2017 - 4:40 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal‘s parliament on June 3 elected unopposed three-time former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to the top post once again. This is the tenth time in just over a decade the leadership has changed hands in […]

No proof against RAW in missing ex-Col case: Pakistan minister tells Parliament

Jun 10, 2017 - 4:28 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

ISLAMABAD (TIP): The “kidnapping” case of a retired Pakistan army officer in Nepal could not be taken to the ICJ or the UN on the basis of “assumptions” as there is no “concrete evidence” suggesting India‘s hand in […]

Nepal celebrates anniversary of Mount Everest conquest

Jun 5, 2017 - 6:03 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal‘s mountaineering community was celebrating the first conquest of Mount Everest 64 years ago June 29, as well as this year’s climbing season during which hundreds scaled the world’s highest peak. A ceremony later Monday marking […]

Nepal will carefully weigh use of funds from China: Nepal envoy

May 26, 2017 - 7:01 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): As concerns abound in India over Nepal‘s decision to join China‘s One Belt, One Road (OBOR), Nepal has come out strongly to underscore the significance of its ties with India, saying no country can change its geography. While […]

Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda resigns

May 26, 2017 - 6:51 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Wednesday resigned after a brief stint of nine months, honouring a power sharing understanding reached between his party and the ruling partner Nepali Congress. Prachanda, 62, announced his resignation while […]

PM Modi congratulates Prachanda for successful conduct of local polls

May 26, 2017 - 6:47 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated outgoing prime minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ for the successful conduct of local elections there. Modi conveyed his felicitations to Prachanda in a phone call last evening, the […]

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