With its ancient culture and the Himalayas as a backdrop, landlocked Nepal was closed to the outside world until the 1950s. Since then the country has seen the creation of a multi-party parliamentary system, a decade-long Maoist insurgency and the abolition of its monarchy. Flanked by China and India, it is home to eight of the world’s highest mountains including… Read more »
The revoking of the Budhi Gandaki agreement also heralds a shift in Nepal’s bilateral relations with China. The Sher Bahadur Deuba government in Kathmandu recently scrapped the deal signed with the Chinese company China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) for the construction of $2.5-billion Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project in Nepal. [i] The government took this decision in accordance with the instructions given… Read more »
Nepal’s troubled south votes Thursday in historic elections many hope will bring much-needed stability to the desperately poor country, but which have been marred by violence and fears of ethnic tension. The watershed vote marks Nepal’s transition from a monarchy to a federal democracy, after emerging from a brutal decade of civil war only to stagger through political turmoil and… Read more »
Former President Obama seems to be following in President Trump’s wake as he visits India, China and France in the coming days. While there, Obama will meet with his former counterparts and possibly address current issues on climate change. This to me seems like a stab at the Trump administration and Trump himself. Almost like Obama is picking up the… Read more »
His trip comes weeks after Mr Trump’s first trip to Asia as president Former US President Barack Obama is planning on meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an upcoming visit to the two countries where he is scheduled to speak at various summits. Mr Obama is scheduled to first make a stop in China, and then India, before flying… Read more »
HYDERABAD, India — Ivanka Trump called Tuesday for greater efforts to help women start businesses and contribute to the global economy, but there was no mention of her company’s use of low-wage garment workers. The president’s daughter and White House adviser was scheduled to be in India for two days, dubbed “a royal visit” by the Indian media. She came without… Read more »
Last week, a six-year-old boy returned home from school in Delhi, fidgety and complaining of breathlessness. “I thought he was joking and trying to avoid school as he’s never had a history of respiratory problems,” his father told me. Within hours, however, the boy was coughing violently and gasping for breath. The parents put the family in a taxi and… Read more »
India plans to use fire trucks to spray water over parts of its capital to combat toxic smog and dust that has triggered a pollution emergency, with conditions expected to worsen over the weekend. Illegal crop burning in farm states surrounding New Delhi, vehicle exhausts and swirling construction dust have contributed to what has become an annual crisis. Authorities will… Read more »
India’s future is currently looking very bleak because of enormous problems from population growth, environmental issues, and women’s rights being ignored. The root of all India’s problems is there rapid population growth. Without a solution to the population increasing, numerous problems will fall closely behind. India’s vast population means that even the smallest increase in emissions per person adds up to a… Read more »
The parents of a teenage girl in India have caught their daughter’s alleged rapists after police refused to register their complaint. The parents, who are police officials, said that one officer accused their daughter of “making up a filmy story”. A gang rape case was registered only after the parents personally caught two suspects and brought them to a police… Read more »