On Friday, Kathmandu saw pitched battle on the roads in which two, including a TV cameraman, were killed. Weeks earlier, hundreds had flooded Kathmandu airport to greet former king Gyanendra.
As soon as Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla completed his two-day visit to Nepal on 26 November, China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe landed in Kathmandu.
While Nepal has assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi that its soil will not be used in any manner to challenge New Delhi, losing control over Nepal’s economic reconstruction would be a strategic setback for India.
The kinds of revisions we’re seeing remove the very skills that make historical thinking meaningful. The result is a citizen who either dismisses history entirely or defends it without support.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
Nepal’s road to democracy has proved very rocky in the initial phase. Roughly one PM a year. But a return to absolute monarchy is not an option that should even be thought of.
Nepal’s road to democracy has proved very rocky in the initial phase. Roughly one PM a year. But a return to absolute monarchy is not an option that should even be thought of.