Trump’s USD 100,000 H-1B thunderclap & its impact on India keep getting global media attention. ‘Could accelerate shift by multinationals to expand operations in India’.
In an exclusive interview, he talks about what lies ahead for his country. 'Can't go back to monarchy,' he says. ‘Gyanendra & monarchy don’t even have 2–3% support in Nepal’.
Nepal scholar Shanker Thapa handed over digitised copies of over 1,200 Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts to IIC’s international research division. He had to coax many out of people’s shrines.
Modi’s remarks in Manipur were directed at the Gen Z in Nepal. Now that they have succeeded in ending ‘oldigarchy’, New Delhi knows it’s time for a reset in its Nepal policy.
BBC warns of implications of unrest in Nepal for India while WSJ highlights tensions between India and China and US concern over ‘Beijing-Moscow-New Delhi axis’.
Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary had blamed Congress for current situation in neighbouring country, saying there would have been peace & happiness had Nepal been part of India.
Jailbreaks were reported in Mahottari, Nawalparasi West, Saptari & Kathmandu. India’s SSB took 22 inmates into custody while they tried to sneak in after jailbreak incidents.
After a hiatus of three decades, India-China border trade was resumed through Lipulekh pass in 1992. But the volumes were nowhere close to the earlier times, since the markets they served were now better connected with highways.
After dominating India’s crude imports since 2023, Russian supplies slowed amid US sanctions, but a 30-day ‘waiver’ amid West Asia tensions could now push flows back towards 2 mbpd.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
India should also introduce a note with the official map of India