Topic: India-Nepal Relations
India-Nepal set for high-level meeting on 17 August, the first since map row
The meeting between Indian Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra & Nepal Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi comes months after Kathmandu issued its controversial new map.
Nepal now locks horns with India over Buddha, day after Jaishankar called him ‘Indian’
After External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar refers to Lord Buddha as one of the 'greatest Indians', Nepal Foreign Ministry says matter remains beyond doubt that he was born in Lumbini.
Nepal to send its controversial new map to UN, Google this month
The map, finalised earlier this year, shows Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani — three territories disputed with India — within Nepalese borders.
Nepal’s ambassador to India likely to be recalled as tensions between neighbours rise
As tensions with India soar, Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli is facing strife within the Communist Party, with China trying hard to keep it from falling apart.
India & Nepal have an age-old friendship, Delhi committed to strengthening ties: MEA
India's assertion comes days after Nepalese PM KP Oli made critical remarks aimed at India, further straining bilateral relations already impacted over Nepal's new map.
Politics, economy, people ties, culture — how China has slowly expanded its grip over Nepal
China’s interest in Nepal is over a decade old, but the watershed moment was the 2015 Madhesi agitation and blockade, which was viewed as being India-backed.
India-Nepal friction casts shadow on proposed Pancheshwar multipurpose dam project
The project first conceived 24 years ago in 1996, had picked up pace in 2014 after the Narendra Modi-led NDA government came to power.
Kathmandu has reservations with China also on Lipulekh, Kalapani: Nepal ruling party leader
In interview to ThePrint, Bishnu Rijal of Nepal Communist Party says entire Kalapani belongs to Nepal and that while China has agreed to talk on the issue, India hasn't.
Modi said Neighbourhood First and then ranked Nepal low in India’s priority list
By not talking to Nepal for long, India has played into Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Oli’s hands and helped him promote his nationalist agenda.
As Modi-Jaishankar go silent on China-Nepal, Army chief Naravane left to do heavy lifting
Be it Chinese incursion or Nepal's new map, a perfect foreign policy storm is gathering to the detriment of India. But there is no word form Jaishankar, let alone PM Modi.
Russia’s Sputnik vaccine gamble is all about Vladimir Putin
Putin's rushed vaccine endorsement is less an affirmation of Russian scientific prowess than it is an expression of his hankering for Soviet-era international clout.
India’s WPI inflation falls 0.58% in July but food prices rise
Fuel, power basket inflation fell 9.84 per cent in July from 13.60 per cent in June. Manufactured products saw inflation of 0.51 per cent in July from 0.08 per cent in June.
Defence
Submarines, AK 203 rifles — two Make in India projects Modi govt set to push on priority
Tenders for the submarines are expected to be issued ‘soon’ while the Indo-Russian AK 203 rifles could be finalised by October.
Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version
Assumptions that Indian secularism died with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan are bunk. It is enshrined in the Constitution, and is worth preserving.