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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicIndia-Nepal Relations

Topic: India-Nepal Relations

Why Nepalese Gorkha recruits deserve better than Agnipath scheme

India has not consulted Nepal regarding the Agnipath scheme applying to recruitment of Gorkhas, who have loyally served the Indian Army for over 200 years.

India, Nepal need to address ‘issues left by history’, says ‘Prachanda’

Border demarcation and Kathmandu’s long-pending demand of reviewing the India-Nepal 1950 Friendship Treaty were also raised by the communist leader during his three-day visit

Modi, Deuba to discuss India-Nepal border issue, as New Delhi wants its ‘politicisation’ avoided

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit Lumbini for a few hours Monday, where he will meet Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba. This will be their second meeting in a little over a month.

From power trade to rail connectivity – India, Nepal work to revamp ties after map row

PM Modi and Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba Saturday attempted to iron out issues in bilateral ties after relations nosedived 2 years ago, when then PM K.P.S. Oli redrew Nepal’s map.

Modi, Deuba meet in Glasgow as Nepal set to push for review of 1950 Friendship Treaty

Meeting on sidelines of COP26 was the PMs’ first bilateral since SB Deuba became Nepal PM in July 2021. It has revived the momentum in bilateral ties after upheaval under KPS Oli.

In a ‘bhai-bhai ka rishta’, Nepal refuses to be India’s younger brother. It wants equality

In 'Kathmandu Dilemma: Resetting India-Nepal Ties', former Indian ambassador to Nepal, Ranjit Rae, views the country's evolution throughout the years.

India examining diplomatic note sent by Nepal over July death in Mahakali river near border

Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba sends note more than a month after the incident, ‘under pressure’ from his allies. A committee has also been formed to probe the death.

Look forward to working closely with Modi to strengthen ties with India, says Nepal PM Deuba

PM Modi Sunday congratulated his Nepalese counterpart for winning the vote of confidence and expressed interest in further enhancing the 'unique' partnership between India and Nepal.

India ‘takes step back’ amid Nepal turmoil, believes onus on Kathmandu to protect constitution

With no party or coalition having a majority, Nepal parliament has been dissolved twice since December and the country now faces fresh elections later this year.

Nepal wants India to revise the 1950 friendship treaty to reflect ‘new changes and realities’

On the unsettled boundary issue, Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said ‘we have to explore ways to settle it based on facts and documents’.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

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?