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Monday, March 30, 2026
TopicIndia-Nepal

Topic: India-Nepal

Balen wave marks the second coming of democracy in Nepal

The Gen Z movement was a serious wave that RSP and Balen together managed to capture—the first milestone reflecting the relevance of issues-based politics.

Nepal uprising ‘distraction’ for New Delhi & India’s top buyer of Russian oil escapes Trump’s wrath

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’. 

Nepal ex-PM Bhattarai says ‘old guard became what it fought against, youth will rebuild nation’

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’. 

Prof Shanker Thapa brings Nepal’s rare manuscripts to Delhi. ‘Tradition came from India’

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.

PM Modi has pressed the reset button on India’s Nepal policy. It’s a lesson from Bangladesh

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.

The key difference between India and China’s response to Gen-Z protests in Nepal

China is desperate to keep Communist Nepal ally intact. India must worry.

India’s neighbourhood woes, Trump’s tariff swings keep global media focused on New Delhi’s challenges

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’.

No comment on Nepal, take nod from Nadda—BJP’s gag order to its leaders after Bihar Dy CM’s comment

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.

After Gen Z protest, series of jailbreaks in Nepal; 22 inmates detained by SSB trying to enter 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.

On Camera

How West Asia crisis can play out for PM Modi and BJP in Assembly polls

While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.

Foreign investors dump record $12 bn India stocks in March on war

Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment.

1st batch of 2,000 India-made Israeli Negev LMGs delivered to Army; 4,000 more to be delivered this year

The Indian Army is set to get another 4,000 of these LMGs as part of a contract signed in August 2024 to replace the 5.56x45mm INSAS LMG.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.