General Naravane is currently in Kathmandu on a three-day visit on the invitation of Purna Chandra Thapa and is scheduled to meet Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli Friday.
Nepal in June had approved a new political map of the country featuring Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura of Pitthoragarh district in Uttarakhand as part of its territory.
R&AW chief Samant Kumar Goel is in Kathmandu for a few hours due to a political crisis in the ruling Nepal party. It also comes at a time of tensions between India and Nepal over territory.
India-financed infrastructure projects in Nepal have a greater propensity to get delayed than projects supported by Japan, UK or organisations such as World Bank or ADB.
The decision to hold joint commission meeting between foreign ministers is believed to have been discussed when Nepal PM Oli telephoned Modi on 15 August.
Discussions took place on the ongoing projects under Nepal-India bilateral cooperation covering terai roads, hydropower project, Pancheshwar multipurpose project, among others.
The virtual meet comes after Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli called PM Narendra Modi on 15th August, the first high-level contact since ties strained due to Nepal's new political map.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
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?
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