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Topic: Nepal

Pokhara airport project: Nepal’s anti-graft body charges Chinese firm in ‘largest corruption case’

Nepalese officials, Chinese contractor colluded to deliberately inflate costs through fake invoices, overbilling & fraudulent procurement, says commission.

Gen Z protest erupts again in Nepal, curfew in Bara after youths clash with Oli’s party cadres

Agitated protesters accuse police of failing to arrest those named in their Nov 19 complaint, in which 6 Gen Z supporters were injured in a clash with CPN-UML cadres at Simara Chowk.

Nine left parties in Nepal merge to form ‘Nepali Communist Party’ ahead of 2026 polls

The merger led by Prachanda’s Maoist Centre follows Gen-Z protests, aiming for left unity under Marxism-Leninism and a renewed push for stability and good governance.

Who has the rights over Nepal’s historic Taleju Bhawani necklace?

In 2021, Nepal’s state department of archaeology submitted a request to the Art Institute of Chicago for the repatriation of the necklace. No action followed.

Mass police resignations in Nepal signal deeper unrest. Internal govt running out of time

The on-ground observations remain pessimistic about the rise of a ‘Naya Nepal’ — a term that found prominence after the advent of democracy in the country in 2008 — following the abolishment of the monarchy.

Democracy, non-institutional methods of regime change lead to problems—NSA Ajit Doval

Change of regimes through non-institutional methods in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal were cases of bad governance, Doval says at 6th Sardar Patel Lecture on Governance.

The ‘ABCD’ of Nepal’s caste frame—‘the king may be gone, but the old order remains’

Beneath the anger of youth uprising lies an older, rigid and unbreakable social order, one that continues to shape the country’s politics, society and economy: caste.

Nepali student Bipin Joshi is also Hamas hostage. Friends & family don’t know if he’s alive

When the conflict is narrated, it is the Israelis and Palestinians who fill the frame, while the forgotten foreigners—like Bipin Joshi—are left on the margins.

Nepal’s failure to recover Oli-era social media accounts shows how fragile the new govt is

When Nepal's Gen Z fought for reform, they didn’t expect its new government would be unable to secure its own digital identity.

Heavy rain triggers floods, landslides in Nepal, 52 killed

Nepal government announced Nepali rupees (NRs) 2,00,000 as immediate relief to the kin of those who lost their lives in rain-related disasters Sunday.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.