According to Nepal investigators, guides secretly fed baking soda to induce severe illness among foreigners, causing gastrointestinal distress mimicking altitude sickness.
At 35, Shah—who took the oath of office last Friday—is Nepal's youngest PM. Four of 15 Nepal cabinet members studied in India. Oldest member in the world’s youngest cabinet is Swarnim Wagle (51).
Oli & ex-home minister taken into custody following a Nepalese panel’s recommendation to prosecute them for negligence over protest violence. Arrests day after Balendra Shah sworn in as PM.
Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh & Pakistan have all imposed some form of energy rationing as war continues to roil global energy markets for the third week in row.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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 is all about the ‘Balen wave’ now. A party that is less than four years old has stormed into power. Could Nepal turn another page on its tumultuous recent history?
The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
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.
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