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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicNepal Army Chief

Topic: Nepal Army Chief

Nepal Army Chief Ashok Sigdel has a tough task ahead. As a brother in arms, India must help

The two armies have maintained close bonds through every storm. The onus now is on India to support the Nepal army while it steers the country toward stability and the rule of law.

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.

Nepal SC bans Army from awarding infra project to China firm after protest from Indian company

This is not the first time that the company China First Highway Engineering Company Ltd has courted controversy. It’s been accused of fraud by the African Development Bank Group.

President confers honorary rank of ‘General of Indian Army’ on Nepal Army Chief

In continuation of a tradition that started in 1950, Gen Sharma was conferred with the honorary rank. Sharma currently is on a 4-day visit to India to expand bilateral defence cooperation.

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India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.