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Thursday, July 24, 2025
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Topic: Nepal-China

Flash flood washes away ‘Friendship Bridge’ near Nepal-China border, dozens missing

At least 18 people are missing in Nepal while China’s Xinhua news agency said 11 people were missing on the Chinese side of the border.

US foreign aid freeze has paved way for revival of China’s BRI in Nepal

Beijing may have felt relief after the MCC funds for Nepal were suspended. After all, through its media and press responses, it led a strong anti-MCC and anti-US campaign.

India doesn’t need to sweat over Oli’s China drift—Nepal knows the limits

Nepal-China bonhomie is up against Himalayan-sized barriers—trust, costs, and India.

In a ‘bhai-bhai ka rishta’, Nepal refuses to be India’s younger brother. It wants equality

In 'Kathmandu Dilemma: Resetting India-Nepal Ties', former Indian ambassador to Nepal, Ranjit Rae, views the country's evolution throughout the years.

Nepal must become self-dependent. China’s undeclared trade blockade hurts Kathmandu

During the festive season, nearly 2,000 containers with clothes, shoes, cosmetics, electronics and industrial raw materials were stopped from entering Nepal.

Mount Everest grows by 86 cm, now measures 8,848.86 meters tall, Nepal & China say

According to the measurement done by India in 1954, the height of Mt Everest was last recorded as 8,848m. Nepal decided to measure the height amid debates that it may have changed.

Chinese defence minister to visit Kathmandu, 2 days after Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe will visit Nepal Sunday where he will meet President Bidya Devi Bhandari, PM K.P.S. Oli and Army Chief General Purna Chandra Thapa.

For Nepal it’s getting easier to trade with China. India must look beyond boundary issues

India-Nepal ties have frayed slowly as the economic bonds between the two countries have failed to keep pace with India’s modernization and growth.

On Camera

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.