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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicNepal-China diplomacy

Topic: Nepal-China diplomacy

50-yr wait & $215 million debt to China — Nepal’s Pokhara Airport continues to face turbulence

Keshav Padmanabhan -
The airport saw its first international flight touch down only on 21 June, a full six months after its inauguration on New Year's Day.

Kathmandu-Kerung railway, airports & more—Chinese aid can cost Nepal and its ties with India

Hari Bansh Jha -
India has a clear policy that it would not entertain any project in Nepal constructed with Chinese aid. This would mean heavy losses for at least two international airports in Nepal.

Nepal is the new battleground for China and US. Beijing goes into overdrive after MCC deal

Aadil Brar -
China’s third-ranked leader Li Zhanshu arrived in Kathmandu on 12 September to strengthen ties with Nepal and to keep the US at bay.

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Opinion

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Anirudh Kanisetti -
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Zohran Mamdani is an authentic representation of modern India

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Nehru is suddenly back in the news. This time, the BJP could not criticise him

Economy

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Banudas Athreya -
Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

Defence

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

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

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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