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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicNepal elections

Topic: Nepal elections

New Nepal PM Sushila Karki to expand interim cabinet, inducting at least 3 ministers

According to Nepal PMO, the former chief justice finalised names after ‘several rounds of internal consultation’ before submitting them to President Ram Chandra Poudel.

16 years on, why thousands in Nepal are calling for return to Hindu monarchy under an ousted king

Nearly 10,000 crowded the streets outside Kathmandu International Airport, where King Gyanendra Shah landed in a chartered jet after 2 months away in Pokhara.

Nepal PM Prachanda to seek vote of confidence today, third time within 15 months

A PM is required to cross threshold of 50%, which is 138 votes as per present number of parliamentarians. Dahal is expected to get a comfortable majority.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.