The decision not to send PM Sushila Karki or a high-level delegation to the UNGA reflects how foreign policy often receives the least attention in Nepal.
‘We’ve been kept outside rooms where decisions are made,’ says Aakriti Ghimire, whose team is drawing up roadmap for interim govt that assumed power after Nepal’s Gen Z movement.
Bandi speaks to ThePrint on youth protests in Nepal, Karki’s appointment as PM on basis of ‘wisdom, necessity & momentum of street’ & ‘need for accountability not revenge’.
Hami Nepal group leader Sudan Gurung protests outside PM house after she appoints 3 key ministers without consulting him. Gurung says they want Parliament dissolved & interim govt of new leaders.
According to Nepal PMO, the former chief justice finalised names after ‘several rounds of internal consultation’ before submitting them to President Ram Chandra Poudel.
Curfew lifted after a Gen Z revolt overthrew Nepal's Oli govt in 36 hours, shops are reopening, people are returning to their normal lives, but not without forgetting those who are gone.
Karki's name was finalised after an initial stalemate as President Ram Chandra Paudel, who had been holding talks with various stakeholders, was not in favour of dissolving Parliament.
Just as India’s educated elite have benefited from missionary-run schools, temple donations could be channelled for the economic and educational upliftment of Hindus.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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