Tag: nepal
Conflict of Interest in Nepali Politics
The conflict of interest concept holds that one should abstain from making decisions when doing so would be to their best benefit. In Nepal,...
Tikapur incident: criminal or political?
The caretaker government of Sher Bahadur Deuba is planning to introduce a controversial ordinance, which seeks the release of political prisoners like Nagarik Unmukti...
SD Muni: ‘India is always sensitive to the growing influence of...
SD Muni is considered to be one of India’s foremost experts on the issue of Nepal. He taught for over 30 years at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University...
Dolpa’s cultural heritage does not belong in a museum
Ever since Nepal first opened up to visitors in the 1950s, many people have been stunned by its rich cultural and natural heritage. Yet...
Why we may see a new peak of political instability in...
Stability is a wish of the Nepali society however instability is a fate of it. After the promulgation of the constitution, political stability is...
SD Muni: ‘People of Nepal have lost interest in the existing...
SD Muni is considered to be one of India’s foremost experts on the issue of Nepal. He taught for over 30 years at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)....
Minendra Rijal: ‘I am down but not out and will not...
Dr. Minendra Rijal is a Nepali politician and former Defence Minister of Nepal. He is the leader of the Nepali Congress party. He served...
MT View: Nepal’s government should urgently address the dengue outbreak
Nepal is experiencing a surge in Dengue cases that started in July. Due to dengue, 50 people have died and more than 42,500 tested...
MT View: End Nepal’s constitutional crisis
Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari refused to ratify an amended Citizenship Act-2006, passed twice by both the houses of Nepal. The mandatory of the...
MT View: Top Chinese official’s visit to Nepal before the poll...
Li Zhanshu, the head of China's legislature and the third-ranked leader in the country's political hierarchy, arrived in Kathmandu on Monday.
The visit of...
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Save the elephants
Last week a barasingha strayed into a field in Panchkula. She ate a ball of wheat only to find it was a homemade bomb...
Why is Multilateralism in disarray?
In his seminal paper entitled "Multilateralism: the Anatomy of an Institution," John Gerard Ruggie defines multilateralism as an institutional arrangement that facilitates coordination among...
Nicola Bulley and the psychology of when people go missing –...
In the UK, on 27th January, Nicola Bulley, disappeared while walking her dog by a river in Lancashire, England. The story was widely covered in...
The Psychology of Surviving an Earthquake
The BBC News website is now reporting that the death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquake, at the time of writing, has passed 33,000, exceeding...