NEPAL
This is how India will break into pieces!
0 comments | by Ikram Sehgal
The largest country in South Asia; India today, reaching from the Himalayas in the north to Kanya Kumari in the South, is globally the second-most populous country after China and the seventh-largest country by land area. Both Bangladesh and Pakistan differ from India despite having a common history, culture, and languages. To a great extent so do Nepal and Sri Lank
Read Full Article4 comments | by Avasna Pandey
Nepal has been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic over the last year. The government ordered a lockdown and shutdown, among other prohibitory orders, to control the situation and prevent more damage as the pandemic impacted life, polity, and the economy. However, despite its grandstanding, the government
Read Full ArticleWashington Provoking India to a War With China?
0 comments | by F. William Engdahl
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a recent video conference suggested that the US might move some of its troops from Germany to the region around India, citing growing US security concerns in the Asian region. Given the dramatic rise in tensions between India and China over disputed borders in the region of Nepal and Bhutan where several soldiers from both sides reportedly died i
Read Full ArticleAre the Maoists rising again in Nepal?
0 comments | by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
March 14, 2019 On February 22, one person died and two others were seriously injured when a bomb exploded at the entrance of Ncell’s office, located in Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu. On the same day, bombs were planted targeting more than a dozen towers of Ncell, a multinational telecommunications company. Two day
Read Full ArticleThe UN: An Instrument of Western Aggression
0 comments | by Ghali Hassan
On 19 March the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) succumbed to the usual threats and coercions by the U.S. and voted to impose a “no-fly” zone and declare war on Libya on the pretext to “protect Libyan civilians” from violence. History shows that the UN does not have a record of protecting civilians, but a record of legitimising Western
Read Full ArticleBlasts in India-assisted hydropower project site in Nepal
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Unidentified group has exploded three improvised explosive devices near the powerhouse of under construction Arun III Hydropower project, which is being developed with India’s assistance in the eastern part of the Himalayan nation, according to a media report. The incident happened on Thursday near the power house of the hydroproject that led to the damage of
Read Full ArticleOld geopolitical rivalry in Nepal takes a new turn
0 comments | by Biswas Baral
Old geopolitical rivalry in Nepal takes a new turn: US and China could be squaring off in the Himalayan republic On January 25 Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, the co-chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), came out with a strong statement denounc
Read Full ArticleThe Quest for ‘Zone of Peace’ in the Himalayas – Nepal’s Critical Engagements with India & China
0 comments | by K M Seethi
The tiny Himalayan State Nepal continues to be economically vulnerable, primarily because of its geopolitical status as a land-locked country. This is the case with all land-locked countries across the world that does not have direct access to the seas. As the UN Committee for Development Policy says, these countries’ “ability to competitively
Read Full ArticleShould India worry about the Dragon in Nepal?
0 comments | by Vijaya Rajiva
The author is trying to promote his own misguided agenda. He fails to tell us why Delhi provided shelter and conducted secret meetings with the Maoist leaders Prachanda and Baburam during the Maoist insurgency. Why did India sell rifles and machine guns to the Maoists? Without Indian support, these Maoists would never have succeeded against the Nepal army. Then after
Read Full ArticleFears of violence as Nepal cracks down on Maoist splinter group
0 comments | by Deepak Adhikari
CPN leaders say the communist government, which was inaugurated in February, begun a crackdown against them as soon as it took over. Photo: AP A nationwide crackdown by the government of Nepal on a Maoist splinter group has raised fears of violence more than 10 years after the end of an armed communist rebellion. Up to 100 m
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