report in The Himalayan Times, Nov 30, 2020GULMI, NOVR 29: Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has said that people were not interested in changing the prime minister and ministers in this situation. Saying that those who reap benefit from unstable government are restless with the desire to topple the government, Gyawali urged them not to work against people’s interest. Inaugurating a drinking water project at Ashwela of Satyawati Rural Municipality today, Minister Gyawali…
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By Guo Yuandan in Global Times, Nov 30, 2020Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe paid a working visit to Nepal, being the highest ranking Chinese official to visit the plateau country after China’s top leader visited Kathmandu in October 2019. When Wei met President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister and Minister for Defense KP Sharma Oli, they discussed economic cooperation amid the framework of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and military…
The writeer is a policy professional and writer based in New Delhi.While diplomacy can’t be sentimental, essentially it should be courteous. Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s foreign secretary, is in Kathmandu, and it is indeed heart-warming how India’s top diplomatic envoy can speak fluent Nepali and understands the norms that safeguard India-Nepal relations. Shringla’s visit to Nepal follows two recent high-level visits from India by Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane earlier this month and…
report in The Rising Nepal 30 Nov, 2020State Councilor and Defense Minister of China General Wei Fenghe has emphasized the timely execution of agreements and protocols signed by the two countries in the past.During his call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the latter’s residence in Baluwatar, he said that his visit was aimed at implementing the bilateral agreements made by the head of states and head of governments of the two neighbours in…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 30, 2020He came. He met. And he left. Chinese State Councillor and Defence Minister Wei Fenghe on Sunday landed in Kathmandu for a daylong stopover during which he held a whirlwind of meetings with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, also the defence minister, President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Nepal Army Chief Purna Chandra Thapa before flying straight to Pakistan in the evening. The major takeaway of Wei’s…
The writer specialises in political communicationMahatma Gandhi mentioned three major tasks of the press: “One of the objects of the newspaper is to understand the popular feeling and give expression to it; another is to arouse among the people certain desirable sentiments. The third is fearlessly to expose popular defects.” Interestingly, World Press Freedom Index 2020 ranks India 142nd in a list of 180 countries, significantly below Bhutan (67), the Maldives (79) and Nepal (112).Partisan…
Report in The Himalayan Times, November 27, 2020Nepal has reopened its border with India, long closed due to the COVID-19 infection. The main entry points with India reopened today after the home ministry instructed district administration offices to allow movement of those moving across the border points on foot. According to Rautahat Chief District Officer Indradev Yadav, the border has only opened for people walking on foot for now. “As of now, only those walking…
By Anil Giri in Kathmandu Post, Nov 27, 2020It was quite a charm offensive by the Indian foreign secretary.Upon his arrival in Kathmandu, Harsha Vardhan Shringla spoke with the media–in Nepali. “I wanted to come here long ago, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic that could not happen,” Shringla told reporters at Tribhuvan International Airport. “I am delighted to be here.” Describing Nepal and India as “close friends”, Shringla said his meetings [with Nepali officials]…
By Modnath Dhakal in Rising Nepal, 26 Nov, 2020Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla is arriving in Kathmandu on Thursday. Shringla’s Nepal visit comes as yet another step towards improving the relations between Nepal and India, that went sour after the latter published a map incorporating Nepali territory in the Kalapani region of Darchula district in November last year and, in response, the former published a new map including Nepal’s territory in May this year.…
By Sangam Prasain in Kathmandu Post, Nov 25, 2020The Tourism Ministry has once again proposed signing an “air bubble” agreement with India more than one and a half months after its first proposal was rejected outright by the government amid soured relations with the southern neighbour over boundary disputes. Multiple sources at the ministry confirmed that the Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre would table the proposal at the next Cabinet meeting on Thursday to allow the…
By Binod Ghimire in Kathmandu Post, November 25, 2020The commissioners at the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, mandated to look into the conflict-era human rights cases, are already lobbying for the extension of their terms that end in three months. And this time, they want an extension of four years saying that it will take at least that long to complete the investigations. The duration of the…