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Demand for Nepali tea rises to fill India’s output gap:

By Parbat Portel in The Kathmandu Post, June 07, 2023The writer is the Jhapa correspondent for Kantipur Publications.Demand for Nepali tea is rising in the Indian market as production has slipped across the border. Nepali tea traders say Indian tea estates are going through a lean period as the tea bushes there have reached the end of their life cycles. Most of the plants are 80 years old, and some are more than 100 years…

Hackers infiltrate ticketing system of Nepali travel and tour operators

report in The Himalayan Times, June 6, 2023A group of hackers have hacked into the ticket sales system of Nepali travel and tour operators, inflicting losses to the tune of more than Rs 20 million. According to Ramesh Thapa, president of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents, a group of hackers gained access to the ticket sales system through phishing e-mails sent under the logo and names of global distribution system (GDS) companies that…

After Upendra Yadav-CK Raut rivalry, Madhesh politics—and government—won’t remain the same

By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, May 25, 2023Madhesh politics is simmering. Discontent has grown within the ruling coalition about the Madhesh government’s expansion. CPN (Maoist Centre), Janamat Party, and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party have been saying that their members have not been fairly represented in power-sharing arrangements. The parliamentary party of the Maoist Centre has even decided to recall its two ministers from the Madhesh Cabinet. Only the Nepali Congress and CPN (Unified Socialist)…

Youth leaders mobilise to ‘save’ Congress

By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, May 24, 2023Against the backdrop of recent electoral setbacks, a section of the Nepali Congress leaders is launching a nationwide campaign to shore up the grand old party. The party’s youth leaders are planning to traverse the country with the Nepali Congress Rupantaran Abhiyan (transformation campaign) to unite cadres across the country and reconnect with voters. The leaders said they have taken serious note of the party’s poor…

Nepali students at AIIMS deprived of monthly stipend

by Rajesh Mishra in The Kathmandu Post, May 3, 2023Nepali medical students studying at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, India, have been raising their voices against the unequal benefits provided to them by the medical institute compared to their Indian counterparts. At least 50 Nepali students are currently enrolled in MD, MS, MDS, DM, and MCH courses and working as resident doctors in one of India’s top medical colleges.…

Nepali trucks being stopped at Tatopani border point:

By Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, May 02, 2023The writer is a business reporter for The Kathmandu Post covering markets.Chinese authorities have issued a new rule under which Nepali trucks are not allowed to cross the border at Tatopani and their cargo has to be transferred to Chinese trucks for onward transport to points in Tibet, officials said. Nepal’s exports through the Tatopani border point resumed on Monday after eight years, and three goods-laden…

Nepali and Chinese officials to discuss border, security issues but skip GSI:

By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, April 05,2023Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal is Beijing-bound as the head of the Nepali delegation to the 15th meeting of the Bilateral Diplomatic Consultation Mechanism. At the meeting scheduled for Friday, Paudyal and Sun Weidong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, will lead their respective delegations. According to Nepali officials, although China has been pushing hard for Nepal’s support for the Global Security Initiative…

Economist Swarnim Wagle quits Nepali Congress:

Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 30,2023Economist and former National Planning Commission vice chairman Swarnim Wagle on Thursday announced quitting the Nepali Congress. In a message addressed to Congress leaders including General Secretary duo Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma, Wagle said he could not stay in the party due to continuous ‘insults and humiliations from Deuba-Arzu gang’. He was referring to the behaviour of Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Arzu Rana Deuba. He…

Kerung and Tatopani border points set to reopen fully for trade, travel

Report in The Kathmandu Post, MAR 30, 2023Senior Nepali and Chinese officials have agreed to fully reopen the Kerung border point for two-way trade and movement of people from April 1. The decision was made on Wednesday during the first meeting of the Nepal-China Coordination Mechanism on Border Trade and Cooperation held in Lhasa on Wednesday. The meeting was co-chaired by Madhu Kumar Marasini, secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies and Chen…

Hundreds of Nepali women dying from preventable causes every year

by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 27, 2023Every year, hundreds of women in Nepal succumb to preventable deaths from excessive bleeding and high blood pressure, a new report by the National Statistics Office showed. More alarmingly, a significant number of maternal deaths, during pregnancy or after childbirth, are occuring due to a non-maternity cause, suicide, which also is preventable. Of the 611 maternal deaths on which the study was based, 67 percent occurred…

CPN (Unified Socialist) decides to vote for NC’s Poudel in presidential election

Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 2, 2023The CPN (Unified Socialist) has decided to give the party’s support to Nepali Congress’ presidential candidate Ram Chandra Paudel in the upcoming presidential election. The decision was taken during the party’s central committee meeting on Wednesday. “The party has decided to give its vote to Nepali Congress’ senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel in the upcoming presidential elections,” said Jagannath Khatiwada, head of the party’s publicity department. “The same…