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Embracing diversity

edit in The Express Tribune, Oct 23rd, 2023.In the realm of academia, where the pursuit of knowledge should be unbridled and unrestricted, a recent incident in the K-P province has cast a shadow on the principles of intellectual freedom. An assistant professor of biology found himself issuing a public apology for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. It is disheartening to witness such opposition to an academic discourse that seeks to explore and understand different perspectives.…

Rising doctor-patient tensions threaten Nepal’s healthcare

by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post,Oct 1, 2023Since Wednesday, thousands of patients across Nepal had been deprived of regular healthcare services as resident doctors nationwide skipped duty to protest Monday’s assault on doctors at Manipal Teaching Hospital in Pokhara. This was not the first time healthcare services have been affected due to doctors’ strikes in Nepal. On September 18, the Nepal Medical Association, an umbrella organisation of medical doctors, called a nationwide strike to…