7.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Nepal; tremors felt across north India
A powerful earthquake of 7.1 magnitude struck Nepal on Tuesday morning, sending tremors across parts of North India, including Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim and Delhi-NCR.
A powerful earthquake of 7.1 magnitude struck Nepal on Tuesday morning, sending tremors across parts of North India, including Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim and Delhi-NCR.
The 18th Indo-Nepal Joint Exercise, Surya Kiran, is currently underway in Nepal, highlighting the enduring partnership between the two armies. The exercise serves as a critical platform for both nations to exchange best practices, enhance military expertise, and strengthen cooperation.
A contingent of 334 personnel from the Indian Army departed for Nepal today to participate in the 18th edition of the Battalion Level Joint Military Exercise, Surya Kiran. Scheduled to take place in Saljhandi, Nepal, from 31st December to 13th January, 2025, this annual exercise is conducted alternately between India and Nepal.
The Gadhimai temple committee has not only decided to continue with the sacrifice, but they have also banned any filming or photographing of the animal killings during the festival.
The government, on Sunday, termed the visit of Chief of Nepal Army, Gen Ashok Raj Sigdel, to India from December 11-14 as a significant milestone in strengthening the long-standing ties between the Nepali Army and the Indian Army.
The Nepali Congress had emerged as the single-largest party in the country's general elections held on November 20.
Publication of the list by the department, the national regulatory body of the drugs markets, both allopathic and ayurveda, means that medicines manufactured by those companies cannot be imported to Nepal, according to the Kathmandu Post daily.
The incoming Nepali government is a serendipitous opportunity that must be handled with care and even distance; no talks of interference (as often murmured) must be allowed. There will be occasional speed-breakers that must be spared condescending and coercive innuendoes, as the immediate past of the last seven years must be buried and perhaps the better past that survived for centuries invoked, without suggestions of appropriations and usurpations
Four years since, Nepal is now flush with electricity. And, of course, all the politicians and political parties are rushing to give it away.
As close neighbours, India and Nepal share wide-ranging and multi-sectoral cooperation. T
