LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to hike its financial aid for the financial year beginning April this year to Nepal to Rs 650 crore, a 73% increase from the previous year allocation, while expressing concern over increasing Chinese presence in some of the neighbourhood countries. Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indias-aid-to-nepal-up-73-to-check-chinas-infra-push/articleshow/63392505.cms
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Charges Against Nepal Journalists an ‘attack on press freedom’
Journalists from Nepal’s largest newspaper have been charged with contempt of court after publishing critical stories about the country’s chief justice. To read further and watch video, please click on the link below: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/charges-nepal-journalists-attack-press-freedom-180304154802551.html
Nepal Communist Alliance To Form Next Government
Kathmandu (AFP) – Nepal’s Communist parties will form the next government, the election commission confirmed Friday after releasing long-delayed election results months after polls billed as a turning point for the Himalayan nation roiled by decades of political instability. To read further, please click on the link below: https://www.yahoo.com/news/nepal-communist-alliance-form-next-government-003956079.html
Nepal Election Mechanics Explained
Click on the link below for an explanation of the processes for elections in Nepal per the 2015 Constitution: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2017/11/nepal-elections-2017-explained-171126103009857.html
A Fugitive Wanted Over a Deadly Attack on Police Won a Seat in Nepal’s National Parliament
A fugitive wanted over a deadly attack on police won a seat in Nepal’s national parliament, despite being in hiding and not once appearing in public during his campaign. To read more, please click on the link below: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/fugitive-wins-seat-in-nepal-parliament-9492094
Communists Win Nepal’s 1st Election Under the New Constitution
After centuries of absolute monarchy followed by decades of chaos, Nepal is taking to democracy in a big way. Since May its people have voted into office 753 newly created local councils, seven new provincial assemblies and a 275-member national parliament. To read this Economist article, please click on the
India Needs to Reach Out to Nepal to Counter Chinese influence
Nepal’s Left alliance, comprising two Communist parties, the CPN-Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and CPN-Maoist Centre, has won the country’s first legislative election under the new constitution. The election marks the Himalayan nation’s transition to democracy, bringing to an end the long period of volatility since the abolition of the monarchy
As Nepal Gears Up for Elections, Citizens Want Two Things: Stability and Development
As Nepal gears up for parliamentary elections, its citizens want two things: stability and development’ To read further, please click on the following link: https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/can-nepal-find-political-stability/
‘My dream is coming true’: the Nepalese woman who rose from slavery to politics.
Sita Chhaudry was sold as a slave at 10 years old. Starved, beaten and denied an education, she has since been elected to local government – and is determined to fight poverty and human rights abuses. To read further, please click on the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/oct/18/i-lived-in-fear-nepalese-official-sold-as-a-slave-at-10-years-old-domestic-worker