Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) Corruption should never be tolerated in any generation, whether it is Generation Z, Generation Alpha or the generations to come, including Generation Beta, Nepali Congress Member of Parliament Sandeep Rana told IANS on Monday. Speaking to the news agency, Rana said the principle of rejecting corruption had been taught by ancestors and remained a guiding value. “We have a saying that both giving and accepting bribes are crimes. That has always been our guiding principle. …
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Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday met a delegation led by Nepal MP Sandeep Rana and discussed opportunities to strengthen bilateral ties between India and Nepal further. In his post on X, CM Fadnavis said: “It was a pleasure to welcome Nepal MP Sandeep Rana and his delegation, including MP from Lumbini Province Nima Giri and former member of the Constituent Assembly Amar Singh Pun at Varsha Bungalow in Mumbai today. India and Nepal share a deep-roote…
Guwahati, July 27 (IANS) In a landmark achievement for India-Nepal rail connectivity, the first-ever direct commercial container freight train, comprising 40 wagons carrying a consignment of canola, completed its journey from Kolkata Port to Biratnagar Customs Yard in Nepal, officials said on Monday. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said the historic movement marks the operationalisation of the revised India-Nepal Rail Transit Protocol and o…
Kathmandu, July 27 (IANS) Nepal’s first road tunnel officially came into operation on Monday, marking the country’s entry into the era of tunnel roads. Minister for Infrastructure Development Sunil Lamsal formally inaugurated the Nagdhunga-Sisneri Tunnel, a 2.68-km section of the Prithvi Highway at the western gateway to the Kathmandu Valley, during a ceremony attended by government officials and diplomats.The tunnel, built with concessional loan assistance from the Japanese government, is expec…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Climate-driven temperature changes are on track to cause about 430,000 more deaths annually by 2050, with 10 times more deaths occurring in poor countries than in richer countries. How many of those lives can be saved largely depends on access to energy, particularly the electricity needed for cooling. Yet, a new Climate Impact Lab report on Monday found that many of the regions most impacted by extreme heat will also lack the resources to power the cooling needed to ad…
Kathmandu, July 25 (IANS) Nepal’s exports reached a record high in fiscal year 2025-26, which ended in mid-July, but the country’s export success is becoming increasingly dependent on a narrow range of products and a single market — India. According to the annual foreign trade statistics released by the Department of Customs this week, Nepal’s merchandise exports rose 13.8 per cent to NPR 315.29 billion, a record high. However, behind that growth lies a striking concentration of both products …
Kathmandu, July 24 (IANS) Nepal’s public debt has increased more than fourfold over the past decade as the country borrowed heavily to cope with the impact of two major crises — the 2015 earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic.According to statistics released by the Public Debt Management Office (PDMO), Nepal’s public debt reached NPR 2.974 trillion at the end of fiscal year 2025-26, which ended in mid-July, up from NPR 697.68 billion at the end of fiscal year 2016-17, representing a 4.26-fold in…
Kathmandu, July 23 (IANS) Nepal’s Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma left for New Delhi on Thursday on a five-day official visit to India at the invitation of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, the Supreme Court of Nepal said.According to a Supreme Court press release, Sharma departed aboard an Air India flight and is scheduled to visit the Supreme Court of India during his stay. The visit aims to strengthen judicial ties between the two neighbouring countries. The Chief Justice is scheduled to re…
Bengaluru, July 23 (IANS) Karnataka BJP on Thursday accused Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of avoiding discussion on the NEET controversy in Parliament, adding that he (Rahul Gandhi) has become the leader of the ‘Tukde-Tukde’ gang. Karnataka Leader of the Opposition (LoP) R. Ashoka told reporters that elected representatives should participate in parliamentary proceedings and questioned why LoP Rahul Gandhi had chosen to protest instead of engaging in a discussion i…
Bengaluru, July 23 (IANS) Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State President B.Y. Vijayendra on Thursday alleged that anti‑social elements had exploited the ongoing protests over the NEET controversy to create unrest in the national capital, claiming there was a conspiracy to unleash goons and create anarchy similar to what was witnessed in Sri Lanka and Nepal. Addressing media at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, Vijayendra said police personnel and media representatives were attacked during t…