Author: Blake Morgan

Amid an increase in the number of visits by US officials to Nepal in recent months, US ambassador Dean Thompson has also stepped up his engagements in Kathmandu. Several sources in the government confirmed to the Post that a five-member US Congressional delegation is arriving in Kathmandu on August 30, coinciding with the day that marks the entry into force of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Nepal Compact, under which Nepal received a grant worth $500 million. But the US delegation’s visit is unrelated to the MCC event, officials said, adding that the delegates will pay a courtesy call on…

India’s first space-based observatory to study the sun is to be launched on September 2, weeks after it became the first country to land a spacecraft on the unexplored south pole of the moon. Monday’s announcement by India’s space agency said the Aditya-L1 probe will study solar winds, which can cause disturbances on Earth and are commonly seen as auroras. The craft, named after the Hindi word for the sun, will be launched from the country’s main spaceport in Sriharikota using the PSLV launch vehicle, which will travel about 1.5 million km (932,000 miles), the agency said. It will take the…

In order to fulfill its promise of cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as part of the country’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, Bangladesh is on the way to setting up a lithium battery production plant with an annual capacity of 1 gigawatt. Simultaneously, several electric vehicle manufacturing projects are in line as well. Business insiders believe these moves might change the energy landscape of the country. NDCs are individual countries’ plans to help keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees by the end of the century. Bangladesh has proposed 3.4 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent GHG emission reduction…

All eyes are on Vijay Varma, who has had a great year so far. After the success of his last few releases – Dahaad, Lust Stories 2, and Kaalkoot, Vijay Varma will be seen in Jaane Jaan next. The actor will be sharing screen space with Kareena Kapoor and  Jaideep Ahlawat in the Sujoy Ghosh film. Now, Vijay Varma has shared a bunch of images with his co-stars that have the internet excited. Dressed in a  grey suit, Vijay Varma looks dapper as she stands alongside Kareena Kapoor in red and  Jaideep Ahlawat in a dusty pink ensemble. In the caption, he wrote, “Hello Jaane Jaan.”Several fans of the…

Talking to reporters at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia here, Sharma also said presently no “serious discussion” is taking place on the issue between the two governments The recruitment of Gorkhas from Nepal to the Indian Army under the Agnipath scheme has been put on “pause”, but the matter has not been closed, Nepal’s Ambassador to India Shankar Prasad Sharma said on Monday. Talking to reporters at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia here, Sharma also said presently no “serious discussion” is taking place on the issue between the two governments. “I don’t think this is a…

Pakistan is celebrating a win at World Junior Squash Championship after a long wait of 37 years. Hamza Khan, 17, on Sunday won the title after defeating Egypt’s Mohamed Zakaria 3-1 in a thrilling match in Melbourne, Australia. The last time a Pakistani won the championship was in 1986 when the legendary Jansher Khan lifted the trophy. Since then, only two Pakistanis have managed to make it to the final, the last in 2008. Hamza belongs to Nawa Killi village in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which has produced some of the legends of squash – a game Pakistan once…

The Embassy of Pakistan organized, July 02, 2023, an Alumni gathering for Nepali Army officers who have been trained in various institutions of Pakistan Armed Forces. General Prabhu Ram Sharma, Chief of Army Staff Nepali Army was the chief guest on the occasion. A good number of serving and retired Nepali Army officers attended the event. In his welcoming remarks, Col Muhammad Ali Alvi, Defence Attaché Embassy of Pakistan highlighted the vibrant bilateral relations between the two-Armed Forces of Nepal and Pakistan especially in the training domain. The Defense Attaché Alvi underscored commitment by Pakistan Armed Forces for capacity building of Nepali Army.COAS General Prabhu Ram Sharma…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The international rights group Amnesty International called on Pakistan’s government Tuesday to stop what it described as random arrests of Afghan refugees, including those with Pakistani visas. Millions of Afghans fled to Pakistan during the 1979-1989 Soviet occupation of their country, creating one of the world’s largest refugee populations. More than 100,000 Afghans crossed the border to avoid persecution at home after the Taliban seized power in August 2021. The Taliban have announced a pardon and urged Afghans not to leave the country. The majority of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan say they are facing delays in…

Turkmenistan and Tajikistan plan to collaborate on creating a new transport corridor that will allow both countries to access Europe via the Caspian Sea. On May 10, in Dushanbe, with the participation of both heads of state, Emomali Rahmon and Serdar Berdimuhamedov, 24 new documents on cooperation were signed between the two countries (Aiatt.tj, May 13). Special attention was paid to the prospects of developing international transport corridors passing through the territory of both countries, including infrastructure development within the purview of the China-dominated Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (Carecprogram.org, accessed June 14). Two of the signed documents relate…

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, Commander of Islamic Republic of Iran Navy called on Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Monday and lauded the professionalism of PAF personnel. The meeting was focused on areas of mutual interest and regional developments, a PAF news release said. During the meeting, the Chief of the Air Staff highlighted that the advancement in space, electronic warfare, cyber and niche technologies coupled with artificial intelligence had profoundly affected the traditional environment of national security. He briefed the visiting dignitary about various…