Author: Sasan Kashmiri

Balancing the application of fertilizers based on the characteristics of soil leads to increased crop productivity, income, and fertilizer use efficiency unlike former “one size fits all” recommendations, said Bedu Ram Bhushal, Nepal’s Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) during a press briefing earlier this month in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. The site-specific recommendations applicable to maize, wheat, and rice were jointly launched with the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) and National Soil Science Research Center (NSSRC). They were implemented in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture (DoA) and led by the Nepal Seed and Fertilizer (NSAF) Project at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). “I congratulate NARC…

At least 67 people were confirmed dead Sunday when a plane with 72 onboard crashed in Nepal, police said, in the Himalayan country’s deadliest aviation disaster in three decades. “Thirty-one (bodies) have been taken to hospitals,” police official AK Chhetri told AFP, adding that 36 other bodies were still in the 300-metre (600-foot) gorge the aircraft plunged into. This was partially confirmed by the army, with a spokesman saying 29 bodies had been retrieved and that there were 33 more at the site in Pokhara in central Nepal. “The aircraft crashed into a gorge so it is difficult to bring…

The ongoing talks between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have failed, meaning that the country would no more get any money from the world’s top lender as the current programme expires on the 30th of this month. Although the finance ministry tried to convince the IMF by explaining Pakistan’s position on different reservations and conditions, the process led by Finance Minister Ishaq failed to produce the desired results. The news will certainly further fuel the speculations that Pakistan would default in the coming months as many experts and global institutions have already been warning about the possibility. However, the…

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bosnia and Herzegovina said yesterday that they paid great attention to the assessments made by a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Bećirović, regarding the decision of the government of the entity of Republika Srpska to terminate cooperation with the embassies of the United States and the United Kingdom in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Denis Bećirović characterized this decision as tragic and comical. So, how does he characterize his own decision to cut off all contact with the Russian ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina? Does he really think that he is…