Author: Yanik Swati

Energy is a critical resource necessary for a country’s economic development. Despite this, many nations struggle to generate enough energy to meet their economic goals. Nepal, on the other hand, faces a unique challenge: although it produces abundant green energy in the form of hydroelectricity, at least in the wet season, it struggles with its proper utilization. The country must increase its domestic consumption while simultaneously seeking to sell its excess hydroelectricity to neighboring South Asian countries, including India and Bangladesh. Nepal’s ability to fully exhaust its hydroelectric potential will be essential to realizing its economic aspirations. Building on its…

In the first half of the ongoing fiscal year, Nepal recorded 191 foreigners deported, informs the Department of Immigration. The visitors from 39 countries were deported after they were found to be involved in criminal activities, punished for various offences and overstaying in Nepal, according to the Department. China, the United Kingdom and the United States are the top three countries on the list of the nationalities of foreigners deported. In the six months, Nepal deported 85 Chinese, 12 Britishers and 12 Americans. After that on the list are Pakistan and Uzbekistan with the numbers 10 and nine respectively. Source:…

Some elements in Nepal are opposed to its construction and have been throwing stones on Indian workers to disrupt work at the site. Windscreens of four trucks were damaged here in Dharchula, a border town, and their drivers had to jump into Kali river to save themselves as they were attacked with stones from Nepal, officials said on Saturday. “Indian workers were attacked once again from the Nepal side on Friday,” SDO irrigation department Farhan Ahmad said. The attack had been one of the several such launched in the past few days from across the border against Indian workers engaged in the construction…