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New atmosphere of Nepal India relation : Shringla visit to Nepal

Posted by | Nov 27, 2020 | ,

Foreign Secretary of India Harsh Vardhan Shringla, commenced his two-day official visit to Nepal today. During the course of the day, Foreign Secretary met Mr. Bharat Raj Paudyal, Foreign Secretary of Nepal and called on President of Nepal, Rt. Hon’ble Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister of Nepal, Rt. Hon’ble Mr. K.P. Sharma Oli and Foreign Minister of Nepal, H.E. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali. The meetings were conducted in a cordial and positive atmosphere. In their meeting, the two Foreign Secretaries discussed and reviewed various aspects of the bilateral ties between the two countries. They expressed satisfaction at the substantial progress made in different sectors of cooperation despite the constraints of the pandemic. The Nepali side appreciated Indian Government’s active facilitation in ensuring smooth and unhindered cross-border flow of trade and commerce and active implementation of development projects during this time. They also discussed the boundary matters and exchanged views on completing the boundary work in the remaining segments. The two Foreign Secretaries agreed to maintain the renewed momentum in high-level bilateral engagements and to further strengthen the traditionally close, friendly and multifaceted partnership between the two countries. Foreign Secretary called on Rt. Hon’ble President Mrs Bidya Devi Bhandari and conveyed greetings on behalf of Hon’ble President of India. They discussed the close relationship between both countries and ways to further strengthen it. During his call on the Rt....

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Railway JWG discusses running train services on Jaynagar-Kurtha Cross Border Rail link.

Posted by | Nov 21, 2020 | ,

The 4 th India-Nepal Joint Working Group meeting on Railway Cooperation was held today via video-conferencing. The Indian side was led by Dr Manoj Singh, Executive Director (Traffic Transportation-F), Ministry of Railways, Government of India and Nepali side was led by Er Gopal Prasad Sigdel, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport of Government of Nepal. Other stakeholders who participated from both sides included senior officials from Indian Railway, Ministry of External Affairs, Embassy of India in Kathmandu, Konkan Railways and IRCON on the Indian side and Director General, Department of Railway (DoRw), General Manager of Nepal Railway Company (NRC), officials from Ministry of Home and Foreign Affairs of Government of Nepal from Nepali side. 2. The JWG reviewed the cross border rail link projects that are between Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas and Jogbani-Biratnagar under advance implementation. Both sides discussed the technical preparedness of the completed 34 km long section of the railway line between Jaynagar in India and Kurtha in Nepal for the purpose of running passenger train services, including the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) that need to be put in place for resumption of passenger train services by Nepal Railway Company (NRC). The section, originally a narrow gauge built by British India, was upgraded by Government of India to broad gauge at a cost of over INR 380 cr (NR 6080 million). Government of Nepal has recently...

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Cultivating resilience, coping and getting going in Business

Posted by | Nov 19, 2020 | ,

– Durga Chudal Nepalese Businesses are addressed as a key aspect for the development of Nepalese economy. Vigorous presence of business organization in Nepal is playing pivotal role for the growth in Nepalese living standard. Business introduces, grows and dies cyclically in the environment. Every stage of Nepali business faces different types of threat and opportunities from the Nepalese business environment. Affecting rate of these variables may be different for the different stages to the Nepalese business organization. The threat in Nepalese business force to obtain new ideas and resources to fulfill the requirement of Nepalese society.  In this world nothing is permanent just change is permanent. The impact of a changing climate threatens economic growth and disproportionately affects the poor, who are often on the front lines of climate change, living in vulnerable areas and equipped with the fewest resources to adapt to changing conditions in Nepal. Natural disasters, resource constraints and new patterns of development require Nepali business to focus on the improvement of existing resources through strategy for the resilient and sustainable. Private sectors in Nepal are the driver of economic growth in Nepal; the private sector is now responsible for the resources flowing to Nepal. On the other hand government and donors alike need to draw on past lessons and consider more commercial approaches to how development assistance can support infrastructure needs, including ways of...

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Humla sees continuous snowfall

Posted by | Nov 17, 2020 |

Cold has abruptly increased with the snowfall continued for two consecutive days in Humla. The snowfall took place in the district for the second time this year. First time it occurred on November 3 this year. Raj Bahadur Bohara, a local, temperature has fallen sharply in the district with the snowfall continued for Sunday and Monday. Temperature has decreased to minus seven degree Celsius in Humla. Snowfall has whitened the entire northern Humla district. People are making fun of the snowfall. Even the farmers became very happy with the snowfall on Sunday morning in the opportune time of crop cultivation. The snowfall will help make the barren land cultivable at a time when there was a long spell of drought, locals said. Though Humla’s weather is clear since this morning, the mountains have been covered with thick snow causing the fall in temperature....

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Snowfall in Khaptad luring domestic tourists

Posted by | Nov 17, 2020 |

Snowfall took place in Khaptad – the main tourism site of Sudurpaschim. With the snowfall the mercury has dipped in the area. Snowfall continued taking placing on Sunday evening and Monday afternoon. Cold has invariably increased in and around Khaptad area with incessant snowfall for two consecutive days. The snowfall has made the ridges of Khaptad panoramic. General Secretary of Chamber of Commerce and Khaptad Jhigrana Homestay operator Deepak Bahadur Khadka said the snow was around half feet. ‘Snowfall has decreased the temperature in the area’, he added. Tourists are increasingly attracted to take joy of scenic beauty of Khpatad area following the snowfall. As the snowfall up to December 30 will not be frozen it will not cause any harmful effects to the tourists visiting the snow-capped area here, according to the Khaptad National Park Office. The local administration has banned the visits and mobility of people in an unregulated manner due to fear of coronavirus outbreak. However, there is a gradual rise in the inflow of domestic and outer district tourists to Khaptad area for fun. The temperature here has decreased to minus five degree Celsius. Local people have said that the mercury has excessively fallen in the areas including Kudasen, Jhigrana, Bhalma, Waglek and Goladeu with the incessant snowfall....

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