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Rain affects domestic flights at TIA

Posted by | Jan 3, 2020 | ,

Rain has today partially affected domestic flights at Tribhuvan International Airport. International flights have not been affected however, said general manager of the airport, Debendra KC, adding that low visibility has affected flights since today morning. Domestic flights to high mountainous and hilly areas where snowfall has occurred in particular have been affected, he said. The total 28 air service providers have been operating flights from the airport. The weather will witness changes and there are possibilities of light rain and snowfall especially in mountainous and hilly areas for the next three days due to the influence of the westerly low pressure system, said the Meteorological Forecasting Division, adding that Kathmandu today recorded minimum 5 degrees Celsius temperature and maximum 18...

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Improving Government Finance Through Tax Reform

Posted by | Dec 27, 2019 | ,

– Ram chandra Rupakheti  Advance country collects more than 40 percent of its total GDP. People feel very happy paying tax because of high degree of social welfare and effective utilization of public fund. However, a typical developing country collects 15 percent of its GDP in tax contribution. Very few people become happy in these developing and least developed countries. Simply, tax means an obligation of every citizenship of the nation on income. It has many synonyms such as duty, levy, tariff, toll, excise, impost, contribution etc. It is the source of public expenditure. Indeed, paying tax is a burden, which we all must live with; however, it is also pertinent to take into consideration that taxes and other forms of indemnity imposed by the government which ultimately plays a crucial role toward the welfare of humanity. There are so many different types of taxes, but some of the common ones are value added tax (VAT), income tax, excise duty, custom duty, capital gain tax etc. Our nation’s tax system is progressive system where each higher income holder is obliged to pay higher tax rate on income. Tax rates of income from employment starts from one percent to thirty six percent which are being levied. The registered companies pay income tax at the rate of 25 to 30 percent in Nepal. They are some examples of tax rates. In Nepal, bank and financial institutions, insurance companies,...

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“Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.” – Democritus

Posted by | Dec 25, 2019 | ,

– Pratik Sing Thakuri The human civilization started taking its full pace once the idea of embracing views and opinion mutually had established. However, in some specific area we not only embraced the views but saturated it.  Those saturated views took a form of practices and belief. Normalizing things on saturation are very difficult, if not impossible. The numbers of fundamentalists are not in a small number in any belief system. In other words, culturally brainwashed individuals whose critical thinking nerves have been amputated make a significant population in every society. Any views striking their beliefs could be totally offensive or intolerable to them. It is the same population who is making the whole essence of religion very ugly. One may think how ungrateful I am being towards religion. Well, I am not. I am not being negatively biased to prove my points and my reservations are not with religion but with the perception of religion. So where is the problem? The problem is in the new school of thought which has distorted perceptions toward religion. If it is defined within a silver coating, even then the iron inside has been completely oxidized. The religion now is nothing but a marketing philosophy that creates fears and greed on people to sell its product. It is the same thing which invented the system of beliefs and barricaded the human tendency...

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CREEW marked 10 years of successful research grant program

Posted by | Dec 25, 2019 |

On the occasion of 10 years of successful research grant program, CREEW organized a grant alumni meet on 21 December, 2019 at Hotel Shangri-La, Kathmandu. In the event past and present grantees shared their views on how ‘CREEW Research Grant Program’ helped them in their early academic/research career stage. CREEW Research Grant Program is one of the annual periodic program of CREEW since its inception in 2008. The program aims to facilitate academic research for post graduate students in the field of civil engineering, environmental engineering, geo-technical engineering, environmental science, hydrology, meteorology, agriculture, forestry, botany and other relevant fields by providing academic research grants, research suggestions/advises. Apart for this, CREEW encourages its grant awardees to publish their research in international/national journals and provides platforms to present their research outputs in international/ notational conferences and symposium. From 2008 to 2019 a total of 86 post-graduate scholars from various universities and academic institution have been directly benefited from CREEW Research grant program. Here are some facts and figures of research grant programs. In addition, a separate technical session was held on the topic ‘From Research to Innovation to Enterprise’, where distinguished speakers shared their knowledge, ideas, and experiences on linking research to entrepreneurship. Dr. Madan Lal Shrestha, the former Director General of Department of Hydrology and Meteorology shared his experience on institutionalizing environment and climate on the mainstream. Dr. Shrestha is...

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Nepali Officers in India undergoing a tailor-made course on anti-corruption

Posted by | Dec 17, 2019 |

The first batch of 21 officers of Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) of Nepal has started their 6 day training on ‘Prevention of Fraud, Bribery and Corruption’ at the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU), Gandhi nagar on 16 December 2019. This latest training for Nepali officers reaffirms India’s continuing commitment for capacity building of Nepali officers. The Second batch of 21 CIAA officers of Nepal is scheduled to undergo the training from January 11 to 16, 2020. This is a tailor-made course specially designed at the request of Government of Nepal for a total of 42 CIAA officers. This course will strengthen the institutional capacity of CIAA to curb corrupt practices and enhance good governance in Nepal. The course mainly focuses on identifying factors for corruption, its impact on the economy and methodology for its detection and prevention. The Course would enhance skills of CIAA Officers for IT-based investigations, sharpen their analytical capabilities and help them learn new methodologies which would empower them to detect, prevent and prosecute corrupt and fraudulent individuals. The officers are being trained in the prestigious Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat which trains forensic experts in the area of Forensic Science, Crime Investigation, Security, Behavioral Science and Criminology. The course is fully supported by the Government of India under the Ministry of External Affairs’ Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation...

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