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Prime Minister Narendra Modi jointly inaugurated the India-Nepal cross-border petroleum pipeline with Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli via video conferencing on Tuesday. (Photo: ANI)

Modi, Oli inaugurate South Asia's first cross-border petroleum...

It was expected to commence operations in mid-April this year but was delayed due to permission to cut trees inside...

10 Sept 2019 12:40 PM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a member of parliament a day before budget session at parliament in Kathmandu. (AP)

Nepal reports first coronavirus death

Nepal, which has a population of 28 million, has conducted only fewer than 100,000 tests so far

17 May 2020 8:48 AM IST

India inks pact with Bhutan for 600 MW Kholongchhu Hydroelectric Project. (PTI Photo)

India-Bhutan ink hydropower pact

Hydropower sector is the flagship area of India-Bhutan bilateral cooperation

30 Jun 2020 3:30 PM IST

India toughens public procurement rules for bidders from bordering nations. (AP Photo)

In move against China, India tightens rules on investments from...

The Indian government's statement said the decision was taken to strengthen the defence of India and national security

24 July 2020 9:55 AM IST

India in May suspended 39 oil import licences to slow duty-free shipments from neighbouring nations, disrupting refiners in Nepal. (AFP Photo)

Nepal's refiners struggle as India stops refined palm oil imports

Palm oil stockpiles in Nepal have swelled to 70,000 tonnes, overwhelming local demand needs, said Sarda

22 July 2020 11:42 AM IST

Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli. (AP)

Nepal stops transmission of all Indian news channels except...

The development comes after some Indian channels aired reports critical of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and his...

10 July 2020 10:18 AM IST

Rescuers pull the body of a victim who died in a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara on January 16, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Nepal air crash: Blot on aviation safety

The Nepal crash involved a 15-year-old ATR turbo-prop aircraft, which may have evolved from the bullock carts of...

17 Jan 2023 12:15 AM IST

Unlike in the past, China no longer counsels Nepal to keep on good terms with India. (Representational Image/ANI)

Anand K Sahay | China tilt by Kathmandu to disturb ties with India

If a question is seen as having attained immediacy or maturity, in the India-Nepal case the time is now. And the reason...

6 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Why South Asia in dire need of statesmanship

South Asia requires statespersons who can look beyond the horizon to the future that beckons rather than remain stuck in...

4 Jun 2023 12:22 AM IST

Book Review | Doughty subaltern teen beats trafficking, shows community new future

Book Review | Doughty subaltern teen beats trafficking, shows...

There is intrigue, excitement, suspense and action.

20 Aug 2023 12:27 AM IST

Mt. Everest, in middle, altitude 8,848 meters (29,028 feet), is seen on the way to base camp. (Photo: AP)

Widows of two sherpa climbers to scale Everest to set example for...

Mount Everest has been climbed by 4,833 people since it was first scaled by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing...

28 Dec 2018 2:33 PM IST