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Previous governments did not focus on building infrastructure at LAC: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar

Govt has significantly improved border infrastructure in last 9 yrs, including along China border, says. EAM Jaishankar. The infrastructure push will determine India's response to security challenges, EAm said. Raxaul-Kathmandu railway project in final stages, Bhutan-Assam border to open for more tourists, trilateral Highway project with Myanmar facing security challenges.

The Hindu

Indian transport pioneers brought ‘modernisation and change’ to Nepal, says former envoy

The first generation of Indian transport entrepreneurs brought “modernisation and change” to Nepal in the 1960s, former Indian envoy to Nepal, Manjeev Singh Puri, said on July 29, 2023.

The Hindu

One of the world’s most dangerous places to fly: Nepal grapples with deadly air crashes

The expansion of air travel has brought huge benefits to the mountainous country – but a poor safety record puts jobs and tourism at risk

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Six killed in Nepal tourist helicopter crash

KATHMANDU: All six people aboard a tourist helicopter in Nepal were killed when it crashed soon after take-off in the Everest region on Tuesday, aviation authorities said.

Bangkok Post

Activists hail Nepal ruling allowing same-sex marriage

KATHMANDU: Same-sex couples in Nepal said on Friday they were preparing to register their marriages after the Supreme Court issued a temporary order clearing the way for gay marriage for the first time in the largely conservative country.

Bangkok Post

Prachanda used his India visit to his political benefit, parry domestic criticism

Opposition parties and Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda’s critics have accused him of handing over the multi-billion-dollar projects to India on a platter, without any competitive bidding; and they have accused him of pandering to Nepali nationalist sections and appeasing Narendra Modi with his puja rituals display at the Mahakaleshwar temple…

The Hindu

Himalayan glaciers melting 65 percent faster than previous decade: study

KATHMANDU - Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists warned Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

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If it’s broken, they fix it: four fashion brands that give their garments a second life

From a word-of-mouth mending service to decades-old circular-fashion initiatives, meet four labels extending their garments’ lives through repair programs

The Guardian - AU

Kathmandu Mayor bans Bollywood films after Adipurush row

He described the dialogue as misleading as Sita is believed to have been the daughter of King Janak of Janakpur. The controversy in Nepal is the latest to hit the film which has been in the eye of a controversy over controversial dialogue.

The Hindu

From highs to lows, Everest record breaker sees 'no future' in Nepal

Kami Rita Sherpa had stood at the top of world just days earlier, exultant at having summited Mount Everest for a record 28th time.

Reuters

Nepali sherpa with record Everest summits behind him says he'll keep climbing

A Nepali climber who scaled Mount Everest for a record 28th time this week, the most by any mountaineer, said on Thursday he had no immediate plans to hang up his climbing boots.

Reuters

Britain’s record holding climber says Everest is 'dry, more rocky'

Mount Everest is losing snow and turning "dry and rocky", British climber Kenton Cool, who made his 17th ascent of the world’s highest peak this week, the most by a foreigner, said on Saturday.

Reuters

Two more climbers die on Everest

KATHMANDU: Two more climbers have died on Everest, expedition organisers said on Thursday, bringing to seven the number of deaths on the world’s highest peak in the spring climbing season.

Bangkok Post

Art Gallery of NSW to hand back 800-year-old carving that was stolen from Nepalese temple

The gallery is preparing to hand back a sacred medieval wooden carving, nearly two years after it was identified on social media as being stolen from the Kathmandu Valley.

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The Hindu

10 Indians arrested in Nepal for illegally acquiring citizenship cards

Ten Indian nationals, including three women, have been arrested in Kathmandu for allegedly acquiring Nepali citizenship cards illegally by producing fake documents.

The Hindu

Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel discharged from AIIMS, to return home tonight

Nepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel has been discharged from a hospital in New Delhi after undergoing treatment for a chest-related ailment and he will return to Kathmandu on April 30.

Reuters

Flydubai to investigate after Nepal flight hit problem on takeoff

Airline flydubai on Wednesday said initial assessments of a technical problem on a flight at take-off from Kathmandu on Monday suggested a bird strike, but the company would further inspect the engine.

Reuters

Nepal says 'no proof' flydubai plane suffered bird strike

Nepal's civil aviation authority disputed on Tuesday whether a flydubai plane had been hit by a bird strike in Nepali airspace, calling the United Arab Emirates carrier's account of the incident "misleading".

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Flydubai Aircraft Returns to Dubai After Engine Fire Due to Nepal Bird Strike

A flydubai flight from Kathmandu to Dubai experienced a bird strike during takeoff but returned to the United Arab Emirates, the company said on Monday. "Our experienced flight crew followed standard operating procedure and continued the onward journey after determining that the engine was within normal operating parameters," a spokesperson…

Reuters

Flydubai aircraft returns to Dubai after engine fire due to Nepal bird strike

A flydubai flight from Kathmandu to Dubai experienced a bird strike during takeoff but returned to the United Arab Emirates, the company said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Indian climber pulled from crevasse in Nepal improving

An Indian climber who was rescued after spending three days in a 980-foot-deep Nepalese crevasse is recovering in a Kathmandu hospital but his condition is still critical

Daily Mirror

British family's death certificate struggle after son dies in Nepal plane crash

Ruan Crighton from Brentwood, Essex, was one of 72 people on board the Yeti Airlines Flight 691 from Nepalese capital Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara when it crashed

Irish Mirror

Wife of mountaineer Noel Hanna: 'He fell asleep, never to awaken again - there was no better place for him to die'

Lynne Hanna said there was 'no better place' for a mountain man to die than the Himalayas

Dynamite News

Department of Immigration, Nepal government issues alert for fugitive Amritpal Singh

The Department of Immigration, Nepal government has alerted its offices, particularly those at airports to prevent Amritpal Singh, a radical preacher from Punjab, India who could flee to a third country using Nepali territory either on his own passport or a fake passport, the Himalayan Times reported. Read further on…

AAP

Kathmandu owner KMD Brands posts $13m half-year profit

The group that owns Kathmandu clothing shops and the Rip Curl brand has reported a rise in sales of more than one-third in the six months to the end of January.

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