KATHMANDU, April 20: Female politicians occupy only 6.04 percent of media coverage in Nepal, according to a report published by the Media Advocacy Group (MAG) on Wednesday.
Nepal and the UAE established diplomatic relations in 1977. The bilateral cooperation between the two countries has since increased manifolds. While the UAE is the fourth largest trading partner of Nepal, this Middle Eastern nation is also one of the popular destinations of Nepali migrant workers. The two countries also share common views on significant global issues ranging from renewable energy, climate change to world peace and fight against terrorism both as a member of the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement at the multilateral level. Against this context, Republica's Kosh Raj Koirala talked to UAE Ambassador to Nepal, Saeed Hamdan Al Naqbi, to understand the current state of bilateral relations between Nepal and the UAE, potential areas of cooperation and ways to further promote bilateral relations between the two countries. Excerpts:
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Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to shore up economic relations, two years after ties between Nepal and India plummeted over a border dispute.
Beijing Book Fair 2021: Internationally Digital, Physical for China-Based Publishers
The 35-year-old Beijing Book Fair, responding to public health constraints, will have international participants engaging digitally and in-country publishers offered a physical fair.
In Beijing, domestic tourists gather for a medal ceremony at Tiananmen Square. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Soya Yuxuan Songyang
Dates: August 25 to 29
The next jolt on the still-quaking landscape of world publishing’s trade shows arrives this morning (May 17) from China where the Beijing International Book Fair is announcing that its 2021 edition will be hybrid and limited to physical attendance by Chinese and China-based publishers, in response to public health limitations.