New Delhi’s close relationship with Nepal, bound in history and culture, and the misperception about China’s relations with Nepal before 1950 have contributed to a skewed understanding of Sino-Nepali relations.
Nepal: Facing Crisis Inside His Own Party, PM K P Sharma Oli To Seek Vote Of Confidence On 10 MayÂ
K P Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal.
Nepal s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, who is facing a crisis inside his own party, is to seek a vote of confidence on May 10.
The decision was taken as Oli was increasingly facing non-cooperation from one section of his own Nepal Communist Party-Unified Marxist-Leninist and the Nepal Communist Party-Maoist Centre has threatened to pull out from the government.
A section of Oli s own party led by former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is not happy with Oli, who is also the party Chairman, since the formation of this government some three years back, accusing him of working unilaterally as head of the government and the party.
Glare on hill response to treaty review During his visit to Kathmandu in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had agreed to review the entire spectrum of bilateral relations between India and Nepal.
The Indo-Nepal treaty of peace and friendship of 1950 has come to the fore once again both at the foreign ministry level and also at the local level in Darjeeling but a chain of events over the past few years suggests both the BJP-led Centre and Darjeeling-based political leaders and civil society have only been indulging in lip service.
During his visit to Kathmandu in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had agreed to review the entire spectrum of bilateral relations between India and Nepal. This included review of the Indo-Nepal friendship treaty.
Nepal approves use of Covishield vaccine manufactured in India
India
Updated: Friday, January 15, 2021, 19:59 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 15: Nepal on Friday granted approval for AstraZeneca s COVISHIELD vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the country.
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The decision to grant the approval for the vaccine was taken on Friday, Nepal s Department of Drug Administration (DDA) said in a statement. Conditional permission has been granted for emergency use authorisation of Covishield vaccine against COVID-19 in Nepal, the statement said.
Drug major AstraZeneca has partnered with the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), the world s largest vaccine manufacturer, for the supply of the vaccine to the Indian government and also to a large number of low and middle-income countries.
Nepal-India relations will reach new height says K P Oli
India
Published: Monday, January 11, 2021, 8:09 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 11: Nepal s Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli said that the 370 sq-km area of Kalapani-Limpiadhura-Lipulek at the trijunction of Nepal-India and China (Tibet) has been under the country s possession for long.
Addressing the Upper House of the Nepal Parliament, he said that the issue would be raised during the visit by foreign affairs minister, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali to India on January 14.
Nepal s Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli
It was under Nepal s possession during the previous 146 years. Some people blame me for the downslide in India-Nepal relations. Do I have to seal my lips and maintain silence on issues, he asked.