Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulated his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for India’s landmark launch of the COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday.“Congratulations PM @narendramodi and the Government of India on taking this very important step with this massive COVID19 Vaccination drive. We are starting to see the beginning of the end to this devastating pandemic,” he posted in his Twitter account also sharing the Indian Premier’s.
Nepal-India JC meeting focuses on bilateral ties, COVID-19 response and territorial disputes My Republica
KATHMANDU, Jan. 16 The Sixth Meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission (JC) held in New Delhi on Friday mainly focused on enhancing bilateral ties between two nations, their COVID-19 responses and the recent territorial disputes.
In the meeting co-chaired by Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali and his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar, both sides reviewed the entire spectrum of bilateral relations that included the important areas of Covid-19 vaccine, boundary and border management, connectivity and economic cooperation, trade and transit, power and water resources, and culture and education, among others, according to a press statement issued by Embassy of Nepal in New Delhi.
Deuba eyes leading government as Oli hints at an understanding Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, Jan. 3 The Nepali Congress seems to be a confused party. While it did hold demonstrations in all 165 constituencies across the country on December 28 in protest of KP Sharma Oli government s move of dissolving the House of Representatives, the party president, Sher Bahadur Deuba, appears to have reached an understanding with Oli.
On December 29, while receiving a memorandum from All Nepal Women s Union, a sister organisation affiliated to the Nepal Communist Party, Oli declared that there is zero possibility of restoring the House. While justifying his House dissolution move, Oli urged the women leaders to prepare for the elections declared for April 30 and May 10-a year and a half earlier than schedule.