Nepal-India relations got a renewed boost as Prime Minister Prachanda met India s Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra here on February 13. Matters relating to cooperation on energy, trade, commerce, connectivity, culture, agriculture, and education were discussed between the two sides.
It is common for northern India and Nepal to occasionally experience moderate earthquakes due to fluctuations in seismic activity as the region is situated near active faults, Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday.
On 3 November, an earthquake struck Jajarkot district in western Nepal, about 550 km from Kathmandu, the tremors of which were also felt in Delhi and parts of north India. The natural disaster has left at least 155 dead.