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Helicopter rescues offer lifeline to teenage mothers in Nepal’s remote hills

Emergency airlifts are saving the lives of teenage mothers and newborns in remote districts, where difficult terrain and limited health facilities often turn childbirth into a…

  • Published: July 20, 202610:07 am
  • Author Jyotee Katuwal
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Nepal’s elephant safaris at crossroads as Chitwan weighs ethical tourism shift

A landmark ruling has left Nepal’s premier wildlife destination looking for a way to protect both a tourism economy built around elephant safaris and the livelihoods that depend…

  • Published: July 20, 20269:47 am
  • Author Ramesh Kumar Paudel
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Organic farmers show way beyond Nepal’s fertiliser crisis

As farmers struggle with shortages of chemical fertilisers during the paddy season, growers in Chitwan and Palpa are turning to green manure, compost and locally produced organic…

  • Published: July 17, 202611:58 am
  • Author Ramesh Kumar Paudel and Madhav Aryal
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Why the Indo-Pacific needs to be central to India’s foreign policy

"As the US turns its focus away from the Indo-Pacific, countries in the region must unite as security actors to uphold a rule-based order," writes Smruti S Pattanaik.

  • Published: July 17, 202611:30 am
  • Author Smruti S Pattanaik
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Nepal’s Central Zoo to reopen on Friday as environmental samples test negative for bird flu

The zoo has been closed since June 19 following an outbreak of the deadly virus among vultures, owls, swans and other rare birds, as well as a jungle cat and civets housed at the…

  • Published: July 17, 202610:45 am
  • Author Arjun Poudel
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Babai river erosion in Nepal puts villages at risk

Locals warn of possible inundation as halted flood-control works leave communities exposed during the monsoon.

  • Published: July 17, 202610:30 am
  • Author Kamal Panthi
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Europe emerges as major destination for Nepali workers as Gulf uncertainties grow

Over 53,000 Nepalis secured new labour approvals for 24 European countries in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year of 2025-26.

  • Published: July 17, 202610:27 am
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Nepal government’s two-day weekend cuts off telemedicine for migrant workers

Kathmandu's Bir Hospital's hotline now operates only during Nepal's weekday office hours – resulting in Nepali migrant workers across more than 46 countries no longer having…

  • Published: July 16, 202610:20 am
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Nepal to export 550MW more electricity to India under new agreement

Following a review of the current 1,000 MW electricity import-export capacity through the Dhalkebar–Muzaffarpur 400 kV cross-border transmission line, both sides agreed to…

  • Published: July 16, 20265:30 am
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Nepal emerges as a transit route for smuggling watermelon kernels into India

Traders exploit low customs tariffs on agricultural imports to bring 19,000 tonnes of melon seeds into Nepal before moving them illegally across the open border to cash in on high…

  • Published: July 15, 20269:35 am
  • Author Parbat Portel, Shiva Puri, and Dipendra Baduwal

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