President Donald Trump’s push to implement his large-scale deportation plan has sent shockwaves through immigrant communities, including the Nepali diaspora in the US. Nearly 3,000 Nepali nationals are at risk of deportation within the next six months, leaving the future uncertain for thousands more. According to data from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),...
Sandwiched between the rich Gangetic plains of India to the south and the majestic Himalayan Mountain chain along its borders with China to the north, Nepal holds a special place in South Asia. This landlocked country has always struggled to use its own resources, natural beauty, and rich cultural legacy due to its landlockedness. Nonetheless,...
The recent turn in the India-Bangladesh relationship is the latest among a string of changes in New Delhi’s neighborhood that can be traced to a fresh trend of “nation first” rather than “neighborhood first” foreign policies in the Indian subcontinent. A nation first foreign policy is driven by domestic nationalism and is based on an...
India has briefly reopened the export of footwear, sanitary pads, and diapers, granting manufacturers an extended deadline to obtain or renew Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certificates. However, Nepali manufacturers are concerned about what will happen once the deadline expires, as many have yet to secure the required certification. “The export of sanitary pads and...
Doctors from a Chinese medical team in Nepal provided free health check-ups for some orphans in Kathmandu, the country’s capital, on Wednesday. The nine-member team conducted overall check-ups for 18 orphans housed at Prayas Nepal, a non-profit and non-governmental organization dedicated to helping children in need, including vision and visual field tests, tooth and oral...
China’s relations with Japan, India and other countries are improving as former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House. The change of leadership in Washington on Monday could be an opportunity for China, which has long railed against Biden’s strategy of building partnerships...
Sweeping policy changes marked Donald Trump’s second term as President of the United States. Following his inauguration at the Capitol Hill on January 20, President Trump signed several Executive Orders that included the withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), tighter immigration rules, exit from the Paris Climate Agreement, increased tariffs on Mexico and Canada,...
In the heady mountain air of Davos last week, away from the parties and the back-slapping tech bros, another, more beleaguered crew touted their wares: the multilateralists. On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, representatives of aid agencies, development banks and multilateral lenders grabbed a moment with the many world leaders present, vying for...
In his farewell address, outgoing US President Joe Biden warned “an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy”. The comment suggests that, under Donald Trump’s second term as president, it will be billionaires rather than the people who shape public policy. There is certainly...
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Nepal and China, although civilizational links between the two sides can be traced to early 5th Century AD. Since establishing diplomatic ties on Aug 1, 1955, Nepal and China have enjoyed cordial, cooperative and win-win relations, not least because the two countries...