Rebranding Lumbini

Published On: September 3, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Biranchi Poudyal

Rebranding Lumbini

Apart from saying ‘Buddha was born in Nepal’ how many worthful initiatives have we taken to promote the birthplace of Gautam Buddha?

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Private data, public good

Published On: September 3, 2019 12:00 AM NPT By: Stefaan G. Verhulst

Private data, public good

“Data collaboratives,” an emerging form of partnership in which participants exchange data for the public good, have huge potential to benefit society and improve artificial intelligence

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Rationalists of Nepal, unite

Published On: September 2, 2019 10:01 AM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal

Rationalists of Nepal, unite

Anyone critically following views and opinions peddled by media in Nepal, including social media and major news media, must have sensed this. The information landscape is flooded with half-information and misinformation. Emotion prevails. Reason has taken the backstage. It is easy during such times to lose foresight and context. The costs of decisions made during periods of half-information can be very high and irrevocable.

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Betting on foreign investment

Published On: September 2, 2019 09:56 AM NPT By: Purushottam Ojha

Betting on foreign investment

The commonly accepted objective of foreign direct investment is to create conducive policy, regulatory and operational environment for attracting foreign owned companies or the multi-nationals to invest into the host country. The investment made in the productive sector of economy not only helps create job and employment opportunities through injection of foreign capital and technology but also helps in increasing productive capacity of the economy and improve balance of payment through increased export of goods and services.

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What divides NATO?

Published On: September 2, 2019 09:51 AM NPT By: Marco Overhaus

What divides NATO?

BERLIN – When US President Donald Trump arrives in Poland on August 31, he is certain to receive a rapturous welcome from the country’s government. And, having recently proclaimed himself the new Messiah for the people of Israel, Trump may interpret the applause in Warsaw to mean that he is the king of Poland, too.

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Flailing at China

Published On: September 1, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Stephen S Roach

Flailing at China

Notwithstanding all the criticism of China in the West, progress on the road to the Next China actually has been quite extraordinary over the past dozen years

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Managing wastes

Published On: September 1, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Sushmita Dulal

Managing wastes

Unmanaged waste has adverse impact on public health and economy. The government should manage it properly

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Claim your products

Published On: September 1, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Jivesh Jha

Claim your products

In lack of specific Geographical Indication law, Nepal could even lose its sovereign rights over the products which have their origin in Nepal

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Breaking the barriers

Published On: September 1, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Hitesh Karki

Breaking the barriers

No matter how much we glorify role of ICT in improving education, it cannot happen without larger participation of teachers

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Understanding disability

Published On: August 31, 2019 01:05 AM NPT By: Usha Pokharel

Understanding disability

Parents please don’t make a face just yet. This is a very important topic.  When I start to talk for the rights of people with disability, I often get asked if someone in my family has some form of disability because I do not have any disability.  Without my glasses, I would be one. Let us face it. Challenges to a person’s health can happen to anyone, at any age and at any time.  Just remember those people impacted by the earthquake. They were abled people before.  Now within a very short time they have become people with disability.  Their lives have changed.

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