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Think global, act local
Published On: July 21, 2019 08:38 AM NPT By: Babu Ram Neupane
All problems are global but their solutions are local. Believe it or not, most of the problems we are facing today are caused by various phenomena for which we are responsible including haphazard use of insecticides that is very hazardous to public health. It becomes more concerning when vegetables that enter our kitchen on a daily basis are infested with insecticides that pose serious challenge to our physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.
Guard your apprehension
Published On: July 21, 2019 08:34 AM NPT By: Suresh Sharma
Since the restoration of democracy, Nepali interest groups are quite vocal on our foreign affairs matters. Media and independent scholars are no different. So they keep telling us that Nepal’s foreign relation should be more dynamic, our foreign policy should be redefined in changed regional or global geo-political paradigm, so on and so forth.
Expediting development
Published On: July 21, 2019 08:29 AM NPT By: Kedar Neupane
A follow-up interaction session between National Planning Commission (NPC), attended by a senior member of the commission, and Nepal Policy Institute (NPI) was held in Bangkok on May 29 this year. During the session, NPI recalled priority issues which were proposed as development planning goals in areas of (1) food security, for Nepal’s imports of basic food items have not abated (2) lifting restrictions on foreign direct investment and (3) inducting economic diplomacy as top foreign policy instrument.
From moon to space
Published On: July 21, 2019 08:25 AM NPT By: Brahma Chellaney
NEW DELHI – Fifty years after astronauts first walked on the Moon, space wars have gone from Hollywood fantasy to looming threat. Not content with possessing enough nuclear weapons to wipe out all life on Earth many times over, major powers are rapidly militarizing space. Given the world’s increasing reliance on space-based assets, the risks are enormous.
War changed everything
Published On: July 20, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Prem Singh Basnyat
After Nepal ratified Sugauli Treaty following the war with British India, Nepal’s politics, history and economy changed. Here is how
For whom the bell tolls
Published On: July 20, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Usha Pokharel
The sound of the bell breaks the train of thoughts of a person and helps to focus the mind and make it more receptive
Volunteering during disaster
Published On: July 20, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Simone Galimberti
During the disaster, Nepal can rely on a professional corps of volunteers, the first response teams composed by citizens from all the walks of life
Rise against discrimination
Published On: July 18, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Sangita Chalise
How many Dalits possess land in cities? How many Dalit students are enrolled in top-notch private schools and colleges? How many Dalit politicians are there in higher ranks?
On plantation campaign
Published On: July 18, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Bhairab Raj Kaini
Fruit tree plantation is good and necessary initiative for Nepal but we cannot achieve it within a single year. We at least need three years
The great crypto heist
Published On: July 18, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Nouriel Roubini
Cryptocurrencies are routinely launched and traded outside the domain of official financial oversight. The result is crypto land has become an unregulated casino
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