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All 13 trapped in Thai cave rescued

By Our Reporter All 12 members of a boy’s football team and their coach were rescued, after being trapped in a cave in Thailand for 18 days. The Thai navy Seals, had run the rescue operation, the success to rescue the boys was termed a miracle. Saving 13 persons from …

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France new champions, Putin Hero

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By Our Reporter France won the 21st edition of the World Cup by defeating Croatia by 4-2 in the final held in Moscow on Sunday.  It was the second time France became the world champion in 20 years. France had won its first World Cup in 1998 by defeating Brazil …

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Dr Govinda KC’s condition critical, talks team formed

By Our Reporter The health condition of Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging hunger strike in Jumla since July 30, has further deteriorated since Saturday night. Medics involved in his treatment at the Jumla based-Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), where the anti-corruption crusader has been on a hunger …

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Trump’s blitzkrieg diplomacy: downside and upside

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BY M.R. JOSSE KATHMANDU: Last week, this column argued that America, under President Donald Trump, continued to annoy and flummox friends and foes while maintaining her global status as being far too important to ignore. On the eve of his July 16 Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin – …

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Japan extends scholarships to government officers

By Our Reporter Japanese ambassador Masamichi Saigo, and Dr. Rajan Khanal, secretary of the Ministry of Finance have signed and exchanged a set to notes for extending Japan’s grant assistance up to about 274.1 million Nepali Rupees to Nepal for the implementation of the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship …

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Trump’s agenda behind revoking racial quotas

BY WANG CONGYUE The Trump administration said in early July that it was abandoning the Obama administration’s policy of promoting diversity in universities, known as affirmative action. It stands against considering race as a factor in the admissions process, proposing race-neutral and merit-based methods. This decision matters to whether students …

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US-India nexus potential threat to peace

BY KIRAN MODI-led Indian government is essentially anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan as is evident from the persecution of the Indian Muslims, reign of terror let loose by the Indian security forces against the people of Kashmiri, persistent cross-border firing along the LOC, bellicose blustering by the Indian ministers and generals and …

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Political upheavals may grip Nepal; PM Oli may land in trouble soon

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By NP Upadhdhya Indian Academician Brahma Chellany recently suggested his own government in Delhi that “India would do well if she asks for an apology from Nepal for all of its past blunders that New Delhi committed on the tiny Himalayan “sovereign” nation” in the past. Perhaps he was talking …

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All worked up by works in progress

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By Maila Baje If reality is a work in progress, our polity surely encapsulates the perpetuity of the process. With too many experiments going on at the same time – in parallel as well as in conflict – every appearance of arrival only advances our destination. After plodding on for …

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Nepal still an underdeveloped country

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By PR Pradhan When political leaders dance to the tune of foreigners and intellectuals run behind the INGO funds, then it is sure, the country and people will suffer. The same has happened in Nepal. Just recently, Bangladesh, a youngest country in South Asia, celebrated the event of upgrading the …

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