14 killed after bus with 43 Indian pilgrims drives off Nepal highway
At least 14 people were killed, 16 other injured and several more believed to be missing after a bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims drove off a key highway on …
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X-ray tests in Nepal powered by AI hailed as key in global TB eradication
The group of health professionals views their expedition in May as a success. Their goal is to show that portable X-ray machines equipped with AI – each weighing about 25kg …
Pilot lone survivor in Nepal plane crash that killed 18 others
A plane crashed Wednesday just after taking off from Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor. Authorities have pulled all 18 …
Indian climber dies after Everest bid, eighth death this season
An Indian climber rescued from Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said on Tuesday, taking the number of fatalities this season on the world’s highest mountain to …
Families of Nepali mercenaries fighting for Russia in Ukraine war pressure government for their rescue: ‘hope is all we have’
The 17-day protest ended on Sunday after the government assured them that their demands would be addressed. “We are just baffled why the government hasn’t listened to us,” Kapri told …
Can Nepal get a lift from wooing by India and China to become a middle-income economy?
“Nepal’s strategic location, situated between emerging markets India and China, signifies it as an ideal investment destination,” he told the summit during its opening on Sunday. Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa …
Dazzling ceiling art: 10 of the best examples, from The Louvre to the Charminar in Hyderabad, India
Drenched in gilded features, the gallery is embellished by myth-laden murals on its vaulted ceilings. Most prominent among them is Apollo Slays the Python, by French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix …
Nepali ‘rock star’ nun’s story told in Ani Choying Drolma: Mission Impossible. Film’s director hopes it focuses minds on risks to girls in poverty everywhere
“I thought ‘Wow! What did she do to all these girls that made them so elegant and full of feminine qualities, even though they come right out of poverty’?” Music …
More Nepali women leave country for work but struggle with ‘nightmare’ of illegal recruiters, abusive employers
“I’m going alone to help secure my daughter’s future. I am hopeful that, one day, she will be successful and help us back,” she said. A girl from the Nepali …
Nepal tells Russia to stop recruiting its citizens as mercenaries after 6 die
Nepal said that six of its citizens had been killed while serving as mercenaries in the Russian army and another had been captured in Ukraine, confirming that Nepalis are fighting …