The fifth aircraft carrying an 11-member rescue team with specialised equipment and 5.5 tonnes of essential medicines has departed for Nepal, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar announced on Wednesday.
Record-breaking mountaineer Nirmal Purja, also known as Nimsdai, died in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan while pursuing a historic mountaineering milestone.
-Harjot Singh Sandhu In 2022, I had the privilege of visiting Nepal and paying obeisance at the sacred Pashupatinath Temple, one of the oldest and holiest temples in Kathmandu. Nepal, often referred to as the “Roof of the World,” is home to eight of the world’s highest mountain peaks, including Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga. It.
Four bodies have been recovered following an avalanche on Broad Peak, an 8,047-metre-high mountain, in Pakistan, with search and rescue teams continuing efforts to locate climbers who remain missing, according to The Kathmandu Post.
Kathmandu: Nepal is set to establish its first-ever Tiger Sanctuary in Chitwan National Park to provide a natural habitat for rescued and “problematic” tigers while promoting eco-tourism and reducing human-wildlife conflict. The proposed sanctuary will be developed on around 52 hectares of land at Devnagar in Chitwan and is expected to accommodate 18 to 20.
The renewed phase of India-Nepal collaboration has assumed a pragmatic outlook, anchored in the principles of mutual benefit, security, and cooperation.
Believe it or not, trees used as a raw material for Japanese banknotes are grown 5,200 km away in the slopes of Nepal. Most of the Mitsumata (Oriental paperbush) used as a raw material for Japanese banknotes is cultivated in the mountainous regions of Nepal. According to revelation by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA),.
Nepal has remained on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, commonly known as the “grey list”, although the Nepali government has been taking several measures to address concerns raised by the global anti-money laundering watchdog. Nepal was placed on the FATF grey list in February 2025 after the watchdog.
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Central Zoo in the Kathmandu Valley has been closed indefinitely since Friday after bird flu was detected in more than a dozen birds and animals. The zoo, home to a wide variety of wildlife, is one of the major attractions for holidaymakers, students, and tourists visiting the Valley. Zoo shutdown and safety measures.
India on Tuesday firmly responded to Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah's remarks on boundary issues and stressed that there is "no role for any third party" on matters related to two nations
