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China plans $146 bn infra push in Tibet as tensions with India rise: Report

The renewed push to step-up development of the remote and impoverished southwestern region signals Beijing's intent to bolster frontier security amid heightened border tensions with India

Nepal coronavirus update: Record high of single-day Covid-19 cases reported

Nepal has reported 1,228 nw coronavirus cases, the highest single-day spike as the pandemic was raging in the Himalayan country

Nepal's Covid-19 caseload reaches 42,877 with over 1,200 more patients

Nepal's coronavirus caseload has reached 42,877 with 1,228 more cases in the past 24 hours, health officials said on Thursday

Coronavirus update: Nepal reports 1,120 new cases, tally jumps to 41,649

The country also recorded 12 new coronavirus-linked deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 251, said Dr Jageshwar Gautam, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population

Coronavirus in Nepal enters community transmission phase: Health Ministry

With growing cases of Covid-19 cases in Nepal, 12 districts in the country have entered the phase of community transmission, the Ministry of Health and Population said

Nepal struggles with increasing Covid-19 cases; lowering recovery rate

Fatalities attributed to deadly virus crossed 100 mark in mid-August

Nepal adds 927 cases; country's coronavirus tally now crosses 36,000-mark

The coronavirus cases in Nepal on Friday crossed the 36,000-mark after 927 new cases were confirmed

Mount Everest summit success rates doubled over last 30 years, study finds

The researchers found that the overall death rate of around one per cent hasn't changed

Nepal govt to revamp diplomatic code of conduct to 'tame' Beijing

The new code, when it comes into effect, will not allow any meeting to take place between a foreign envoy and the leadership of various political parties in Nepal

Nepal reports 818 new coronavirus cases, takes tally to 31,935: Govt

Nepal on Sunday recorded 818 new coronavirus cases, taking the country's COVID-19 tally to 31,935, the health ministry said.

India, Nepal discuss reconstruction projects at virtual meetings

Virtual working meetings between EXIM Bank, Ministry of External Affairs, Embassy of India in Nepal and CLPIU Building, Govt of Nepal pertaining to reconstruction projects under LoC IV were held

Flipkart partners with Sastodeal in Nepal to enable cross-border trade

Walmart-owned Flipkart said it has entered into a strategic partnership with Nepal's Sastodeal, a move that will help lakhs of Flipkart sellers get access to neighbouring country's e-commerce market

Nepal, India hold high-level virtual talks amidst ongoing border row

The meeting came days after Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli telephoned his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to greet him on India's 74th Independence Day

Nepal PM Oli calls up Modi; greets people of India on Independence Day

PM Modi and his Nepalese counterpart K P Sharma Oli held a telephonic conversation on Saturday, in the first high-level contact after ties between the two countries came under severe strain

22% of Nepal workforce lost jobs during pandemic, senior banker says

Nepal imposed a nationwide lockdown in March after reporting two confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus

China, Nepal should support each other's core interests, Official says

China and Nepal should firmly support each other's core interests and major concerns, a senior Chinese official said

Covid-19: Nepal halves entry points with India, suspends flights till Sept

Security has been stepped up in the border area to check unauthorised movement of people, officials said

After MEA's remarks, India dismisses controversy over Buddha's birthplace

Jaishankar had on Saturday talked about about India's moral leadership and how Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi's teachings are still relevant

Over 60 villages in Bahraich inundated after release of water by Nepal

Medical facilities, vaccination of animals, tarpaulin sheets and food packets are being distributed

In pictures: 70 years of Indo-Nepal Treaty of peace and friendship

Seventy years ago, the Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship was signed