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A Welcome Reset in India-Nepal Relations Amidst Chinese Encroachment of Nepalese Territories
Dr Rishi Gupta Article

A New Beginning
Amidst the gloom and pessimism in India-Nepal relations in the past five years, the two countries now seem to be moving towards a reset in bilateral ties. Since taking office in July 2021, the newly appointed Prime Minist....

October 27, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , Nepali Congress , KP Oli , S Jaishankar , Sher Bahadur Deuba , ndia-Nepal Relations , Bhartiya Janta Party , Chinese Enchrochment , Nepal-China border dispute , Prakash Mahat
“Kathmandu Dilemma: Resetting India-Nepal Ties” by Ranjit Rae, Vintage Books, New Delhi, pp. 224, 2021, ₹ 499
Dr Rishi Gupta

As one completes the immigration and security checks at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) and passes through the boarding gates, one gets amused on why is there another set of security checks, just next to the runway, before boarding an Air I....

September 23, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Book Reviews , Air India , India-Nepal Ties , Janjati-Madhesi
India Nepal Economic Dialogue: Unleashing Potentials

In the ongoing VIF series on India and Its Neighbours, an interaction programme was organised on “India-Nepal Economic Dialogue: Unleashing Potentials” on 9 September 2021 in association with the Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Stu....

September 17, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Interaction , Upper Karnali , Vishakhapatnam Port , Buddhist Circuit
Taliban Takeover and Implications for Nepal
Dr Rishi Gupta Article

Nepalese in Afghanistan
Amidst Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the leading global powers continue to repatriate their citizens from Afghanistan. At the same time, geographically smaller countries are looking for international cooperation....

August 26, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Nepal , Article , Pakistan , Border , Terrorism , Security , Taliban , ISI , Remittances , Government of Nepal , Nepalese Migrant Labourers , Repatriation , Emergency Response , Nepal Economy , Nepal-India Border , Nepal Earthquake 2015
Compulsions of Coalition Politics in Nepal
Dr Rishi Gupta Article

The Backdrop
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba led Government in Nepal unveiled a Common Minimum Programme (CMP) on August 08, 2021.1 In less than a month in office, Deuba has launched the CMP as a systematic planning model to ad....

August 18, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , India , China , Nepal politics , Nepali Congress , Madhesh , Coalition Politics , BRI , Communist Party of Nepal , KP Oli , Common Minimum Programme , Sher Bahadur Deuba , Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) , Political Instability in Nepal , Janta Samajbadi Party , Maoist Center
India’s Engagement with Nepal and Bhutan: What can India do More?

Amidst rising tensions along India’s northern border, does India’s engagement with Nepal and Bhutan meet its strategic requirements, and what else can India do more? To discuss these questions, a webinar was organised on “India’s Engagement w....

August 12, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Bhutan , Interaction , Act East , Doklam , OBOR , Neighbourhood first policy , Nepalese politics , Himalayan Railway network
Nepalese Budget 2021-22: Whiter Madhesh?
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

As the parliament in Nepal was dissolved by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on May 22 to pave the way for the mid-term elections in November, a week later, on May 29, in a televised address Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel presented the annual budget pl....

June 10, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Nepal , COVID-19 , Budget , Terai
Nepal Urges International Community to help in fight against COVID-19
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Article

Being helpless to control the unbridled growth in coronavirus cases, the Nepalese Prime Minister, K.P. Sharma Oli has appealed to the international community to help the Himalayan nation by supplying vaccines, coronavirus testing kits, oxygen kits, I....

May 18, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , India , KP Sharma Oli , COVID-19 , Vaccines , Oxygen , Mt. Everest
Politics of Geo-politics: Continuity and Change in India-Nepal Relations; Edited by Lok Raj Baral (2018); 256p; price: 799 ISBN-10: 81-8363-138-9; Publisher Adarsh Books, New Delhi
Dr Cchavi Vasisht

The edited volume includes multiple perspectives of former diplomats and academicians from India and Nepal. It theorises India-Nepal relations, focussing broadly on economic, security and geopolitical relations. The book was published in 2018, and wr....

April 28, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Book Reviews
Crisis Deepens in Nepal Even After Restoration of Parliament
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

Even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) was engaged more in internal power tussle rather than addressing the issues related to controlling the disease. In such a moment, President Bidya Devi Bhandari, at the recommen....

March 08, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India , China , Nepali Congress , Supreme Court , KP Sharma Oli , Nepal Communist Party , Madhav Kumar Nepal , Pushpa Kumar Dahal
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