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Nepali students perform rituals for Janai Purnima, a festival celebrated with feasts of Kwati, lentils, and men renewing their Janai strings.
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The
#COVID19Lockdown
has cleaned the air over
#Nepal
and northern
#India
. So much so that for the first time in many years, Mt
#Everest
can be seen again from
#Kathmandu
Valley even though it is 200km away.
More breathtaking images by
@AbhushanGautam
:
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.
@MissWorldNepal
is on a whirlwind tour: to the remote village of Bharta in Makwanpur where she is building a health post, on to London for a fundraising dinner, and stopping over in Kathmandu en route to China.
Find out more in this piece by
@sewa_ditee
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Jenny Rai who was arrested during the
#HongKongProstests
speaks about spending 48 hours in a police custody and facing derogatory remarks about her status as an ethnic minority. Read full report by Will Patterson.
#Nepal
#HongKong
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Kulman Ghising to stay on
Energy Ministry has endorsed a second term for popular NEA chief, decision to go to Cabinet for approval.
#kulmanghising
#Nepal
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By raising taxes on
#ElectricVehicles
, the
#budget
had made a mockery of PM Oli’s own declaration that 20% of vehicles in
#Nepal
would be electric by 2020.
With this, the axe has fallen on the only hope to reduce
#AirPollution
& import bill for
#petroleum
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Away from the doom and gloom, locked down Kathmandu is abloom in Jacaranda, with the streets leading up to Tundikhel painted in purple.
Photos: Amit Machamasi/Nepali Times
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#Nepal
Parliament on Saturday unanimously passed a Constitution Amendment Bill putting
#Kalapani
,
#Limpiyadhura
and Lipu Lekh in its official map.
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe tabled the bill for discussion.
Photos by
@BikramRai0
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The
#supermoon2016
rises from behind the lower ridge of Rolwaling with a stunning view of Swayambunath in the foreground in
#Kathmandu
.
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Indian spiritual figure Sadhguru visited Kathmandu Darbar Square on Monday during the final leg of his pilgrimage tour of Nepal.
Sadhguru has been on a tour to view Mansarovar Lake and Mt Kailash in Tibet from a vantage point in the Nepal-China border at Lapcha, Humla district.
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Nepal Police on Friday afternoon arrested a youth from Baneshwor for disregarding a week long national lockdown. The officials used multifunctional rescue & arrest device to make the arrest.
Photos: Ratna Shrestha/RSS
#CoronavirusLockdown
#Nepal
#Nepallockdown
#COVID19
#Kathmandu
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#Wildfires
are spreading across the Tarai and mid-mountains of
#Nepal
, shrouding the whole country in smoke. People complain of stinging eyes, headaches and breathing difficulties.
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Kathmandu’s ancient water spouts provide more reliable supply than the $700 million Melamchi project.
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The son of British comedian, Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) has been recruited in The British Gurkha brigade.
Ben Atkinson spent ten weeks in Nepal learning its culture, language and the recruitment process in order to join the Brigade.
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Santosh Shah , the Nepali chef who finished second place in the 2020 edition of
#BBC
’s “Master Chef: The Professionals,” arrives in
#Kathmandu
on Thursday.
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View of Kathmandu Valley all lit up on Laxmi Puja night from Chandragiri.
Photos: Bikram Rai
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The US has pledged 60 million doses of its
#AstraZeneca
stockpile with 20 countries,
#Nepal
is not on the list.
The Covid Alliance for Nepal urges US Ambassador Randy Berry
@USEmbassyNepal
to pursue an immediate supply of
#vaccines
for Nepal.
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Nepali Bollywood star
@mkoirala
, comedian duo Haribansha Acharya and Madan Krishna Shrestha are among prominent public figures who have urged PM Oli to reconsider the decision to increase by up to 5 times the tax on imported
#ElectricVehicles
.
#Nepal
#EVs
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Award-winning Nepali journalist & tv personality formerly with
@cnni
@sumnima_udas
recently tweeted with an unusually strong line on
#India
’s claim to
#Nepal
’s territory.
Read this interview for her take on Nepal-India relations & modern-day
#journalism
.
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We still need to tell many more unheard, unseen stories.
@cbidhya
of
@hernekatha
#HimalMediaMela2023
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Nepalis win two investigative
#journalism
awards.
Namrata Sharma (
@NamrataSharmaP
) and Bhrikuti Rai (
@bbhrikuti
) receive separate awards for their exposés of injustice.
@FinUncovered
@fjawards
@amnesty
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Swiss geologist Toni Hagen died in 2003, but the photos he took while crisscrossing the mountains and plains of
#Nepal
in 1950s and 60s, represent a time capsule of the land and people, and show us the way we were.
Time capsule of Kathmandu:
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Thirty years after the iconic photograph of her during the first People’s Movement of 1990, Durga Thapa returned to the abandoned and dusty Khula Manch this week to mark the occasion.
Photo: Min Bajracharya
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Two months after the Art Institute of Chicago returned a stolen 800-year-old stone sculpture, more of Nepal’s antiquities have been located at the museum, raising questions about how they got there.
@AlishaSijapati
reports.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Kathmandu for two-day long state visit. He received the Guard of Honour at Kathmandu airport in the presence of President Bidya Bhandari, Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun & PM KP Oli.
Photos: DOI Nepal
#XiJinpingNepalVisit
#Nepal
#China
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With the end of monsoon, the sky has cleared up in Kathmandu Valley giving the residents a spectacular view of Gang Chhenpo, Gurapo Ri and Dorje Lakpa mountains on Tuesday.
Photos: Suman Nepali
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After heavy overnight snowfall the Dhulikhel Hills near Kathmandu are blanketed in new snow Saturday morning.
Photo: Kamal Nepal / Mahabharata Homestay
#Nepal
#Kathmandu
#snow
#snowfall
#winter
#mountains
#Himalayas
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Kathmandu's usually busy Ring Road looks completely deserted in these drone images taken this morning as national lockdown came into effect since 6AM today.
Photos by
@BikramRai0
#Nepallockdown
#covid19nepal
#CoronavirusLockdown
#dronephotography
#StayHome
#Kathmandu
#Nepal
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GAGANCARE: Free treatment for sick infants & dialysis, transplants for
#kidney
patients
@thapagk
#worldhealthday2017
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In 2016,
@NatGeo
listed Sagarmatha National Park as one of the world's five best
#stargazing
sites on the planet.
Reduced
#pollution
during the
#lockdown
means stargazing is now possible also from cities.
An exclusive on
#Nepal
's astrotourism potential.
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Nepalis are not dying on the country’s highways, they are being killed.
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This week's heavy snowfall has turned Nepal into a winter wonderland. This is Rara Lake from Murma Peak in northwestern Nepal on Thursday.
Photo: Bharat Bandhu Thapa
#Nepal
#Rara
#winte
#snowfall
#mountains
#Himalayas
#snow
#lake
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There is a village in Thailand, created & settled by Nepalis after end of WWII that neither Nepali nor Thai governments knew existed till recently.
Forgotten by the world, a Nepali village on Thai-Burma border clings to its heritage.
#WorldRefugeeDay2020
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Cap for Caption Contest
What could Foreign Affairs Minister Pradeep Gyawali be saying?
The funniest caption wins a Nepali Times cap.
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In
#Kapilvastu
, archaeologists are not only researching the ruins of the ancient towns, but also relics left here by pilgrims over the centuries which reveal that Gautam Buddha, besides being the divine entity he is today, was also a historical figure.
#Buddhasbirthday
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Nepali flutist Manose has been nominated for a Grammy Award alongside spiritual singers
@DevaPremalMiten
for their album, Deva under the Best New Age Album category.
@RecordingAcad
#nepal
#GrammyNominations
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FUMING KATHMANDU
Watch people in Kathmandu battle dust and smoke on major streets of the city
Read more:
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Tribute to Nepali human rights advocate Tejshree Thapa who died in New York on Tuesday.
By
@yeti2yeti
#HumanRights
#Nepal
#obituary
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"If Birendra was alive, Nepal would still be a monarchy"
On the 20th anniversary of the royal massacre, people who knew King Birendra pay tribute.
By
@AlishaSijapati
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Demonstrators were out in force on Sunday afternoon at Kathmandu Mandala to dance to the YouTube music video after singer Pashupati was forced to take it down following threats by ruling NCP cadre.
@sewa_ditee
#PressFreedom
#Nepal
Visit for more updates.
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"If you clean up politics, you can clean up everything."
@RabindraMishra
on his new political party
@Sajha_Party
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Switching to electric public transport & battery vehicles to reduce petroleum import bill by just 10% would save Rs21 billion a year – besides promoting domestic clean energy & improving health.
COVID-19 has provided us the perfect opportunity to do so.
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Police arrest environment activists who staged a demonstration in front of Singha Darbar demanding that the government implement climate or health emergency.
Photos: Amit Machamasi/Nepali Times
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After more than a decade of expression through traditional and digital artforms, Ashim Shakya experimented with AI to create this graphic, titled गन्तव्य (Destination). This symbolic work conveys the state of the country, intergenerational outmigration, and the nation’s future.
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Members of the
#LGBTIQ
community and their supporters take part in the annual Gaijatra Pride Parade on Tuesday
More:
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They grew up in Maiti Nepal and are now treating patients, prescribing medication and dressing wounds in the emergency ward
@ramusapkota
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All-Nepali winter first on
#K2
Mountaineers from
#Nepal
do near impossible: first ever winter ascent of the world’s second-highest mountain.
#K2winter2021
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Meet
#Kathmandu
-born Curtis Waters who is fast becoming international
#music
sensation.
His infectious single Stunnin’ has been streamed over 25 million times, and it ranked
#3
on
@RollingStone
’s Breakthrough 25 Chart for June.
@kashishds
@imcurtiswaters
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Kathmandu Valley is lit up on the evening of Laxmi Puja. Swayambhunath Stupa as seen from Terger Oselling Monastery, Halchowk, Kathmandu on Wednesday.
Photos
@BikramRai0
#Tihar
#FestivalofLights
#Nepal
#festivals
#LaxmiPuja
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Gaurika Singh with fellow swimmers and her family after winning the historic 4 🥇🥇🥇🥇 gold medals at the
#SouthAsianGames2019
.
Photos:
@BikramRai0
#GaurikaSingh
#swimming
#SAG2019
#Nepal
#sports
#SAGames2019
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The endangered Gangetic Freshwater Dolphin have made a comeback in Nepal, swimming upstream from India to the Karnali river to breed during the
#monsoon
.
#Nepal
#EndangeredSpecies
Details in this report by Unnati Chaudhary:
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Kathmandu airport is getting ready to welcome passengers after nearly three months of closure.
Passengers will be pleasantly surprised by the improvements and precautions taken for
#coronavirus
prevention.
Take a tour of the upgraded and improved
#Kathmandu
#Airport
.
@TIACAO2
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Perfect time to revisit Jyoti Thapa Mani's 'Gorkha Braves' a history of the Anglo-Nepal War 1814-16 and the genesis of Gorkha recruitment.
@kundadixit
's review of book by the descendant of a warrior in the Gorkhali army:
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Nepal Army marks
#KukurTihar
at Bhairav Bahan Gulm in Bhaktapur on Wednesday. On this day, pets and community
#dogs
, revered as Yama Raj's gatekeepers, are worshipped and fed treats. This year, Kukur Tihar coincides with
#KaagTihar
, the day of the crows.
Photos:
@MachamasiAmit
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Ten Nepalis ascend
#K2
in what is being hailed in the international mountaineering community as a major milestone but Nepal’s political leaders couldn’t be bothered.
Cartoon: Diwakar Chettri
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Mithila paintings that were done at weddings, festivals and feasts have now gone commercial, enabling female artists to hone skills and giving them financial independence, recognition and respect within
#Nepal
and, increasingly, across the world.
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Nepali Times thanks all 300,000 readers. Looking forward to the next 300K.
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#Bahrain
Prince Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa arrived in
#Nepal
with a 18-member expedition from the Royal Guard to climb Mt Manaslu, the world’s eighth highest peak.
Full story:
Photos by
@BikramRai0
.
#mountaineering
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On Tuesday, Nepali youths gathered at Patan Darbar area to condemn the current situation in Palestine and demand an immediate ceasefire.
Photos: Suman Nepali
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The last recorded conversation between the US-Bangla Flight 211 pilot and the TIA Air Traffic Control indicates a possible confusion in the cockpit about the Runway.
Full story and video:
@KanakManiDixit
#planecrash
#TIA
#USBanglaCrash
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One week after Nepal, Mexico celebrates Kukur Tihar.
@EmbaMexInd
#KukurTiharM
éxico2018
#KukurTihar
#Mexico
#Dogs
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Nepali Army team bagged the Gold Medal in Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2019 in Wales this week, topping 140 military teams from all over the world.
Photo: NEPAL ARMY
#Nepal
#ARMY
#military
@thenepalesearmy
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This week's Nepali Times: Produced by an all-women team.
Grab a copy or visit
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Growing up in Nepal, Pratap Thapa watched his parents wait for the rains to plant crops.
At university, Thapa invented a unique pump that uses a river’s flow to pump water up to farms.
More about his Barsha Pump:
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Heavy snowfall has turned Nepal into a winter wonderland and brought out Rara's rare beauty. The best spot to see the lake and how it changes colour by the hour is from Murma Peak or from the hiking trail to Jumla.
More photos by
@bharatbandhut
online.
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The second wave is projected to peak with at least 15,000 cases a day by July. But nothing is stopping
#Nepal
from falling victim to the 3rd, 4th and more waves.
The only way out of this
#pandemic
is herd immunity through mass
#vaccination
.
@SagloSamaj
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Since being elected to the deputy mayor of Pokhariya, Salma Khatun has been undermined and had her character questioned, all because she had an opinion of her own and dared to speak up despite being a woman.
Full video
Story
#Nepal
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Nepali migrant workers in the Gulf region collectively raised money to rush 560 oxygen cylinders which arrived in Kathmandu on Saturday evening on a Nepal Airlines flight from Muscat.
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The 2015 earthquake had just hit Kathmandu, and a patient was admitted to Alka Hospital. His small black pet puppy had followed the man.
The patient died during treatment. But for the past eight years, the dog has waited for her owner outside the room.
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Nepal wants stolen antiquities returned from France
The 600-year-old gilded figures stolen from Patan 40 years ago are being auctioned at Bonhams this week.
@AlishaSijapati
reports.
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The 12th century Laxmi-Narayan statue stolen from Patan in 1984 has been handed over to Nepal Embassy in the US. Deputy Assistant Director of FBI Timothy N Dunham and Nepal Ambassador to the US Yubaraj Khatiwada were present during the handover
Photos: Amitabh Joshi/Nepali Times
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In this Saturday’s longread,
@KundaDixit
brings the inside story of
#Nepal
’s Rana dynasty as told by Ranas themselves.
Review of two books about the dynasty that ruled Nepal for 104 years.
#history
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A herd of sheep from Kuine in Myagdi cross a glacier lake on the way to Dhaulagiri Base Camp. Herder Dewan Chhantyal is guiding the sheep to the base camp for 10 days of grazing.
Photos: DHURBASAGAR SHARMA/RSS
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The only difference between
#Trump
and
#Biden
is that Biden knows where
#Nepal
is, and will not pronounce it “Nipple”
Neither is going to stomach
#China
extending its military, economic and political clout in
#Asia
.
@kundadixit
on
#USElections
.
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Construction of Pokhara's much-awaited new international airport has gathered pace, and is expected to be completed in early 2020. An aerial view taken on Sunday morning.
Photo: Yunmi Seo
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Bonhams cancels auction of Nepali antiquities
After international outcry, the auction of five 600-year-old gods has been called off.
@AlishaSijapati
reports
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Legendary musician Amber Gurung was cremated with state honours at Pashupati Aryaghat on Tuesday.
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#COVID19
has shown that air pollution can be reduced. How can we do it without the socio-economic cost?
Read
@dixit_ajaya
's latest column to find out:
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0.8% Nepalis were blind in 1981. Population then was 15 million, which means 118,000 people were visually-impaired. The prevalence today has decreased to 0.3%, which means only 87,000 out of 29 million people are blind. What brought about this achievement?
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Kathmandu Valley is decked out in lights for
#Tihar
on Sunday evening on the eve of Laxmi Puja.
Photos: Gopen Rai/Nepali Times
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3 former classmates who each went to
@MIT
,
@Harvard
&
@nyuniversity
came together to start a nationwide network of affordable world class schools in
#Nepal
. Now they have bagged a $100,000 award in
#UAE
for energy self-sufficiency plan.
@kundadixit
reports
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Let’s call off Visit Nepal Year 2020. The Covid-19 outbreak provides a safe exit for
#Nepal
to end this poorly-prepared campaign, writes
@kashishds
as he suggests the alternatives to
#VisitNepal2020
.
#COVID
ー19
#CoronavirusOutbreak
#tourism
#publichealth
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First Nepalis on
#SouthPole
Nirmal Purja, Chhang Dawa Sherpa, Karma Tenzing and Tashi Sherpa planted
#Nepal
's flag at the South Pole after skiing 'last 1 degree' spanning 100km on Tuesday. Earlier, the group climbed Mt
#Vinson
, the highest massif on
#Antarctica
.
Photos:
@nimsdai
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Barsha Pump uses the natural flow of rivers to lift water to irrigate fields. It does not need fuel and does not emit greenhouse gases.
Find out how does this Nepali invention now operating 12 countries around the world work.
Full story & video:
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The hills of Dhulikhel have turned white for the second time this year, as snow fell all night around Kathmandu. The last time it snowed in the capital was in 2007, twelve years ago.
Photos:
@bharatbandhut
#Nepal
#Kathmandu
#snowfall
#weather
#snow
#winter
#mountains
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International help for Nepal picks up
The US, EU and other countries have pledged urgent assistance to Nepal to fight the pandemic
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#Nepal
government has decided to
#lockdown
the whole country from Tuesday morning at 6AM for one week till 31 March 6AM following a second
#COVID
ー19 case. The means Nepal will effectively be under
#curfew
for a week.
#covid19nepal
#CoronavirusLockdown
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Chyama puja rituals for Rato Machindranath is underway amidst the curfew in Patan on Friday.
Following Thursday's clash between locals and police, the local administration, guthi sansthan and heritage groups have decided to resume the festival from Friday.
Photos:
@BikramRai0
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Remarkable images of Kathmandu Valley show how much and how fast we changed.
See the photos by Daniel W Edwards:
#Kathmandu
#Nepal
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A four-storey building collapsed in Nayabazar following the earthquake. Pics:
@Dambarks
#NepalEarthquake
http://t.co/USgAJPN8Dc
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New report warns of catastrophic melting of the world’s water towers that will affect 1.9 billion people living downstream from mountain ranges like the
#Himalaya
.
@icimod
@NatGeo
@COP25CL
@UNFCCC
@UNEP
@IPCC_CH
#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateChange
Full story:
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“Because I love my son, we accepted his identity and supported him."
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.
@MohnaAnsari
has already proved that she is not just a token Muslim woman in office.
@omastharai
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A sparrow feeds on an offering made to the statue of Garud at Kathmandu Durbar Square.
Photo: Gopen Rai
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