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Indian Army chief Gen. Manoj Pande conferred honorary title by Nepal's President Bhandari

Tradition started in 1950; India also confers honorary rank of "General of Indian Army" to Nepal Army Chief

The Hindu

India will recruit Gurkha soldiers from Nepal under Agnipath scheme: MEA

Opposition leader says unemployed Agniveers will pose a threat to stability in post-conflict Nepal

The Hindu

Nepal's holy Bagmati River choked with black sewage, trash

Nepal’s most sacred river is also its most polluted

The Independent UK

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4.7-magnitude earthquakes jolt Nepal, tremors felt in Bihar

The earthquake’s epicentre was in Nepal with tremors felt in Bihar’s Katihar, Munger, Madhepura and Begusarai

The Hindu

6.0 magnitude quake jolts Nepal

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 shook Nepal on Sunday morning. Read more on Dynamite news:

Dynamite News

Nepal deploys security forces during challenge to law and odour

Nepalese authorities recently called out security forces to help clear the garbage from Kathmandu after protesters blocked access to landfills accusing authorities of ignoring health concerns of residents living near the stinking mountains of trash.

Radio France Internationale

In Nepal's capital, piles of garbage put off tourists and residents

British tourist Richard McSorley walked past a stinking heap of garbage in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Thursday, reminiscing the much cleaner temple-studded city he had visited decades ago for the first time.

Reuters

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Thane family’s last rites held near Pashupatinath temple

KATHMANDU: The last rites of the four members of a Thane family who were killed along with 18 others in the Tara Air plane crash in Nepal’s mountainous Mustang district were performed on Thursday on the banks of River Bagmati near Pashupatinath temple here.

The Times of India

Family's nod to cremation of the Odia persons that died in Nepal air tragedy

BHUBANESWAR: The bodies of four members of an Odia family, who died in a plane crash in Nepal on Sunday, have been identified by their relatives. They have been brought to Kathmandu from the crash site and kept at a morgue in a hospital there. Ashok Kumar Tripathy, his wife…

The Times of India

Bodies of all 22 victims of Nepal plane crash brought to Kathmandu for post-mortem

The bodies will be handed to the families of the victims after the post-mortem

The Hindu

Aspiring actor, tourists among 22 killed in Nepal plane crash

All 22 onboard Tara Air flight killed as Nepal orders an investigation into the crash amid questions over air safety.

Al Jazeera

Nepal says bodies of all 22 victims of plane crash recovered

The bodies of all 22 people, including 19 passengers and three crew members, who were on board a plane that crashed into a Himalayan mountainside in Nepal two days ago have been recovered, an official said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Nepal says missing plane with 22 on board crashed

KATHMANDU: Nepal's army said on Monday it had located the crash site of a plane that went missing with 22 people on board during cloudy weather on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Western climbers rush to Himalayan peaks as Nepal reboots tourism

Ukraine’s Antonina Samoilova unfurled her country’s flag on Mount Everest earlier this month as Nepal opened its mountains to foreign climbers and set up a new airport to boost its lifeline tourism business which went into deep freeze during the pandemic.

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Nepal Air flight goes missing in bad weather with 22 people onboard after taking off from tourist town

The plane lost contact with the control tower five minutes before it was due to land at Jomsom after taking off from the tourist town of Pokhara, 125 kilometres west of the capital, Kathmandu.

Daily Record

Passenger plane vanishes moments after take-off with 22 people on board

The small aircraft is carrying 19 passengers and three crew members disappeared on Sunday morning as it flew over a remote mountain range in Nepal.

Dynamite News

Nepal: Rapper Balendra Shah becomes new Mayor of Kathmandu

A Nepali rapper Balendra Shah has been elected as the mayor of the capital city Kathmandu. Read more on Dynamite News:

Daily Mirror

World's shortest teenager named as 18-year-old from Nepal measuring 2ft 4.9in

Dor Bahadur Khapangi measures a height of 73.43cm (2ft 4.9in) and was given a Guinness World Records certificate during an awards ceremony in Kathmandu on Monday

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Reuters

Visitors trickle back, but climbing mecca Nepal seeks more

Nepal is putting a 21st-century spin on a tourism sector dominated by activities unchanged for generations as it looks to boost a vital part of an economy decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic and soaring import bills.

Dublin Live

Irishman found dead at Nepal hotel swimming pool

Local police reportedly responded to the discovery of the man's body, which was found at the pool on the first floor of the Hotel Manang in Kathmandu, on Wednesday afternoon just after 3pm

ABC News

North Queensland couple relive their 1980s romance by restoring Top Deck tour bus

After crossing paths in Pakistan while on a backpacking adventure, Paul and Roz Willcocks now plan to enjoy their golden years on the same four wheels.

Irish Mirror

RTE Fair City's Ryan Andrews tells of scramble to charter private helicopter to get out of Kathmandu Airport

The actor is attempting to climb Mount Everest with former Big Brother star Marc O'Neill and pals

Reuters

China and Nepal study feasibility of cross-border power grid

China and Nepal will conduct a feasibility study to construct a high-voltage power transmission line across the Himalayas to facilitate the exchange of electric power, officials said on Saturday.

The Times of India

Nepal Airlines to resume Mumbai-Kathmandu flights

After two long years, Nepal Airlines Corporation has decided to resume its Mumbai-Kathmandu flights. The flights are set to resume from March 27 onward. This will add yet another flight to Nepal-India route at this time, as the government in India has allowed the resumption of scheduled international flights from…

The Times of India

Airlines bullish on Kolkata, international flights get ready for take-off

KOLKATA: Air India is reintroducing its flights to Kathmandu, launching flights to Hong Kong and increasing frequency to Dhaka. AirAsia India is set to connect Bagdogra with Bangkok. In addition, it has plans to introduce flights to Kathmandu, Dhaka and Abu Dhabi from other airports in the region.

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