Indian Army donates 1 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses to Nepal

The Indian Army has gifted one lakh doses of India-made anti-COVID-19 vaccines to the Nepal Army as part of the efforts of the militaries of the two neighbours to enhance bilateral cooperation. The vaccines were handed over by the Indian Army officials to their counterparts from the Nepal Army at the Tribhuvan International Airport on […]

Nepal lodges protest with India over Tripura CM’s ‘BJP expansion’ remark

Nepal has conveyed its “formal objection” to India over Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb’s statement about expanding the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) influence to Sri Lanka and Nepal and forming governments there. Expressing displeasure, Nepal has lodged a formal protest with India over the remarks and termed it as objectionable. Responding to a tweet […]

Mount Everest is now 8,848.86 metres tall: Here’s how the tallest peak got 3 feet higher

Nepal and China on Tuesday jointly announced that the revised height of the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, is 8,848.86 metres, about 86 centimetres higher than the previous measurement done by India in 1954. The announcement was made via a joint video conference by Nepalese and Chinese officials based in Kathmandu and Beijing respectively. The […]

Nepal, China to jointly announce re-measured height of Mt Everest

Nepal and China have jointly agreed to announce the re-measured height of Mount Everest. A joint statement issued following the completion of the engagements of Chinese President Xi Jinping here, said, “Recognising that Mount Everest, also famous as Sagarmatha in Nepali and Zhumulangma in Chinese, is an eternal symbol of the friendship between Nepal and […]