Nepal

The recruitment process for the Indian Army under the Agnipath scheme was scheduled to start in Nepal on August 25. However, the Nepalese side wants to delay the plan to recruit Nepalese youths under the scheme, which provides for a four-year term with no post-retirement benefits.

According to the analysis, Covid-19 has pushed gender parity back a generation, and the global recovery is making matters worse. The WEF said that India's gender gap score reached its seventh-highest level in the previous 16 years.

Intelligence sources said that reducing dependency on India and fuelling anti-India sentiments would be among the key topics discussed in the Kathmandu meeting.The ISI is also planning to aggravate the strained ties between the Himalayan nations and wants to act as a facilitator between Nepal and China.

Singer Saraswoti Khatri shared a photo and expressed her thoughts after meeting Rahul Gandhi.

Senior Superintendent Yagya Binod Pokhrel, the chief of Lalitpur Metropolitan Police Range, was quoted by Kathmandu Post as saying the blast occurred when workers were refilling oxygen in a cylinder inside the Patan Industrial Area.

Economic activities in both countries are driven by the tourism sector and Covid-19 pandemic has made the situation worse for India's two neighbouring countries.

Rupay cards are already operational in Singapore, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

The two countries also signed and exchanged several documents and MoUs, with Nepal joining the International Solar Alliance.

PM Modi underscored the value of agreeing on the FTA or free trade agreement to boost mutual trade among BIMSTEC nations.

The report said that Bangladesh and Nepal are the major importers of maize from India. Other countries that import maize are Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Taiwan, and Oman.