NEW DELHI:The new Agnipath scheme to recruit troops (Agniveers) into the Indian armed forces has drawn flak in Nepal. The concern is it will affect the recruitment of Gorkha soldiers into the Indian Army with the resultant impact on jobs and pensions in the long run. The politicians have also stepped in, hoping to use […]Read More

New Delhi: The new Agnipath scheme to recruit troops (Agniveers) into the Indian armed forces has drawn flak in Nepal. The concern is it will affect the recruitment of Gorkha soldiers into the Indian Army with the resultant impact on jobs and pensions in the long run. The politicians have also stepped in, hoping to […]Read More

NEW DELHI: The Nepal Army brass has come under criticism from opposition party politicians for inking agreements with foreign governments, in this case the US. From an Indian point of view it would seem rather innocuous, signing an agreement for cooperation in disaster relief management with the US National Guard. But as Maj. Gen. Binoj […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Has the time come to take Buddha and Buddhism to the next level? This may appear facetious but Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Lumbini in Nepal, where the Buddha was born, could set that stage. One could argue that at a time when the world is consumed by the war in Ukraine, and […]Read More

NEW DELHI: This is not Sher Bahadur Deuba’s first visit to India as prime minister. He’s been here in his earlier avatars as prime minister. What makes this different is the absence of that prickly hostility which KP Sharma Oli, Deuba’s predecessor, exemplified towards India. In this conversation on StratNewsGlobal, Ranjit Rae, former ambassador to […]Read More
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