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Planning, right financial products can help governments address potential risk of a disaster to budgets: CDRI’s Prothi

adminMarch 26, 202508 mins

[ad_1] Risk transfer instruments can offer cost-effective alternatives to measures aimed at mitigating significant long-term climate threats to the economy, said Amit Prothi, director general of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI). CDRI, a multilateral organization based in New Delhi, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 2019 United Nations (UN) Climate…

Game-changer: Using UPI abroad is just as easy as you’d expect

adminFebruary 25, 202504 mins

[ad_1] The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has been expanding UPI’s global footprint since its first international collaboration with Singapore in 2020. Countries that now accept UPI payments include Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Bhutan, Nepal and France. Arun Panicker, a 56-year-old traveler from India, recently experienced this firsthand during a…

Bill to regulate social media raises risk of free speech and free press being casualty in Nepal

adminFebruary 3, 2025012 mins

[ad_1] The K. P. Sharma Oli government’s move to enact new laws in Nepal to regulate social media has met with fierce criticism, with free speech advocates warning of serious implications for freedom of expression in the country. Communications and Information Technology Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung registered the “Bill Related to Operation, Use, and Regulation…

Nepal to export 1,000 MW electricity to India: EAM Jaishankar

adminAugust 19, 202403 mins

[ad_1] External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba during her five-day visit to India, in New Delhi on August 19, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI Nepal will export close to 1,000 megawatt of electricity to India, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Monday (August 19) after holding comprehensive talks…

Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli wins vote of confidence with two-thirds majority in Parliament

adminJuly 21, 202407 mins

[ad_1] Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli won a crucial floor test in Parliament on Sunday with more than two-thirds of lawmakers voting in his favour, nearly a week after he was sworn in to lead a coalition government in the politically unstable Himalayan nation. Oli secured 188 votes in favour of the Vote…

Nepal’s future is ‘bright’: Newly-appointed PM Oli

adminJuly 18, 202403 mins

[ad_1] Newly elected Prime Minister K.P. Oli is being sworn in by President Ram Prasad Poudel, unseen, at the Presidential residence in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Newly-appointed Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on July 18 said that Nepal’s future is “bright”, but its current scenario needs to be changed,…