Commentaries
Remarks by H.E. Mr. Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Foreign Secretary of India at the first AIDIA Distinguished Lecture
H.E. Ambassador Dr. Madan Bhattarai, H.E. Ambassador of India Shri Vinay Kwatra and my colleagues in the Indian Embassy, Founder AIDIA Shri Sunil KC Former Ambassador of Nepal to India Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen Namaste...
Is Government Doing Sufficient to respond COVID 19?
The devastating public health crisis created by the coronavirus has a huge impact on human health globally. The virus, which has emerged from the city of Wuhan in China, has already killed 521,490 people affecting 10,923,460 till July 2, 20...
Talk at the top level
Nepal has to initiate head-to-head talks with BJP leadership, especially Prime Minister Modi. Previous experiences have shown that bureaucratic talks do not help much. The e-inauguration of Darchula to Lipulekh road by India&rsqu...
COVID-19 in Nepal: Low numbers don't tell the whole story
With over 1.5 million cases globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in countries with the strongest existing healthcare systems, while countries with weaker economies and healthcare infrastructure fac...
A Study Report on Increasing Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
When the whole country had undergone house arrest since March 24, one could predict the situation of those households who struggle each day to fight against Gender-Based Violence! From centuries Nepalese society has been dominated by patri...
Coronavirus: will there be a new world order?
The Governor of New York stated that Covid-19 is spreading in New York faster than “a bullet train”. Not only in New York, it is evident that the number of Coronavirus cases continue to increase exponentially in multiple countri...
COVID-19 impacting Nepal’s tourist based economy
Tourism is one of the largest industries in Nepal. Last year, Nepal’s tourism industry generated Rs 240 billion and supported 1 million jobs. Novel Coronavirus (hereafter referred as ‘COVID-19’) has hard hit this industry...
Sunup of Federal Republican Constitution, Sundown of Unitary Charters in Nepal
Although Nepal has already experimented with four formal Constitutions and two Interim Constitutions since 1948, the 2015 Constitution is idiosyncratic as it establishes the Himalayan state as a ‘Federal Democratic Republic’ for...
Sanctity of judiciary must for maintaining Rule of Law, Constitutionalism
The rule of law doesn’t exist unless there is an independent judiciary to help protect it. Independent and impartial judiciary is indisputably believed as one of the hallmarks of a vibrant democracy. However, the elected govern...
The progressive and regressive issues of Nepali Constitution: A study in the light of Constitution of India
A painful decade of bloody Maoist insurgency and then years of failed attempts later, Nepal on September 20, 2015 got a new Constitutional document, a development that led to celebrations in Hills but 135 days long protests in southern plai...