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Neighborhood News Digest – 15 February 2023

Afghanistan
Taliban Divided: Interior Min says Afghanistan in “intolerable” state, spokesperson rebuts – Firstpost
Haqqani’s comments came amid an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeo....

February 15, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Russia , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Japan , Pakistan politics , Daesh , elections , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Taliban , Turkey , Imran Khan , neighbours , IMF , Pakistan Economy , NUG , Drugs , Monarchy , BNP , Bhutan Economy , AL , UNICEF , Tamils , Arms Sales , Rampal plant , Jute
Neighborhood News Digest – 10 February 2023

Afghanistan
Putin Says Afghan Humanitarian Condition Has 'Deteriorated' – Tolo News
Russian President Vladmir Putin pointed out that the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan had deteriorated, with "four million" Afghans needin....

February 10, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , China , Russia , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Bhutan , Japan , Pakistan politics , ISIS , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Saudi , Taliban , Oil , Geopolitics , IMF , ISKP , Neighbourhood , Pakistan Economy , Business , Rohingyas , US-Nepal , Pak-Afghan
Energy: A New Dimension in India-Nepal Relations
Dr Rishi Gupta Commentary

Nepal’s Energy Export to India
Recently, the Nepal Electricity Authority said in a statement that in the last four months, Nepal exported electricity worth US$ 56 million to India, estimated to reach the US $ 234 million in December 202....

September 27, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India , US , China , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Narendra Modi , Sher Bahadur Deuba , MCC , Hydropower , India-Nepal Trade , Special Relations
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Nepal: Facts, Disputes, and the US-China Contest

In the past two months, Nepal’s political space had been marred by upheavals and doubts over the future of the ruling alliance between the Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center)/Maoist Party, and Communist Party of Nepal (Unified....

April 19, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India , India-Nepal , KP Oli , Tibet , US-China , Wang Yi , Indo-Pacific Strategy , Prachanda , Nepal Communist Party , Sher Bahadur Deuba , Millennium Challenge Corporation , MCC , MCC in Nepal , 12-Point Interpretive Declaration , Intellectual Property Rights , UML , MCC Ratification , Three Supports , Hydropowe
The Himalayan Conundrum: Nepal and Bhutan in 2021
Dr Rishi Gupta Article

Nepal
The year 2021 can be surmised as a year of political upheavals, economic downfall, and geo-political uncertainties for Nepal. Also, when countries worldwide were engaged in making arrangements to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Nepal’....

January 20, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Bhutan , Article , Nepal , economy , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Year in Review 2021 , Himalayan , Nepal-China , India-Bhutan , Bhutan-China , geo-politics
Webinar on India-Nepal Relations: The Way Ahead

On 23rd November 2020 Vivekanand International Foundation India (VIF) and Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA) organised a round table discussion on India-Nepal Relations. Director Dr Arvind Gupta chaired the session while G....

November 26, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Interaction , India-Nepal , bilateral relationship , Puncheshwer project , Mahakali
Nepal-Holds First Local Level Elections in 20 Years
Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji

Nepal appears jubilant at the success of the completion of the local level elections. The fervor seems to be nationwide primarily because elections were held after two decades. The country definitely views this as a landmark development in its quest....

July 31, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Nepal , Constitution , elections , India-Nepal , Nepal China
Bilateral Ties to Move Forward During Nepali PM Oli's Visit to India
RNP Singh

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who had surprisingly been the most vocal critic of India, at times even taking his criticism to personal level, using undiplomatic language, seems to have finally relented by deciding to pay an official visit to....

February 15, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India-Nepal , Nepalese Prime Minister , KP Sharma Oli , Nepalese PM visit India
National Business Initiative for Peace and Development in Nepal
Prof Hari Bansh Jha

1.0 Background The success of a society largely depends on successful business.1 Business is not possible in unsuccessful society and in a situation when there is absence of security. Business groups like to make investment only ....

October 09, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India-Nepal , National Business Initiative
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