Nepal News archive for 10 December 2009
Dear Vir, This is why Buddhism declined in India… - GlobalPost (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
In the first part of this post , I cited evidence contrary to Sh Sanghvi’s assertion that “ Hindu kings destroyed Buddhist monasteries…” Sh Sanghvi’s second point was that, as a consequence of such destruction (which we now know is not …
Pope appoints archbishop from Spain as new representative in Canada - Metronews.ca (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
OTTAWA - Pope Benedict has appointed a new representative to serve in Canada. The pontiff named Most Rev. Pedro Lopez Quintana to the position of Apostolic Nuncio on Thursday, said a statement from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops …
Protests as Andhra Pradesh is carved up - Financial Times (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
Hyderabad, India’s southern IT hub that has been paralysed by a week of violent protests, faces an uncertain future after New Delhi agreed to divide the state of Andhra Pradesh. New Delhi’s decision follows a 10-day fast by K. Chandrashekar Rao …
Brief Encounter With … Max Irons - Whatsonstage.com (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
Max Irons is currently making his London stage debut in Tom Stoppard’s Artist Descending a Staircase at the Old Red Lion in Islington. Artist Descending a Staircase , which was written in 1972 as a radio play, was first performed on stage at the King …
After 97% Collapse In Asian Vultures Due To Veterinary Drug, Another … - Democratic Underground.com (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
BANGKOK (AP) — A second drug used to treat cattle for pain could be deadly to endangered vultures and should be prohibited as part of a campaign to prevent their extinction, according to a study released Wednesday. Millions of long-billed, slender …
Connectivity to top BIMSTEC agenda - Bangladesh News 24 hours (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
Dhaka, Dec 10 (bdnews24.com)—Regional connectivity will be high on the agenda of Friday’s summit of BIMSTEC foreign ministers in Myanmar. Foreign minister Dipu Moni left the capital Thursday for Yangon to attend the meeting of the Bay of Bengal …
Ghana’s Snow Leopard on the Winter Olympics prowl - BBC (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
You know how it is. The Winter Olympics come around every four years and all of a sudden our interest is suddenly awakened in sports we’ve no real idea about and athletes we’ve never heard of. Well the 2010 Games are just around the corner, starting …
Battle of islanders - The Daily Star (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
Reigning champions Maldives and Sri Lanka will renew their rivalry when they face each other in the first semifinal of the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. The two neighbouring islanders have been rivals since …
Nepali Times
Nepal News
Woman journalist attacked in Nepal (December 9, 2009) - [read more]
Attacks on a woman journalist and a TV news crew in two separate incidents within five days have again brought into focus the threat posed to journalists in Nepal.
Assaulted journalist Tika Bista air-lifted to Kathmandu (December 9, 2009) - [read more]
Journalist Tika Bista, who was thrashed to unconsciousness by an unidentified persons in Rukum yesterday, has been airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment, Wednesday.
India urged not to resume military supplies to Nepal (December 9, 2009) - [read more]
Tajikistan News.Net Wednesday 9th December, 2009 New Delhi, Dec 9 : The Asian Centre for Human Rights , a Delhi based regional human rights organization on Wednesday expressed deep concern over India’s decision to resume military supply and training to the Nepal Army following the Joint secretary level talks in Kathmandu from December 4. India cut …
NJ girl gives Nepali children a childhood (December 8, 2009) - [read more]
The gap year, that she took after high school hoping to become fully committed to college, built a different kind of commitment in her to a different purpose: giving a childhood to the neediest children of Nepal.
Indo-Nepal security talks begin (December 7, 2009) - [read more]
The seventh bilateral consultative meeting between India and Nepal on security issues began here on Friday.
Clear and present danger (December 7, 2009) - [read more]
WAY above us in the Himalayan cloud are jagged, snowbound peaks - Annapurna, Damodar, Gangapurna, Dhalguri.
PM Nepal discusses Kailali incident with Maoist chairman (December 7, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has met with Unified CPN chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the latter’s residence in Naya Bazaar, Kathmandu Sunday evening and discussed the Kailali incident on Friday.
Climate change threatens 1.3bn in five Asia countries (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
More than a billion people in Asia depend on Himalayan glaciers for water, but experts say they are melting at an alarming rate, threatening to bring drought to large swathes of the continent.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Will India Allow Nepal-Bangladesh Trade? (November 19, 2009) - [read more]
After agreeing to a rail link between Nepal and Bangladesh, will India allow the two countries to use that?It didn’t happen in 1976 when Bangladesh and Nepal signed a transit agreement for boosting bilateral trade but failed to implemented it as India did not allow its territory to be used for passage at that time. [...]
Nepal News archive for 10 December 2009
Dear Vir, This is why Buddhism declined in India… - GlobalPost (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
In the first part of this post , I cited evidence contrary to Sh Sanghvi’s assertion that “ Hindu kings destroyed Buddhist monasteries…” Sh Sanghvi’s second point was that, as a consequence of such destruction (which we now know is not …
Pope appoints archbishop from Spain as new representative in Canada - Metronews.ca (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
OTTAWA - Pope Benedict has appointed a new representative to serve in Canada. The pontiff named Most Rev. Pedro Lopez Quintana to the position of Apostolic Nuncio on Thursday, said a statement from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops …
Protests as Andhra Pradesh is carved up - Financial Times (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
Hyderabad, India’s southern IT hub that has been paralysed by a week of violent protests, faces an uncertain future after New Delhi agreed to divide the state of Andhra Pradesh. New Delhi’s decision follows a 10-day fast by K. Chandrashekar Rao …
Brief Encounter With … Max Irons - Whatsonstage.com (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
Max Irons is currently making his London stage debut in Tom Stoppard’s Artist Descending a Staircase at the Old Red Lion in Islington. Artist Descending a Staircase , which was written in 1972 as a radio play, was first performed on stage at the King …
After 97% Collapse In Asian Vultures Due To Veterinary Drug, Another … - Democratic Underground.com (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
BANGKOK (AP) — A second drug used to treat cattle for pain could be deadly to endangered vultures and should be prohibited as part of a campaign to prevent their extinction, according to a study released Wednesday. Millions of long-billed, slender …
Connectivity to top BIMSTEC agenda - Bangladesh News 24 hours (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
Dhaka, Dec 10 (bdnews24.com)—Regional connectivity will be high on the agenda of Friday’s summit of BIMSTEC foreign ministers in Myanmar. Foreign minister Dipu Moni left the capital Thursday for Yangon to attend the meeting of the Bay of Bengal …
Ghana’s Snow Leopard on the Winter Olympics prowl - BBC (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
You know how it is. The Winter Olympics come around every four years and all of a sudden our interest is suddenly awakened in sports we’ve no real idea about and athletes we’ve never heard of. Well the 2010 Games are just around the corner, starting …
Battle of islanders - The Daily Star (December 10, 2009) - [read more]
Reigning champions Maldives and Sri Lanka will renew their rivalry when they face each other in the first semifinal of the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. The two neighbouring islanders have been rivals since …
Nepali Times
Nepal News
Woman journalist attacked in Nepal (December 9, 2009) - [read more]
Attacks on a woman journalist and a TV news crew in two separate incidents within five days have again brought into focus the threat posed to journalists in Nepal.
Assaulted journalist Tika Bista air-lifted to Kathmandu (December 9, 2009) - [read more]
Journalist Tika Bista, who was thrashed to unconsciousness by an unidentified persons in Rukum yesterday, has been airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment, Wednesday.
India urged not to resume military supplies to Nepal (December 9, 2009) - [read more]
Tajikistan News.Net Wednesday 9th December, 2009 New Delhi, Dec 9 : The Asian Centre for Human Rights , a Delhi based regional human rights organization on Wednesday expressed deep concern over India’s decision to resume military supply and training to the Nepal Army following the Joint secretary level talks in Kathmandu from December 4. India cut …
NJ girl gives Nepali children a childhood (December 8, 2009) - [read more]
The gap year, that she took after high school hoping to become fully committed to college, built a different kind of commitment in her to a different purpose: giving a childhood to the neediest children of Nepal.
Indo-Nepal security talks begin (December 7, 2009) - [read more]
The seventh bilateral consultative meeting between India and Nepal on security issues began here on Friday.
Clear and present danger (December 7, 2009) - [read more]
WAY above us in the Himalayan cloud are jagged, snowbound peaks - Annapurna, Damodar, Gangapurna, Dhalguri.
PM Nepal discusses Kailali incident with Maoist chairman (December 7, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has met with Unified CPN chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the latter’s residence in Naya Bazaar, Kathmandu Sunday evening and discussed the Kailali incident on Friday.
Climate change threatens 1.3bn in five Asia countries (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
More than a billion people in Asia depend on Himalayan glaciers for water, but experts say they are melting at an alarming rate, threatening to bring drought to large swathes of the continent.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Will India Allow Nepal-Bangladesh Trade? (November 19, 2009) - [read more]
After agreeing to a rail link between Nepal and Bangladesh, will India allow the two countries to use that?It didn’t happen in 1976 when Bangladesh and Nepal signed a transit agreement for boosting bilateral trade but failed to implemented it as India did not allow its territory to be used for passage at that time. [...]
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