On International Women’s Day, AFPTV looks at a series of portraits of women working in male-dominated professions. Nepal’s Kung Fu Nun teaches schoolgirls martial arts! To view this informative video, click on the link below: https://youtu.be/el3gC_KaH34
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Safeguarding a Critical Pangolin Forest in Yangshila, Nepal
THE PANGOLIN: WORLD’S MOST TRAFFICKED MAMMAL In 2016, the Pangolin gained the unenviable status of becoming the most trafficked mammal species in the world. In just the last decade, more than 1 million pangolins were killed for meat and their keratin scales. The scale, which is made of the same
Solar water pumps up incomes for Nepal’s quake-hit farmers
In the village of Shikharpur in Nepal’s remote Himalayan foothills, the faint sound of water can be heard trickling through a large metal pump. Standing in golden mustard fields, a huge solar panel powers the pump that provides some 40,000 liters of water daily to families still recovering from Nepal’s
BBC’s Nepal Country Profile
With its ancient culture and the Himalayas as a backdrop, landlocked Nepal was closed to the outside world until the 1950s… To read this profile, please click on the link below: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12511455
Nepal Seeks India Nod for More Inbound Flights
Nepal hopes to get approval from India for an inbound flight route from the west, according to a senior civil aviation official of the country, which has two airports under construction and another being planned. To read further, please click on the link below: http://zeenews.india.com/world/nepal-seeks-india-nod-for-inbound-flights-from-west-official-2079992.html
Nepal Communist Alliance To Form Next Government
Kathmandu (AFP) – Nepal’s Communist parties will form the next government, the election commission confirmed Friday after releasing long-delayed election results months after polls billed as a turning point for the Himalayan nation roiled by decades of political instability. To read further, please click on the link below: https://www.yahoo.com/news/nepal-communist-alliance-form-next-government-003956079.html
Nepal Election Mechanics Explained
Click on the link below for an explanation of the processes for elections in Nepal per the 2015 Constitution: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2017/11/nepal-elections-2017-explained-171126103009857.html
Frustration Simmers as Nepalis Await New Government
Students in Nepal have been taking to the streets to demand the outgoing government swiftly hand over power to a leftist alliance that swept to victory in national elections last month. The landmark post-war poll had raised hopes that it would bring much-needed stability to the impoverished country. Yet, several weeks after the
Nepal Invests in New Irrigation Technologies
Water sources are drying up in parts of the Himalayas and people are forced to look elsewhere for places to live and work. But new technology in irrigation might help people stay in their homes. To read further, please click on the link below: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/nepal-invests-irrigation-technologies-171117113156245.html