Hopes of finding survivors from Nepal’s worst air disaster in decades are fading, police say.

Source: https://www.newtelegraphng.com/nepal-unlikely-anyone-survived-plane-crash-police/

In its landmark June 27 verdict, Nepal’s Supreme Court, responding to a writ petition, legalised same-sex marriage.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/nepals-first-official-same-sex-marriage-a-beacon-of-change-for-south-asia-9050639/

Last Sunday, a Yeti Airlines flight crashed near Pokhara, Nepal’s second-most-populous city, killing all 72 people on board.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/19/india-china-military-threat-security-pakistan/

Meanwhile, Nepal’s ambassador in Israel confirmed that 17 Nepalese agriculture students were caught up in the fighting, and 11 of them sustained injuries.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/nepal-says-17-citizens-caught-in-gaza-violence-11-injured-some-missing/

Nepal’s air industry has boomed in recent years, carrying goods and people between hard-to-reach areas as well as foreign trekkers and climbers.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/world/plane-with-72-people-on-board-crashes-in-nepal/

Nepal’s National Earthquake Monitoring & Research Centre said the epicentre was at Jajarkot, which is about 400km north-east of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/more-than-100-dead-after-strong-quake-hit-nepal-while-people-slept-20231104-p5ehl9.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

Nepal’s own CITES Act 2017, which follows the Convention, states that there must be necessary plans in place before the orchids listed can be harvested.

Source: https://www.nepalitimes.com/banner/save-nepals-orchids/

Nepal’s trade deficit with India was at Rs 1 trillion in the last fiscal year.

Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/nepal-wants-to-attract-indian-investments-in-energy-sector-seeks-alternative-air-routes-foreign-minister-saud/3109080/

Nepal’s worst air crash in 30 years killed 71 people in January, when a plane went down near the tourist city of Pokhara.

Source: https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/515515/nepal-helicopter-crash-six-bodies-retrieved

Of the 68 passengers on board Sunday’s flight, 53 were from Nepal, five from India, four from Russia, two from South Korea and one each from Australia, Argentina, France and Ireland, according to Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/15/world/asia/plane-crash-nepal.html

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda today said that all kinds of pressure — external and internal — to have Nepal’s old status of Hindu Kingdom restored must be defeated and the government is not going to budge on the secular state of the country.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/if-secularism-collapses-the-republic-too-will-nepal-pm-9054559/

That Nepal’s tourism has not lived up to its potential to become the backbone of the country’s economy while it grows exponentially in the rest of the world — including in other mountain countries — proves that there are a lot of missed opportunities.

Source: https://www.nepalitimes.com/banner/prospects-of-nepals-tourism-in-2023/

The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft, operated by Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, was flying from the capital, Kathmandu, to Pokhara, located 200 kilometres west.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/search-resumes-for-four-people-missing-in-nepal-after-deadly-air-crash-20230116-p5ccvc.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

With the increased commitment of aid to the sector, Washington looks to influence Nepal’s agenda setting in more visible ways.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/us-steps-up-its-courting-of-nepal/

Yarshagumba, scientifically known as Cordyceps sinensis, is a parasitic fungus that infects caterpillars in the pristine meadows of Nepal’s high-altitude regions.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/learning/5-natural-herbs-and-substances-found-in-nepal/