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Women in Nepal race carrying husbands on backs to highlight gender equality

Aiming to raise awareness about gender equality, married women participated in a running event held at local school in Nepal carrying their husbands on their backs!The event was held in the ground of a local school in Devghat Village Council on March 8, International Women's Day.Organised by the local authority on Monday, the marathon saw participation of 16 couples from various age groups and locality running the 100-meter race."I participated in this race by carrying my husband on my back. I came here with lot of courage and devotion. Although I dod not manage to secure the top positions, I am happy that women are also given more priority and respect," Pashupati Shrestha, one of the participants told ANI.Dozens of onlookers from around the village flocked into the playground of the school that is located nearly 150 Kilometers away from the capital city Kathmandu. Every participating couple was handed certificates and applauded for their participation."This is a friendly game where ..

Updated On : 10 Mar 2021 | 7:20 AM IST

Nepal receives 348,000 doses of made-in-India Covid-19 vaccines

The first COVAX shipment of 348,000 doses of AstraZeneca 'Covishield' vaccines arrived in Kathmandu, the embassy said in a tweet

Updated On : 09 Mar 2021 | 2:09 AM IST

Nepal's SC quashes unification of PM Oli, rival Prachanda's parties

Nepal's Supreme Court on Sunday quashed the unification of the erstwhile Communist Party of Nepal (Unified MarxistLeninist) led by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda'. The CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) merged in May 2018 to form a unified Nepal Communist Party following victory of their alliance in the 2017 general elections. On Sunday, an apex court bench of justices Kumar Regmi and Bam Kumar Shrestha issued the verdict giving authenticity of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) to Rishiram Kattel, who had registered the party at the Election Commission (EC) in his name prior to the formation of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Oli and Prachanda, The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported. Kattel had challenged the Election Commission's decision to register Nepal Communist Party (NCP) under Oli and Prachanda in May 2018. The bench said that a new party cannot be registered with the Election Commission when i

Updated On : 07 Mar 2021 | 10:39 PM IST

Nepal Police kill Indian national along Indo-Nepal border

An Indian national has been killed by Nepal Police in an exchange of fire with a group of four Indians, allegedly involved in smuggling drugs and counterfeit currency along the Indo-Nepal border

Updated On : 05 Mar 2021 | 11:46 PM IST

Nepal signs peace agreement with rebel group feard for violent attacks

Nepal's government signed a peace agreement Thursday with a small communist rebel group widely feared because they were known for violent attacks, extortion and bombings. The government agreed to lift a ban on the group, release all their party members and supporters in jail and drop all legal cases against them, while the group agreed to give up all violence and resolve any issues through peaceful dialogue, the government said in a statement after peace talks. Details of the agreement would be made public at a joint ceremony Friday with Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli and the leader of the rebel group Netra Bikram Chand, who is better known by his guerrilla name, Biplav. The rebels also call themselves the Nepal Communist Party. This group is known for violence, threats and enforcing general strikes. It had split from the Maoist Communist party, which fought government troops between 1996 and 2006 when it gave up its armed revolt, agreed to UN-monitored peace talks and joined ...