News Nepal Social: Nepal: Regional experts discuss IHL on eve of Geneva Conventions’ 70th anniversary
Prof Dr Lok Raj Baral, social scientist and political analyst, underlined the interrelation between society and law in his inaugural speech at the opening of the Advanced IHL South Asia Academics Platform (AISAAP) held on 17-19 July 2019 in Dhulikhel of Kavrepalanchowk, Nepal. He was speaking at the seventh edition of the programme which aims to provide a forum to academicians
News Nepal Social: OPINION: Nepal faces long battle for LGBT+ equality
The case has rocked the LGBT+ community in Nepal, a country that legalised gay ... progressive in terms of LGBT+ rights, cultural and social attitudes towards sexual orientation and gender ...
News Nepal Social: Floods and landslides kill at least 65 people in Nepal and displace thousands
the Nepal Police said Monday morning. Search and rescue efforts have been stepped up, with multiple federal agencies and the Nepalese Army mobilized. Images on social media of the worst-hit areas ...
News Nepal Social: One Indian among three arrested for cheating people of Rs 80 lakh in Nepal
The trio used to post fake advertisements of electronic gadgets like mobile phones, cameras and watches on various social media, including Facebook, Viber and Whatsapp, police said, adding that they ...
News Nepal Social: Floods and landslides kill at least 88 people in Nepal and India
Images on social media of the worst-hit areas, including Nepal's mountainous Kathmandu Valley and the lowland Terai region on the southern border next to India, show roads and cars submerged in muddy ...
News Nepal Social: Power of data in new Nepal: Providing solutions as needed
In many ways, we are in a new country with three tiers of government and a new social contract. For the first time in Nepal’s recent history, we have a stable government that aims to equip ...
News Nepal Social: Robert Levine, Who Studied Kindness, Identity and Time, Dies at 73
Levine, a social psychologist who conducted attention-getting studies ... His illness was unexpected; his son said that the two of them had just returned from a trip to Nepal and that his father had ...
News Nepal Social: Nepal PM’s speech ‘filled with irony’
While Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s Monday speech at the Oxford Union in the UK valorised the importance of freedoms, rights and democracy, back home, his government has been criticised for what many see as an authoritarian turn, stifling freedom of speech and steadily encroaching on human rights.
News Nepal Social: 'DEVASTATING': Order of Canada recipient guilty of child rape in Nepal
Karki said other foreign men in Nepal had also been arrested on suspicion of pedophilia ... “Our laws aren’t as strict as in foreign countries, and there is no social scrutiny like in developed ...
News Nepal Social: Comedian arrested for satirical review of movie in Nepal, triggers criticism of Oli govt
Read more about Comedian arrested for satirical review of movie in Nepal, triggers criticism of Oli govt on Business Standard. A popular comedian was arrested in Nepal for posting a "satirical" comment about a film on a social media platform, triggering a criticism of the K P Sharma Oli-led government.24-year-old Pranesh Gautam was arrested on Friday last week under the
News Nepal Social: Social roots of authoritarianism
Most people believe that the primary reason for Nepal's underdevelopment is political instability coupled with social disorder and indiscipline. The country’s political, sector as well as the ...
News Nepal Social: Nepal entrepreneur comes to Fani-ravaged Odisha's aid
purchased using donations from people in Nepal BHUBANESWAR: A woman entrepreneur, who hails from Kathmandu and is settled in Bhubaneswar, has launched a campaign on social media to seek donations ...
News Nepal Social: Nepal: Women's Expedition
Meet a wide range of female trailblazers, from chefs at a social enterprise, women campaigning to end discrimination ... Welcome to Kathmandu. Your Nepal Womens Only Expedition will begin with a ...
News Nepal Social: The potential of Nepal’s social security allowance schemes to support emergency flood response
Nepal is highly vulnerable to climate-related hazards. While every year Nepal faces predictable seasonal weather patterns which often result in floods, droughts or fires, the country also ...