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#114. Juni 2024
'Demodification' of India: A Nepalese perspective
Blog: Global Voices
Indian voters rejected BJP's religious extremism, favouring inclusion, tolerance, and equality — an important lesson for Nepal's political landscape.
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#222. Mai 2024
Southerly winds: How Nepalis are perceiving the ongoing Indian elections
Blog: Global Voices
Nepal has traditionally enjoyed a syncretic blend of Hindu and Buddhist traditions. However, if Modi's BJP wins in Indian elections, some fear that Nepal will slide back to Hindu nationalism.
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#322. April 2024
In Nepal, families that farm together stay together
Blog: Global Voices
The UN designated 2019–2028 as the "Decade of Family Farming". Some Nepali households are embracing sustainable agriculture to address climate change and enhance income.
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#429. März 2024
Solving the invasive aquatic weeds problem in Nepal
Blog: Global Voices
Water hyacinth, an invasive Amazonian species, clogs Nepal's waterways, suffocating native flora and blocking essential nutrients for aquatic life. A Nepali handicraft collective creatively repurposes its fibre for household items.
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#520. Februar 2024
Climate crisis ruins Himalayan pastoralists
Blog: Global Voices
Winter droughts and delayed snowfall are impeding grass regrowth in high-altitude grazing sites in Nepal's Eastern Rukum district, endangering the local sheep population and forcing shepherds to leave profession.
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#629. Dezember 2023
Warm my hands: The story of a Nepali newlywed
Blog: Global Voices
"Now in Kathmandu, Kalpana finds that things run contrary to the narrative she had heard on repeat back home."
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#726. Dezember 2023
Retelling the history of Nepal's Gurkha fighters
Blog: Global Voices
Nepali Artist Suzana Thapa Shris's recent exhibition focuses on retelling the stories of the famous Gurkha soldiers from the perspective of their wives.
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#88. Dezember 2023
Graves of Nepali migrant soldiers in Russia shocked their family members
Blog: Global Voices
Russia is recruiting job seeking Nepali migrants under a Special Military Operations agreement to fight for the country at the Russo-Ukrainian War and a number of Nepalis had been killed.
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#912. November 2023
Jazzing up the 'Mandu' for 20 years
Blog: Global Voices
"Initially, we were met with some reluctance and confusion regarding jazz, but now there is no need to explain, Jazzmandu has put both jazz and Kathmandu on the map."
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#1031. Oktober 2023
Nepal and Thailand mourn nationals killed in Israel
Blog: Global Voices
The bodies of 30 Thai farm workers killed by Hamas have started arriving in Bangkok.
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#1111. Oktober 2023
Nepali students based in Israel confirmed killed in Hamas attack
Blog: Global Voices
The students were living on a kibbutz near the Gaza border participating in the Israeli government's 'learn and earn' program.
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#121. September 2023
The mission to save Nepal's sarus cranes
Blog: Global Voices
The Sarus crane's cultural importance has made it popular in Nepal and beyond. But rapid urban spread has resulted in the decimation of its habitat.
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#1328. Juli 2023
Sustainable innovations: Dang, Nepal turns dung into energy
Blog: Global Voices
Nearly 90 percent of the garbage in Dang district's semi-rural Ghorahi city is biomass that includes kitchen waste, farm residue and livestock dung that can be turned into flammable methane gas.
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#141. Juli 2023
Himalayan icecap is melting faster than predicted
Blog: Global Voices
A newly published study predicts that Himalayan glaciers could lose up to 80 percent of their ice mass by this century, impacting two billion people living downstream in Asian countries.