The Bunjabe negotiation entails multilateral dimensions. As the Chief Medical Officer from the Ministry of Health, I had to first negotiate with the Head of the Planning of the Ministry of Health. The negotiation was not difficult since both of the negotiating parties were familiar with the situation in Bunjabe. Together with this, I was […]
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Church Members in South Korea Declared Donation Worth Plasma for COVID-19 cure
A South Korea-based religious group named the Shincheonji Church of Jesus said that over 4,000 members of the church recovered from COVID-19 are willing to donate plasma for developing a new treatment. The amount of blood will be about $83 billion worth if the 4,000 patients donate 500ml individually, according to the current transaction in […]
Dilemmas of Humanitarian Negotiators
Humanitarian negotiators live with dilemmas. They have to make decisions that are not often desirable and are of contentious nature. However, the purpose of the negotiators takes precedence in decision-making. The purpose is to save human lives. To save human lives, humanitarian negotiators have to do everything possible irrespective of the socially constructed ideas and […]
Pakistan Observes National Day
Kathmandu: Pakistan’s Embassy in Kathmandu marked the country’s national day on Monday. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, only the flag hoisting ceremony held on this occasion. The day commemorates the Lahore Resolution adopted on March 23, 1940, in which the Muslim leaders of the sub-continent set the agenda of a separate homeland. On March 23, […]
Nepali women are unequal by law
March 8, 2020 This International Women’s Day marks 25 years of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action—one of the most comprehensive documents aiming to remove systemic barriers holding women back from equal participation in both private and public life. After 25 years of activism and groundwork, what is the status of Nepali women in […]
Even amidst fears about Covid-19, Holi celebrations to go through unabated
The festival of Holi is less than a week away and with rising fears over the global coronavirus outbreak, the celebration could’ve been a dud, but it doesn’t look likely. The Ministry of Health and Population has already advised that large crowds and public gatherings be avoided as a precautionary measure against the spread of […]
Coronavirus not only China’s problem, whole human being
A pandemic is not only with a country. It is not created by someone as well. With the changes in the environment, new diseases occur from time to time. Corona is one of the most widely known viruses in the world seen in the city of Wuhan, China. It has killed hundreds of people. Tens […]
From Wuhan to Mamallapuram: Relations between India and China
In May 2018, Prime Minister NarendraModi and President Xi Jin ping met in Wuhan for an informal summit. The success of the summit led the two leaders to follow up with a second informal summit at Mamallapuram, in India in October 2019. It has to be acknowledged that the meeting in Wuhan has brought stability […]
Testing Times for China’s Resilient Economy
Given the number of rising casualties of the coronavirus or 2019-nCoV, especially in the Hubei province of China, global economists and experts have almost halved China’s economic growth rate for the first half of 2020; however, there is room for cautious optimism. It must be noted that China is a USD 15 trillion economy and […]
From Wuhan to Mamallapuram: Relations between India and China
In May 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping met in Wuhan for an informal summit. The success of the summit led the two leaders to follow up with a second informal summit at Mamallapuram, in India in October 2019. It has to be acknowledged that the meeting in Wuhan has brought stability […]