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        <title><![CDATA[Nepal must now understand where the world is heading]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For decades, Nepal has viewed its rivers primarily through the lens of how many megawatts of electricity they can generate. It is now time to change that thinking. Nepal&#039;s fut...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:06:42 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The agony of climate injustice and Nepal&#039;s economic self-reliance: Policy proposals for LDC graduation and national reconstruction]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In terms of annual global carbon emissions, China ranks first, followed by the United States second, and then India, Russia, and the European Union (EU). When evaluated by cumulati...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Yang E.Y</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:07:28 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When upstream construction and secrecy becomes downstream risk]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Across the Himalayan arc, where mountains rise like ancient arbiters of destiny and where nations have long mistaken altitude for insulation, Nepal&#039;s recent catastrophe has be...]]></description>
        <author>Col Guru Saday Batabyal (Retd)</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:59:55 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nepal is owed restitution, not aid]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I was in a village above the Trishuli valley some years ago, watching a district officer explain to a group of foreign donors why the road they had funded had washed away twice in...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Sunoor Verma</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:52:04 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Revitalising the jute industry: A call for thorough examination]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The government&#039;s recent move to form a committee to examine and propose measures for reviving the long-ailing Biratnagar Jute Mills (BJM) deserves close scrutiny. Between the...]]></description>
        <author>Govind Dev Pandey</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:12:20 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Look within before looking outside: Why Nepali industry should embrace decarbonisation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For many factory owners, the word "decarbonisation" conjures images of climate summits, foreign pledges, and government red tape, one more burden imposed from outside the factory g...]]></description>
        <author>Priyanka Karna and Mohammad Abul Hasan Khan</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:08:33 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Geopolitics in Nepal: It&#039;s incredible twists and turns]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/geopolitics-in-nepal-its-incredible-twists-and-turns]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Geopolitics has long been a buzzword in international politics, and it has now entered the realm of Nepali politics as never before. In simple terms, geopolitics refers to the infl...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:42:58 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nepal must leapfrog the internet: Stop measuring yesterday&#039;s internet. Build tomorrow&#039;s digital economy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I spent three years inside government trying to make this argument. I could not convince many of my government brothers then. Today, however, the question has become much bigger th...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:12:34 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s formalisation machinery is there: Now make it work]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal does not suffer from a shortage of formalisation policy. What it needs now is a way of making the many institutions it has already built work together as one, and a clearer s...]]></description>
        <author>Krishna Hari Pushkar</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:16:17 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Real teaching for a disabled child: What a bottle cap taught me that the classroom couldn&#039;t]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s classrooms are entering their biggest technology push yet. The government has promised high-speed internet, digital materials, and AI-based learning in 10,000 communit...]]></description>
        <author>Vibhaas Basukala</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:01:34 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why every school should be a living laboratory: Rethinking environmental education]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At Kopila Valley School in Surkhet, Nepal, learning goes far beyond traditional classroom walls. Through our integrated sustainability program, our entire campus functions as a liv...]]></description>
        <author>Dinesh Sapkota</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:16:54 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[We federalised the State: But we forgot to federalise the universities]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/we-federalised-the-state-but-we-forgot-to-federalise-the-universities]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Ten years ago Nepal tore up a centralised state and rebuilt itself as a federation –seven new provinces, each with real say over planning, budgets, service delivery. The whole poin...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Prayan Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:35:38 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One goat at a time: Rethinking livelihood programmes for poor people]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/one-goat-at-a-time-rethinking-livelihood-programmes-for-poor-people]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[A little over 10 years ago, after the 2015 earthquake, I met a woman in Rasuwa, one of the hardest-hit districts, supported by a post-earthquake livelihood programme, who had built...]]></description>
        <author>Deepak Raj Sapkota</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:57:11 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Chief Justice: Guardian of Justice]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Constitution, the judiciary and the law together shape the path of justice, its interpretation and its precedents. Debate about Nepal&#039;s judiciary is not only legitimate; i...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:08:41 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Deuba&#039;s return to Nepal: Its possible political implications]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/deubas-return-to-nepal-its-possible-political-implications]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The return of Sher Bahadur Deuba, former prime minister of Nepal and president of the Nepali Congress (NC), last week has become not only the talk of the town but also a subject of...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:27:58 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kathmandu once knew how to live with rain: Can it learn again?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/kathmandu-once-knew-how-to-live-with-rain-can-it-learn-again]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Urban flooding has been the story of every monsoon in Kathmandu. Flood arrives following a rainfall, and every commuter struggles with severe waterlogging. Then the season changes,...]]></description>
        <author>Pragati Dhakal</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:34:02 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Good governance: The cure Nepal&#039;s health sector needs]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/good-governance-the-cure-nepals-health-sector-needs]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Nepal has demonstrated it can overcome difficult public health challenges. Child deaths have declined, life expectancy has improved, and the country has made major gains towards he...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Sudhir Khanal</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:44:27 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Democracy&#039;s cruel paradox: The systematic triumph of takers over those who serve]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/democracys-cruel-paradox-the-systematic-triumph-of-takers-over-those-who-serve]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Democracy is often discussed as a political ideal-a system of elections, representation, constitutional rights and popular sovereignty. From a strategic perspective, however, democ...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:30:33 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sunsari episode: From political warning to national-security signal]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/sunsari-episode-from-political-warning-to-national-security-signal]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The political responses to the Sunsari episode point to a broader and more consequential question: what happens when a localised communal incident begins to acquire wider political...]]></description>
        <author>Maj. General (retd) Binoj Basnyat</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:57:18 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hope is a useful antidote: More so in a chaotic world]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/hope-is-a-useful-antidote-more-so-in-a-chaotic-world]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[It goes without saying that history, or war, is not a thing of the past. The reason is simple. We haven&#039;t turned up yet at the enchanted T-junction, the assured land-dwelling...]]></description>
        <author>Rajgopal Nidamboor</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:36:00 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[SC&#039;s decision to review the NC dispute: How can it help in its unity?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/scs-decision-to-review-the-nc-dispute-how-can-it-help-in-its-unity]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court&#039;s recent decision to review the Nepali Congress (NC) dispute involving Gagan Thapa and Sher Bahadur Deuba groups has created strong ripples in the political...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:58:27 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The distant dream: How administrative negligence jeopardises Nepali football]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/the-distant-dream-how-administrative-negligence-jeopardises-nepali-football]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Another FIFA World Cup came to a close, demonstrating the absolute pinnacle of international football. Despite the global spectacle, fans of nations that missed qualification felt...]]></description>
        <author>Supriya Shrestha</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:51:26 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Policy roadmap for agriculture transformation: Marketability of farm products should be the focus]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/policy-roadmap-for-agriculture-transformation-marketability-of-farm-products-should-be-the-focus]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s geography spans an extraordinary range of climates – tropical, temperate, semi-temperate, and alpine – into a remarkably small territory. This natural diversity gives...]]></description>
        <author>Govind Dev Pandey</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:50:46 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Every war has an address, but its consequences reach beyond borders]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/every-war-has-an-address-but-its-consequences-reach-beyond-borders]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Every war begins in a particular place, for reasons such as political decisions, historical grievances, or strategic calculations. Yet its consequences rarely remain confined to th...]]></description>
        <author>Lakshman Lama</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:29:59 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Banking stability in Nepal: Lessons from the 1997 Asian financial crisis]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/banking-stability-in-nepal-lessons-from-the-1997-asian-financial-crisis]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[In July 1997, a slow realisation spread across Bangkok that a financial crisis had begun. For years, Thailand&#039;s economy had been celebrated as a premier model of rapid growth...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Krishna Sharma</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:09:56 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My Malaka Adversaries: You do not need meditation to awaken awareness]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/my-malaka-adversaries-you-do-not-need-meditation-to-awaken-awareness]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I do not believe awareness begins only with meditation. Meditation can quiet the mind, but life itself can become a far more demanding form of meditation. Discipline, responsibilit...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:04:08 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Taxing power, wasting opportunity: Nepal should reward households for switching to clean energy]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/taxing-power-wasting-opportunity-nepal-should-reward-households-for-switching-to-clean-energy]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[A country that curtails monsoon hydropower, spends nearly Rs 340 billion importing petroleum products, and records per-capita electricity demand barely one-tenth of the global aver...]]></description>
        <author>Gyanendra Ghale</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:02:23 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Balochistan and the limits of force: Internationalisation of the conflict is inevitable]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Balochistan&#039;s story is not a footnote in South Asian history; it is the chronicle of a nation that began independent, was annexed by force, and has spent the better part of ei...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Madhes Pradesh was virtually up in flames following a clash between two religious communities in Kaptanganj, Sunsari. The violence led to the deployment of security forces, leaving...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[I am just beginning my high school but I am already surrounded by AI in school. Sometimes I feel that I am living two lives simultaneously: one where I&#039;m encouraged to develop...]]></description>
        <author>Ashika Paudel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:11:02 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[At a crossroads in Dapcha, a hill settlement east of Kathmandu, a foreign tourist checked his phone for the old mud houses he had read about. An old woman passed not far off with a...]]></description>
        <author>Sudhan Subedi</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:57:44 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal government&#039;s budget speech for 2083/84 has sought to materialise the Election Manifesto 2082 of Rastriya Swatantra Party by setting the economic growth target as 7 perce...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Y B Thapa and Dr Urmila Aryal</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:31:22 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dr. Swarnim Wagle assumed the finance ministry on March 27, 2026. Drawing on his experience at the World Bank and the National Planning Commission, he struck a more hopeful tone up...]]></description>
        <author>Kiran Paudel</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[When Alan Davidson and Robert Davidson published their parental wisdom book, "How Good Parents Raise Great Kids," exactly 30 years ago, they shared the collective wisdom of parents...]]></description>
        <author>Rajgopal Nidamboor</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:18:35 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s cities are expanding rapidly, transforming once-quiet towns into busy urban centres with new roads, buildings, and markets. While this growth has created jobs, improve...]]></description>
        <author>Hitesh Raj Pant</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:47:31 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Bishweswor Prasad Koirala&#039;s (BP) 44th Memorial Day is observed around the first week of Shravan every year following which it was celebrated with pomp and pleasure but with a...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:43:24 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[This spring, most parts of India experienced a prolonged heatwave, with temperatures in some cities approaching 50°C. Meanwhile, Nepal&#039;s 2026 spring climbing season on Mount E...]]></description>
        <author>Bingbing Feng and Dr. Qianggong Zhang</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:01:05 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s media landscape is changing faster than its regulatory framework can keep pace. Nepal has seen a massive surge in digital platforms, with more than 4,600 news sites re...]]></description>
        <author>Umesh Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:55:58 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[India is the world&#039;s sixth-largest economy, with an economic output of around US$ 4.15 trillion. As economic activity and per capita income continue to rise, the number of Ind...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Ganesh Gurung and Jinesh Sindurakar</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:08:48 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Recently, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary meeting held in Paris decided to continue Nepal&#039;s grey list due to Nepal&#039;s inability to cleanse its financial sta...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Pushpa R. Joshi</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:25:23 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The FIFA World Cup has finally come to an end with the lifting of the trophy by Spain after 16 years for the second time. It defeated the defending champion Argentina amidst thousa...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:29:07 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[In international politics, power is no longer measured solely by military capability, economic size, or geopolitical leverage. Increasingly, nations compete through their ability t...]]></description>
        <author>Binoj Basnyat</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:19:21 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is not a letter of complaint. It is a letter from a neighbour who wishes India well, and who believes that honest words between friends are worth more than polite silence. Dec...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:09:23 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[For generations, Nepal&#039;s Tharu community has lived in close relationship with nature. Their livelihood strategies, food systems, habitation, and cultural practices have evolve...]]></description>
        <author>Prikshya Yogi and Kamal Aryal</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:04:21 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can a single animal carry the soul of an entire nation? The question has come alive again in Nepal.This month, Nepal&#039;s Indigenous Nationalities Commission submitted a 25-point...]]></description>
        <author>Rudramani Pokhrel</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:36:35 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[What transforms a nervous first-time speaker into a confident communicator? What inspires an ordinary club officer to become an exceptional leader? Behind every standing ovation, e...]]></description>
        <author>Bibek Dutta</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:08:33 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The infighting between the Gagan and Deuba group in the Nepali Congress (NC) has raised people&#039;s eyebrows for several reasons. Firstly, the fissure in the NC weakens democracy...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[India&#039;s Agnipath military recruitment reform, launched in 2022, was designed to create a younger, leaner and more technologically agile armed force while reducing the long-ter...]]></description>
        <author>Col Guru Saday Batabyal (Retd)</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Over the past decades, the Nepali community abroad has become one of the most dynamic diaspora populations in the world. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have been the favo...]]></description>
        <author>Shiva Adhikari</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[Courtesy may open diplomatic doors, and protocol may preserve the dignity of the state, but neither is enough to protect Nepal&#039;s national interest. Foreign Minister Shisir Kha...]]></description>
        <author>Gyanendra Ghale</author>
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