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Dozens killed in Pokhara plane crash, Nepal’s deadliest air tragedy in three decades
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube At least 68 people were confirmed dead as darkness forced search efforts to end for the day in Nepal after a passenger plane crashed on January 15, 2023. The Yeti Airlines flight was reportedly carrying 72 people from the capital Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara. Footage shared on social media showed the plane flying…
Nepal’s newest China-built airport opens
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The China-built Pokhara International Airport, the 3rd international airport in Nepal, was put into operation on January 1, 2023 in the country’s second largest city. The Pokhara airport was built by a Chinese company with loans from China. The project is seen as a “key project” for the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a Chinese…
Former communist rebel leader Prachanda becomes Nepal’s new prime minister
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Former communist insurgent leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed Nepal’s new prime minister for a third time on December 25, 2022. The Maoist communist party leader will lead the new government for the first half of the five-year term, after which his coalition partner from the Communist Unified Marxist-Leninist will take over the post, according to…
Famed US ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson killed after slipping into crevasse in Nepal’s Manaslu peak
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A search team has retrieved the remains of renowned US ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson, who went missing on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu after reportedly slipping into a crevasse while skiing down the world’s eighth-tallest peak. The accident happened on September 26, 2022, amid heavy snowfall that triggered an avalanche in the peak’s lower reaches, killing one person…
Nepal’s holy Bagmati River contaminated with sewage and rubbish
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The Bagmati River in Nepal is said to have the power to purify souls, but as it reaches the valley of the capital Kathmandu, its colour changes from clear to brown and then to black. Choked with debris, its water is undrinkable and unsuitable even for cleaning. Nepal’s holiest river has deteriorated so badly that today…
Nepal’s newest China-built airport sparks tension with India
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Nepal opened a Chinese-built airport on May 16, 2022, intended to capitalise on Buddhist tourism, but India’s prime minister landed a few kilometres away for a visit to mark the birth, enlightenment and death of the religion’s founder. Narendra Modi flew by helicopter directly from a nearby Indian airport to the Buddha’s birthplace at Lumbini, bypassing…
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