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Finance and Economy
Nepal and India Agree on Strengthening Power Transmission System
Nepal and India have held important discussions and agreed on eight various topics on energy sector.
The eleventh meeting of Nepal-India Energy Secretary level Joint...
Accountability
Nepal: Business, Government at Loggerheads on Electricity Dues
The industrialists complain they are suffering losses worth millions of rupees daily and have warned of a shortage of products in the market in...
Clean tech
Making Hydropower Plants More Sustainable
Natel Energy, founded by sibling MIT alumni, is deploying hydropower systems with fish-safe turbines and other features that mimic natural river conditions.
Zach Winn | MIT News...
Finance and Economy
Sri Lanka’s best-known tourism ambassador wants to leave as economy tanks
Challenged to import fuel to run its power plants and with its dams running out of water reserves and not producing electricity, Sri Lanka’s...
Climate change
A just green transition for India demands international support
India made headlines at the COP26 summit in November 2021 after it announced net-zero targets by 2070 on the first day but intervened to...
Governance
India, Nepal agree on further hydropower development, electricity trade
Formed under the aegis of the Nepal-India electricity trade agreement in 2014, the committee has settled on the issues of under-development and proposed cross-border...
Finance and Economy
Sri Lanka: From organic farming to power cuts and water shortage
Sri Lanka is facing foreign exchange shortages that have made it difficult to buy and import fuel. The situation has worsened after a coal-run...
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Health Ministry, NDMA Issue Joint-Advisory to States on Preventing Hospital Fires during Summer
States and union territories have been directed to ensure all accredited hospitals within their jurisdiction conduct thorough inspections, address...
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Sri Lanka Banks to Set Up Business Revival Units for Troubled Borrowers
The Asian Development Bank is helping with the establishment of a guarantee institute. This is part of the larger...
ILO Reaches Agreement on Living Wages
A decision by the ILO’s Governing Body opens the way for new work by the ILO on estimating and...
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Health Ministry, NDMA Issue Joint-Advisory to States on Preventing Hospital Fires during Summer
States and union territories have been directed to ensure...
Sri Lanka Banks to Set Up Business Revival Units for Troubled Borrowers
The Asian Development Bank is helping with the establishment...