Nepal Current Affairs, GK & News
450 MW Seti River-6 Hydropower Project
The Investment Board Nepal has granted permission to NHPC Limited, an Indian company, to conduct a feasibility study of the proposed 450 MW Seti River-6 Hydropower Project. The project will be built in the Doti and Achham districts of Nepal and aims to provide the country with much-needed electricity. NHPC’s involvement in Nepal’s Hydropower Projects ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2023
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Hydropower • hydropower plant • Hydropower project • India-Nepal • Nepal
Nepal-India Literature Festival
The Nepal-India Literature Festival was a three-day literary extravaganza organized by Biratnagar Metropolitan City and Krantidhara Literature Academy of Meerut, India. The festival witnessed the participation of over 350 literary writers from all seven provinces of Nepal and a majority of the states of India. The event concluded with the adoption of a 10-point Biratnagar ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2023
Category: Events Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Topics: India-Nepal • Indian literature • Nepal
Ram Chandra Poudel – New President of Nepal
On March 8th, 2023, Ram Chandra Poudel, a veteran Nepali Congress leader and former Deputy Prime Minister, was elected as the new President of Nepal. He secured a comfortable victory with the vote of 214 lawmakers of Parliament and 352 provincial assembly members. Poudel is the 3rd President of the country, succeeding Bidhya Devi Bhandari, ..
Category: Persons in News
Topics: Nepal
Where is Chitwan National Park?
Chitwan National Park is the first-ever national park set up in Nepal. It was founded in 1973 as the Royal Chitwan National Park. It became a World Heritage Site in 1984. This park encompasses a massive area of 952.63 km2 (367.81 sq mi). It is located in the subtropical Inner Terai lowlands of south-central Nepal. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2023
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Topics: Nepal • Protected areas • World Heritage Site
‘India International Centre for Buddhist Culture & Heritage’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba recently laid the foundation stone for the India International Centre for Buddhist Culture and Heritage in Lumbini, Nepal. The shilanyaas ceremony was performed by monks belonging to three major Buddhist traditions i.e Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. Who is constructing the center and what are ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Ashoka • Buddha • International Buddhist Confederation • Lumbini • Nepal
International grants in news
A grant is a fund given by an entity (public body, charitable foundation, etc) to an individual or another entity for a specific purpose linked to public benefit. Unlike loans, grants are not to be paid back. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant MCC is an independent U.S. foreign aid agency established in 2004 by the ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs