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  The Himalayan Times 30 December 2021 No to identity politics The end of the decade-long people’s war, fought by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) and led by Prachanda against the state, after the signing of the 12-point Comprehensive Peace Agreement with the then seven-party alliance in New Delhi had brought high hopes among the people of seeing a peaceful and prosperous Nepal. Since it entered into mainstream politics in 2063 B.S., this party has gone through a number of radical transformations, shifting from a guerrilla warfare unit to a key democratic force within Nepali politics. However, the party has poorly performed and failed to fulfill its promises made to the people, especially, low-income individuals and groups, during its decade long insurgency “Shrestha identifies key priorities of Maoist Centre “THT,December 26, Page 3) As it entered the competitive politics, the CPN (Maoist) revised its ideological goal from “New People’s Democracy” to “Democracy in th...

    Discard MCC  I am sure, you will find this VDO very interesting, if you haven't watched it, listening to Dr. Bhim Rawal boldly disclosing about the highhandedness of his boss K.P.Oli in his party related matters and accusing him of manipulating the party for his personal benefits. He had dared to challenge Oli for the UML Chair during the recent UML national convention and was defeated. However, it was encouraging to see him vying for the party's high post. Jibram Bhandari of YOHO Television interviewing Dr. Bhim Rawal If he was telling the true story about the on-going conspiracy for passing MCC through the Parliament, and other issues related to national integrity and sovereignty, then time looks running out of hand for the people to wake up for saving the nation from being semi-colonial nation through the MCC.    VDO link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uycNGJtQEMc  

  The Himalayan Times 17 December 2021 Old vs young generation Nepal has seen national conventions of the major political parties in the past few days. These political parties are supposed to hold their conventions in every four or five years to choose their new leaderships as per their constitution and party charter. All these parties are required to register with the Election Commission upon fulfillment of the procedures as established by law. If they fail to hold their conventions within the stipulated time, their registrations and recognition as the political parties will remain invalid.  In accordance with its constitution, the CPN-UML, one of the major political parties, held its 10 th national convention on November 26 to 28 in Chitawan with much publicity. As expected, K.P.Oli won the CPM-UML leadership by a huge margin against his opponent Bhim Rawal “UML National General Convention: KP Oli wins against Bhim Rawal by sweeping majority” (THT, Online November 3...

  The Himalayan Times 9 December 2021 MBBS course in Jumla It was wonderful news to read “Jumla welcomes first batch of students for MBBS course” (THT, December 7, Page 1). Ten years after the establishment of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), medical education and services have finally begun in Jumla, one of the least developed districts in the mid-western region of the nation. It is now no longer inaccessible in terms of medical education and health care. A decade after its inception, the KAHS has launched the much-awaited MBBS classes and services with much vigour, enrolling the first batch of students for the medical course.    With this new move, it is natural for the local people, who were deprived of getting basic health services for decades, to have high expectation from this new medical college. The Academy has begun the MBBS classes based on the decision of the Medical Education Commission to allow it to admit 20 MBBS students. Of these total 20 s...

  The Himalayan Times 2 December 2021 Nepal’s graduation It was wonderful news to read the editorial “LDC graduation“(THT, 30 November, Page 4) about Nepal, which is waiting for its graduation from the Least Developed County (LDC) category to a middle-income developing country by December 2026. Last Wednesday, the 40th plenary of the 76th Session of the UNGA had unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing the graduation of Nepal from the LDC category after an extended preparatory period of five years – instead of the usual three years – for the smooth transition. The two extra years have been given so as to plan for post-COVID recovery and implement policies to reverse the damage done by it.  The United Nations defines LDCs as per the following three criteria: first one: countries must have an average per capita income of below USD$1,018 for inclusion in the LDC and above USD$1,222 for graduation. Likewise, countries must have a low score on the Human Assets Index (HAI), ...