How kids communicate

Published On: July 6, 2020 07:00 PM NPT By: Usha Pokharel

How kids communicate

I consider this lockdown period as a productive time for me. During this time at home, I have plenty of time during the day to read variety of topics and relate them to my experiences. I spend my evenings talking to my granddaughters in the USA.

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Who is to blame?

Published On: July 6, 2020 03:22 PM NPT By: Umesh K Bhattarai

Who is to blame?

When relations between the two states deteriorate due to various reasons, dialogue is a tool to bring them back on track. Closing all prospects for talks means the individual state does not want to keep relations at all.

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Why NCP must not split

Published On: July 4, 2020 10:20 AM NPT By: Devendra Gautam

Why NCP must not split

NCP should learn bitter lessons from the past, keep its house in order and focus on ending corruption and ensuring good governance.

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Use of fake news to disparage China

Published On: July 3, 2020 03:00 PM NPT By: Suresh Sharma

Use of fake news to disparage China

Psychologists Gordon Pennycook and David Rand claim “only unexpected information can filter through to higher stages of processing” because human responses gradually reduce ability to examine reliability of same information and the brain finally learns they are true.  The common citizens do not have the ability to distinguish such misinformation that largely determines its speed, reach, and impact to convince target audience.

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Locusts are threatening our livelihood. What's the preparation?

Published On: July 3, 2020 01:59 PM NPT By: Sabitri Rai

Locusts are threatening our livelihood. What's the preparation?

As the world is struggling to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, another threat to livelihood has emerged:The plague of locust swarms. By the end of 2019, East Africa was already experiencing the worst locust outbreak. But due to the larger threat of Covid-19, the locust surge went largely unnoticed.

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The behavioral data debate we need

Published On: July 2, 2020 10:38 AM NPT By: Stephanie Hankey

The behavioral data debate we need

As we increasingly place our faith in big data to solve major problems, the biggest question we face is not what we can do with it, but rather what we are willing to do.

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Agriculture post-COVID-19

Published On: July 2, 2020 07:53 AM NPT By: Bhairab Raj Kaini

Agriculture post-COVID-19

There is no doubt that COVID-19 will result in mass unemployment in non-agricultural sectors. This could bring a vast majority of youths back into agriculture sector.

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The necessity of diversity in the digital newsroom

Published On: July 1, 2020 08:00 AM NPT By: Alexandra Borchardt

The necessity of diversity in the digital newsroom

MUNICH – When a local radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina started a podcasting competition in its community, it was prepared for many contingencies, except one: that the response would overwhelm the station’s server. The initiative was aimed at increasing on-air diversity, and tens of thousands of people wanted in. Groups and individuals from all walks of life submitted more than 370 ideas for podcasts, and 33,000 listeners logged on to vote for them. What started as a one-time experiment will now be a regular feature.

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The legacy of Madan Bhandari

Published On: June 30, 2020 01:00 PM NPT By: Tika P Dhakal

The legacy of Madan Bhandari

Madan Bhandari is one politician of the Left on whom there has been significant discussion in the mainstream polity of Nepal. And yet, one feels that the narrative is inadequate. Despite all that has been written and said, the very fact that that he led a communist party makes academicians and writers hesitate to properly locate his contributions in Nepal’s 70 years of democratic struggle.

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Breaking the Nepal-India border impasse

Published On: June 30, 2020 09:00 AM NPT By: Roger Adhikari

Breaking the Nepal-India border impasse

With Nepali parliament unanimously passing the constitution amendment for a new political map in the national emblem, Nepal-India relation is on a new and uncharted territory. The amendment included territories controlled by India since the Sino-India war in 1962, the area known as Kalapani, also inclusive of Lipu Lekh and Limpiyadhura. The constitution revision was passed by over two thirds majority and without any dissent.

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