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Boosting tourism
Published On: February 12, 2020 12:06 PM NPT By: Niranjan Mani Dixit
Visit Nepal 2020 mega campaign kicked off with fanfare in December last year. It ended as a one-time ritual, just as unattended plantation of vegetation at Tinkune and blacktopping a few kilometers of already passable roads in rapidity, spending millions of rupees like water to impress Chinese President Xi Jinping during his October visit to Kathmandu last year.
Potential of AI Localism
Published On: February 12, 2020 11:57 AM NPT By: Stefaan G Verhulst/Mona Sloane
NEW YORK – Every new technology rides a wave from hype to dismay. But even by the usual standards, artificial intelligence has had a turbulent run. Is AI a society-renewing hero or a jobs-destroying villain? As always, the truth is not so categorical.
Investment climate: Good or bad?
Published On: February 11, 2020 08:40 AM NPT By: Prabhakar Ghimire
Nepal needs to take advantage of emerging favorable investment climate to boost private investment from both domestic and foreign investors for accomplishing its target
Where is the world for Palestinians?
Published On: February 11, 2020 08:05 AM NPT By: El Hassan bin Talal
Trump administration’s peace plan for Israel and Palestine embodies none of the ingredients of successful conflict resolution. It reads, not surprisingly, more like a real-estate transaction
Who will manage wetlands?
Published On: February 11, 2020 07:29 AM NPT By: Ganesh Paudel and Hari Prasad Pandey
The government needs to consider wetlands management as a top priority. First of all, however, institutional clarity is needed for effective management
Corruption weakens democracy
Published On: February 10, 2020 09:24 AM NPT By: Subarna Shakya and Bimal Pratap Shah
During the Gettysburg Address in 1863, Abraham Lincoln stated that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.” He must have thought democracy to be the best political system in the world. Albert Camus, a French philosopher trusted democracy to be the protection of the minority. For Harry Fosdick, democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people. If Lincoln, Camus, and Fosdick were alive today, they would probably be extremely disappointed to learn that democracy is in an acute crisis as it has failed to deliver on its promises.
Bring them back
Published On: February 10, 2020 09:18 AM NPT By: Shiva P Tiwari
In an open letter to the Prime Minister published on Sunday, chief editor of Naya Patrika Krishna Jwala Devkota has written about the distress his sister, brother-in-law and their young child are facing in the epicenter of coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. According to him, his sister and some other Nepali citizens from China call him time and again asking for help because they believe that he could communicate their concerns to authorities in Nepal.
Caution on coronavirus
Published On: February 10, 2020 09:08 AM NPT By: Mukesh Adhikari
Given the current situation of the rapid spread of novel coronavirus, a mysterious virus which originated from the Wuhan city of China and later spread around the globe, a number of questions regarding the appropriate interventions have been raised in the scientific arena. One of the questions is whether mass quarantine is effective to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.
Benefits of soilless farming
Published On: February 9, 2020 11:15 AM NPT By: Bhairab Raj Kaini
The challenges facing soil-based agriculture led to the invention of soilless agriculture. Soilless cultivation has become possible through the use of hi-tech
Together against pollution
Published On: February 9, 2020 11:05 AM NPT By: Dhiroj Prasad Koirala
Successful cooperation in such environmental issues would yield substantial environmental dividends with direct welfare impact for the entire region
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