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Nepal thanks India for evacuating four of its citizens from Ukraine

<span style="color: #222222;">Media has prominently carried the report that Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday expressed gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian government for evacuating four Nepali nationals from war-torn Ukraine under 'Operation Ganga'.Four Nepali nationals have just arrived in Nepal from Ukraine via India. Thank you Prime Minister @narendramodi and the Government of India for the assistance in repatriating Nepali nationals through the #OperationGanga," tweeted Deuba.<br />''<br />''ANI reports that a Nepalese government report, dated September 2021, has accused China of encroaching into Nepal's territory along their shared border. The report, commissioned after it was reported that China was trespassing in the Humla district in the far west of Nepal, claims that Chinese forces threatened Nepal's border police.<br />''According to the report, surveillance activities by Chinese security forces had restricted religious activities on the Nepalese side of the border at a place called Lalungjong. It further said that China had been limiting grazing by the cattle stock of the Nepalese farmers.<br />''<br />''According to The Himalayan Times, Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has hinted at the possibility of the coalition continuing till the upcoming elections."It's clear to everyone that I became prime minister with the support of friends in our coalition, so it's likely that we will contend as a united front in all three levels of elections," said the prime minister, addressing a party programme in Birgunj, Parsa, today.<br />''<br />''The Kathmandu Post writes that the ruling alliance is preparing to form a task force in an attempt to work out a formula on how to forge an electoral alliance among the ruling partners. Deuba, also the president of Nepali Congress, on Thursday announced that the ruling partners will be contesting all three elections as an alliance.<br />''<br />''The Himalayan Times headline reads, 11Nepal's ballooning trade deficit coupled with slowdown in remittance inflow is exerting pressure on the country's current account, balance of payments (BoP) and foreign exchange reserves, the latest macroeconomic update of the Nepal Rastra Bank unveiled today shows.<br />''<br />''A video of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's remark shared by Pakistani journalist Naila Inayat is going viral on social media. It shows<br />''how badly he needs a lesson in geography. The Pakistani PM, who made a series of embarrassing statements in the past, made yet another gaffe by saying that Nepal is in Kathmandu where Nawaz Sharif secretly met Narendra Modi. After joining the Germany-Japan border, making Africa a country, here's the new find: Nepal is in Kathmandu," she tweeted with a video clip.<br />''<br />''According to Nepalnews.com, Umakanta Pandey, a journalist affiliated with Ujjyalo Radio Network, was arrested on 15 February under cybercrime charges following a statement he published on Facebook when he was in Nepal in early January, in which he accused the Nepali embassy in the UAE of wrongdoings in regards to Visit Visas in the UAE.<br />''<br />''Down to Earth headline reads, Border, forest officials seize live pangolins, deer horns on Bihar-Nepal border. The pangolins were seized from the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in West Champaran district; the deer horns were found in Araria district.</span><br />

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