Mukunda - Instablogs
Nov 10 2008
Thousands of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal have been successfully resettled in seven countries, including the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark and Canada, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Nov 10 2008
Despite the economic downturn, making money is not a concern for two of the biggest players in the Web 2.0 consumer market. During separate keynotes at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, executives from Twitter and Facebook said their companies...
Nov 10 2008
Facebook has been infiltrated by Nigerian scammers and other cyber criminals who use compromised accounts to con users out of cash.
Nov 10 2008
Yaks, dzos, mules carrying pine logs struggle up the last pass before the trail descends to the border checkpost at Hilsa. Dozens of timber convoys can be seen every day along Humla’s dusty trails, all heading into Tibet carrying freshly sawn logs...
Nov 10 2008
Chhimi Urkyen Gurung, president of the Nepal Cycling Association (NCA), puts it best: “Mountain biking and Nepal were made for each other.”
Nov 10 2008
Charles Sobhraj’s hope that he would walk out of Nepal’s prison a freed man and celebrate Xmas with his new Nepali “wife” was dealt a fresh blow Sunday with the Supreme Court shelving a critical hearing on the five-year-long murder trial that...
Nov 10 2008
As Nepal’s Maoist government sought to open parleys with the armed rebel groups battling for greater rights in the southern plains, two of them have approached the UN seeking self-determination.The Terai Army and Terai Rastriya Mukti Sena, two...
Nov 10 2008
The new Himalayan republic of Nepal has snubbed its neighbour Bhutan over the much-acclaimed three-day coronation ceremony of the Druk kingdom’s new king Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk.
Nov 10 2008
Nepali folk culture specialists stressed over conservation of traditional folk music in order to maintain Nepali cultural identity worldwide.
Nov 3 2008
Kalpana Giri was a government school teacher in Bajura and her husband was a policeman. During the conflict, he was forced by the Maoists to leave the police and they had to leave their village because of threats. After failing to find a job, Kalpana...