New party formation is like forming water by combining hydrogen and oxygen: Dahal

May 17, 2018-Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said the unification between CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) is like forming water by combining hydrogen and oxygen.

Addressing a press conference organised at City Hall to make a formal announcement of the party unification, Dahal said, “the unification between CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) is like forming water by combining hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen and oxygen cannot be separated once they turn into water.”

Dahal termed the unification between the two communist forces as a ‘great step’.

He said that the new party formed after the unification of two parties will work for stability, development and prosperity for people.

He admitted that malpractices were rife in communist parties and claimed a unified communist party would work to end such practices.

The former PM said he would devote his rest of his life for the development, prosperity and socialism in the country.

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MD course fee row: Medical students stage sit-in outside VC Khaniya’s office

May 17, 2018-Medical students staged a sit-in outside the office of Tribhuvan University Vice-chancellor Tirtha Khaniya on Wednesday, demanding that the varsity enforce the fee ceiling for Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree, as decided by the TU Executive Council on March 26.

Around 20 students gathered outside VC Khaniya’s office in TU campus, Kirtipur, for nearly two hours before they were admitted inside.

Dr Gunjan Khadka, one of the protesters, said that VC Khaniya allowed them only a brief moment to listen to their grievances.

“Once we were admitted inside his office building, we had to wait for another two hours to meet him. In a short meeting we had with him, we asked him what the university was doing to address the concerns,” said Dr Khadka.

The agitating students returned after VC Khaniya assured them that the TU was committed to enforcing the decision taken by the Executive Council.

The medical students started their protest after some medical schools refused to comply with the set fee structure. Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhiarahawa, and Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara, have filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the TU Executive Council to reduce the fee for MD course to Rs 2.2 million from Rs 3.1 million.

VC Khaniya has assured the protesting students that the TU would hire the best lawyers to fight the case.

“The decision taken by the TU Executive Council is final. We are not going to bend our knees before these colleges,” he told the students.

Earlier, the students had staged a protest outside the office of the Institute of Medicine, the body that governs the country’s medical schools. Dr Govinda KC, a senior orthopaedic surgeon and a staunch supporter of regulating the country’s medical education sector, has also thrown his weight behind the ongoing protest.

He had recently issued a statement demanding the government to scrap the affiliation of those colleges that are charging exorbitant fees by violating the regulation.


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Oli and Dahal shake on Nepal Communist Party

May 17, 2018-Eight months after the initial agreement between the CPN- UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre) on a party unity, the two ruling left parties have reached closer to sealing the deal. The announcement will be made on Thursday.

Two separate meetings—UML’s standing committee and Maoist Centre’s headquarter—on Wednesday evening decided to seal the merger.  The new party will be known as ‘Nepal Communist Party’.

The breakthrough deal came after a two-hour-long meeting between Prime Minister and UML Chairman KP Oli and Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday morning.

Then UML’s standing committee meeting and Maoist Centre’s headquarter meeting closed the deal.

Oli and Dahal agreed to announce the merger on Thursday, coinciding with the 25th death anniversary of former UML general secretary Madan Bhandari.

As per the agreement, the new party will have 441-member central committee—with 241 members from the UML and 200 from the Maoist Centre.

It will have a 43-member standing committee with 25 UML representatives and 18 from the Maoist Centre. The party will have ‘Sun’ as its electoral symbol that has been used by the UML for long.

The Party Unification Coordination Committee (PUCC) has called a meeting on Thursday to resolve any ideological issues related to the unification. Both parties will dissolve their respective central committees before registering the new party with the Election Commission.

“UML’s standing committee meeting and Maoist Centre’s headquarter meeting have decided to finalise the party merger,” confirmed senior Maoist leader Narayan Kaji Shrestha.

Addressing the media after the standing committee meeting, UML Secretary Yogesh Bhattarai said the the unification process of the two major leftist force in the country has come to the home stretch.

“The UML standing committee’s decision is historic not only for Nepal but also for all our well-wishers across the world,” he added.

The UML and Maoist Centre decided to accept Oli and Dahal as the joint chairmen of the new party until the general convention.

Oli and Dahal are scheduled to address a function at Madan Nagar, Balkhu, at 8:30 on Thursday morning where they will formally announce the merger. That will be followed by a PUCC meeting at Baluwatar at 10am.

The PUCC will prepare the final text, including the political and ideological documents of the new party, according to Maoist leader Shrestha.

“The PUCC meeting will take necessary decisions to ensure the unification process is concluded by Thursday,” UML Vice-chairman Bam Dev Gautam said.

Top leaders of the UML and Maoist Centre are scheduled to visit the Election Commission at around 3pm to register the new party and will hold a press conference at the City Hall at around 5pm.

UML Secretary Bhattarai said the PUCC meeting will prepare party manifesto and statute. “If these tasks are completed on time, we visit the Election Commission tomorrow [Thursday],” he said.

Both parties have agreed to accept the role of the decade-long Maoist’s People’s War and peaceful struggle of the UML in the past decade in their political document.

On the ideological issue, the two parties have agreed to highlight the positive aspects of Janata ko Baudaliya Janabad (People’s Multi-party Democracy), currently undertaken by the UML, and Janabad of the 21st century, the guiding principles of the Maoist party and create a new ideological framework.

The UML secretary said the decision on the party’s guiding principle would be taken up by the general convention.

“The interim political report will, however, mention Samajbad unmukh Janatako Janabad (socialism-oriented people’s democracy),” he said, adding that the party’s political ideology will ensure multi-party system, pluralism, press freedom, human rights and environment for holding timely periodic elections.

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India flyover collapse kills at least 18 in Varanasi

At least 18 people have been killed and dozens trapped in the Indian city of Varanasi after a flyover collapsed, crushing vehicles beneath it.

The flyover was still being built when portions of its cement structure fell on the road being used under it.

Officials from the National Disaster Response Force said 18 bodies had been recovered so far.

A rescue operation is continuing for those believed to still be trapped, but their number and condition is unknown.

Photographs and video from the scene showed cars and a bus crushed beneath the weight of the concrete, many of which still held people inside.

Local media reported that a handful of people had been successfully rescued, as seven cranes attempted to lift the concrete pillar. A large crowd also gathered at the scene.

One eyewitness told reporters they were nearby when the collapse happened. "At least four cars, an auto-rickshaw and a minibus were crushed under it," they said.

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Several vehicles were only partly crushed beneath the tonnes of concrete
India's NDTV also reported that many of those trapped are believed to be construction workers who had been building the flyover.

The cause of the collapse is not yet known, and an inquiry has been ordered, NDTV added.

Major collapses of buildings and other infrastructure are not uncommon in India, where the enforcement of construction standards is weaker than many Western countries.

In September, 33 people died when a six-storey Mumbai building toppled and more than 20 people died in 2016 when a flyover collapsed in Kolkata.

Other collapses with smaller death tolls are frequent.

Varanasi is the home constituency of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said he was "extremely saddened by the loss of lives due to the collapse".

"I pray that the injured recover soon. Spoke to officials and asked them to ensure all possible support to those affected," he tweeted.

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EU paid Airbus billions in illegal subsidies, WTO rules

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that the European Union (EU) failed to comply with requests to end subsidies for Airbus.

The US Trade Representative (USTR) said the ruling in the dispute opens the way for placing tariffs on EU goods.

The USTR argued that European countries had given $22bn in state aid to Airbus to help launch its A380 and A350 jets, causing losses to US rival Boeing.

The European Commission said most of the disputed support ended in 2011.

It said it had "only a few" remaining things to do to be compliant and pledged "swift action" on those fronts.

What is the history of the dispute?
Tuesday's ruling in favour of the US, which brought the case on behalf of plane-maker Boeing, brings an end to a dispute which began in 2004 over $22bn (£16.3bn) in subsidised European financing for Airbus.

The WTO initially found in favour of the US in 2011. The US subsequently complained that the EU and certain member countries were not in compliance with the decision, prompting further wrangling between the two sides.

On Tuesday, the WTO dismissed an appeal by Airbus, saying the European plane maker had failed to fix the harm done to US rival Boeing.

Boeing chairman and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg said: "Today's final ruling sends a clear message: disregard for the rules and illegal subsidies are not tolerated."


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Royal wedding: Meghan's half-sister hopes father will attend

Meghan Markle's estranged half-sister has said she hopes their father Thomas will attend the royal wedding.

Confusion remains over whether Mr Markle is willing or well enough to attend his daughter's wedding to Prince Harry in Windsor on Saturday.

He had told website TMZ he would not go amid a row over paparazzi photographs; then that he would; then that he could not, due to planned heart surgery.

Samantha Markle said he had faced an "unbelievable amount of stress".

Mr Markle became embroiled in controversy at the weekend, following reports that he staged paparazzi photographs of himself in the run-up to the wedding.

The pictures showed Mr Markle - apparently unaware he was being photographed - in a series of wedding-related activities, including being measured for a wedding suit.

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Carillion board oversaw a 'rotten corporate culture', say MPs

Carillion's board presided over a "rotten corporate culture" and was culpable for its "costly collapse", two committees of MPs have concluded.

They also accused the government and big four accounting firms of failing to stop Britain's second biggest construction firm from going under.

The MPs said regulators should now consider banning the former directors from serving on other company boards.

Carillion collapsed under a £1.5bn debt pile in January.

It employed 43,000 people, about 20,000 of them in the UK, and thousands of jobs have been lost.

It also held numerous public contracts, such as the maintenance of schools and prisons, all of which had to be brought under government control.


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Polycystic ovary syndrome: Scientists closer to understanding cause

A common cause of female infertility - polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) - may be due to a hormonal imbalance before birth, researchers have found.

Researchers have been able to cure it in mice, and a clinical trial in human women is due to begin later this year, the New Scientist reports.

PCOS affects up to one in five women worldwide, it says.

It affects how a woman's ovaries work - symptoms include irregular periods and difficulty getting pregnant.

"It's by far the most common hormonal condition affecting women of reproductive age, but it hasn't received a lot of attention," Robert Norman at the University of Adelaide in Australia told the New Scientist.

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Gaza violence: Israelis and Palestinians in fierce exchanges at UN

There have been angry exchanges between Israeli and Palestinian envoys at the UN, as the diplomatic fallout over deadly violence in Gaza gathered pace.

Some 58 Palestinians were killed when Israeli troops fired on protesters on Monday, with funerals held on Tuesday.

The Palestinian envoy spoke of a "crime against humanity", while Israel accused Hamas, who are in control of Gaza, of taking their own people hostage.

This week was the culmination of a six-week protest against Israel.

'Hear our message': Gaza border violence in pictures
Life in the Gaza Strip
Monday was the 70th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel and also the day the US made the controversial move of its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

What have Israel and the Palestinians said?
The emergency meeting of the UN Security Council began with its president, Poland's Joanna Wronecka, calling a minute's silence for those killed in Gaza on Monday, along with "others who have died as a result of a conflict that has endured for far too long".

After a number of nations expressed concern at the violence and some called for an inquiry, the Palestinian and Israeli envoys engaged in a fierce exchange.

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Japan's economy shrinks for first time in two years

Japan's economy shrank in the first quarter of 2018 for the first time in two years, ending the longest stretch of economic growth since the 1980s.

The world's third largest economy contracted at an annualised rate of 0.6%, official data showed.

Expectations were for an annualised contraction of 0.2%.

Private consumption and capital expenditure slowed during the January to March quarter, which analysts said dragged down the economy.

Private consumption accounts for about 60% of Japan's economic activity.

Annualised growth rates represent the growth if the quarter-on-previous-quarter rate of change were maintained for a full year.

On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the economy shrank 0.2% compared with growth of 0.1% at the end of 2017.

Analysts said they expected to see a recovery in the current quarter of 2018 and that bad weather together with a global slowdown in demand for electronics had also led to the decline in the first quarter.

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N Korea cancels talks with South Korea and warns US

North Korea has cancelled Wednesday's high-level talks with South Korea because of anger over its joint military exercises with the US.

The North's official KCNA news agency said the exercises were a "provocation" and a rehearsal for an invasion.

It also warned the US over the fate of the historic summit between Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump that is scheduled for 12 June in Singapore.

In March, Mr Trump stunned the world by accepting an invitation to meet Mr Kim.

"We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!" the US leader later tweeted.

The US state department said it was continuing to prepare for the Trump-Kim summit and that it was not aware of any changes in the North Korean position.

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Khadka, Lamichhane lead nominations

May 15, 2018-Nepal Sports Journalists Forum on Monday announced the five nominees each in four categories of the Pulsar Sports Award set for June 18 at the Army Officer’s Club.

The annual Sports Award honours sportsperson in eight categories—the player of year male and female, youth, coach, para-athlete, peoples’ choice, special and lifetime achievement. NSJF has already announced the People’s Choice nominees and on Monday it revealed the contenders in the Male, Female, Youth and Coach categories.



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Legendary footballer Shah passes away

May 15, 2018-Legendary footballer and former national team captain Mani Shah passed away at the Norvic International Hospital in Thapathali on Monday.

The 51-year-old, popularly known as ‘Nepali Maradona’, was suffering from liver complications for years. He was admitted to the Hospital on Sunday after high fever and was kept under ventilator support on Monday morning. He was pronounced dead in the evening. His body will be kept at the Dasharath Stadium for final tribute on Tuesday. He is survived by wife and a daughter.

Shah, who made national team debut at the age of 17 during the 1985 South Asian Federation Games (now called South Asian Games) in Bangladesh, is remembered as one of the best footballers Nepal has ever produced. He was one of the key players of the Nepali squad that won gold medal in the 1993 SAG in Dhaka. While Nepal was trailing 2-1 against India in the final, Shah scored the equaliser in the fading moments of the match through freekick. Nepal eventually won the match 4-3 in the penalty shootout.

All Nepal Football Association vice president and former national team captain Upendra Man Sing, who played alongside Shah, called him as “the best midfielder” Nepal has ever had. “I have not seen a player of such qualities in midfield so far,” said Singh, the former national team assistance coach.

Singh, who played together with Shah for eight years during 1991-1998 calls Shah as his idol. “I met him for the first time at a programme at Dipendra Police School and played for the first time with him at 1991 SAG. He always encouraged the juniors,” said Singh who was also his teammate during the footballer’s last international tournament in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games.



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Four officials asked to clarify over disfigured national flag

May 14, 2018-The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has sought clarification from four government officials over the use of a disfigured national flag at Janaki Temple premises during the visit of Indian PM Narendra Modi.

Province 2 acting Chief Secretary Hari Phuyal, Province 2 Internal Affairs and Law Ministry Secretary Deviram Bhandari, Dhanusha Chief District Officer Gopal Parajuli and Janakpur sub-metropolis executive officer Madan Bhandari are asked to clarify how the wrongly-shaped and figured flag ended up at the temple premises. They have been asked to present a written clarification inside three days.

Social media users were abuzz with tempestuous posts for the use of the disfigured flag during the visit by the Indian PM.



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Kathmandu starts temple work

May 15, 2018-Rebuilding of Kasthamandap Temple damaged by the earthquake on April 25, 2015 started on Monday. The temple, one of the historic monuments situated in the heart of Kathmandu, figures among UNESCO world heritage sites.

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari laid the foundation stone of the quake-damaged structure.

Veteran Culture Expert and Litterateur Satya Mohan Joshi, Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Bidhya Sundar Shakya and National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Chief Executive Officer of Yubraj Bhusal among other were present in the event.

KMC has taken the responsibility of resurrecting the structure. Minister Adhikari said the reconstruction would be completed within three years.“The KMC will initiate reconstruction process and co-ordinate with local bodies,” he said. The government plans to complete reconstruction of all major historic sites in Kathmandu before the beginning of Nepal Tourism Year in 2020, he said.A steering committee headed by KMC Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya will govern the rebuilding process.

Kasthamandap is one of the oldest public buildings in Kathmandu Valley. It serves religious and secular functions for over a millennium. Many erroneously believe the wooden pavilion that Laxmi Narsingh Malla built it in 17th century. Other scholars place the structure as a 12th century monument.

Recent archeological studies resolve several myths and stories about the date of the construction of the temple. Newly discovered objects during excavations in the aftermath of the earthquake suggest it may have been built in the 7th century during the Lichhavi era. A joint excavation conducted by the Department of Archaeology and Durham University pushed Kasthamandap’s dates back by five centuries. It confirmed the foundations date back to the 7th century and established the building was at least 1,300 years old.

Even though the reconstruction process of Kasthamandap was initiated after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, the process had stalled following intervention from citizens and cultural experts after the temple was being reconstructed using steel and concrete while the locals had demanded that originality is maintained to keep the essence of the historic process alive.

Work at heritage sites progresses at the snail’s pace with majority of such sites yet to be reconstructed. According to the data of National Reconstruction Authority (NRA), the agency mandated to carry reconstruction drive, the earthquake affected 750 heritage sites.Of the total, 133 sites have been destroyed while 617 sustained partial damage. The earthquake affected heritage sites in 20 districts out of 32 quake-impacted districts. The NRA data shows 100 heritage sites have been rebuilt so far. Progress is slow at most sites and work is yet to start at 324 sites.

Differences over reconstruction modality, intervention from locals in several sites and slow bureaucratic process among others have prevented the timely reconstruction of the iconic structure.Other crucial issue delaying the reconstruction of the heritage site is unavailability of adequate number of engineers, architects and skilled workers.



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PA member sentenced to one year prison for smuggling forest products

May 15, 2018-A Province Assembly lawmaker of Rautahat has been sentenced to one year prison on the charge of smuggling forest products.

According to the verdict of the then Appellate Court, Hetauda, Province Assembly member Kundan Kuswaha was sentenced to one year in prison for his involvement in smuggling forest products.

The District Court, Gaur, has sent a letter including the information to the District Police Office pertaining to the fine penalty against Kuswaha.

Kuswaha had won the Province Assembly election from Rautahat Constituency 3 (Kha) from CPN (Maoist Centre).

The District Court has sent the letter related to fine at a time when the forest products smuggling case against Kuswaha is pending in the Supreme Court.

Court’s registrar Manoj Baral confirmed that a letter related to the fine penalty has been sent at the District Police Office informing that Kuswaha has been sentenced to one year in prison.

SSP Rabindra KC said that the District Police Office has got the letter sent by the court.

“The court has not clarified whether to arrest him,” he said, adding, “I will take consultation with the legal experts regarding the issue.”

A police official at the District Police Office claimed that Kuswaha can be arrested based on the letter of court.

The Appellate Court, Hetauda, on August 10, 2015 had sentenced Kuswaha to one year in prison.

Around 469 cubic feet timber was recovered from a truck (Na 4 Kha 4640) heading towards Pokhara of Kaski from Katahariya of the district on September 18, 2012 during a security check at Pathlaiya Check Post in Pipara Simara.

Truck driver Indra Bahadur Mananadhar had tried to escape the arrest saying that the vehicle was loaded with 350 sacks of rice.

During the interrogation, Manandhar said that the timber belonged to Kundan Prasad Kusaha, owner of Katahariya-based New Everest Saw Mill.

The District Court in July 6, 2014, had found Manandar guilty in the smuggling of forest products while truck owner and Kuswaha were given clean chit.

After the verdict was appealed at the Appellate Court, Hetauda, the court overturned the decision of District Court, Bara, and sentenced Kuswaha to one year in prison.

Later on July 31, 2016, lawmaker Kuswaha had appealed the Supreme Court against the verdict of the Appellate Court.

“I am stunned that a letter has been sent to the District Police Office regarding the fine penalty over the pending case,” he said, “How it happened. I am trying to inquire about this.”

He had contested the province assembly election at a time when the case was pending at the Supreme Court.



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Writ filed against CEC Yadav’s appointment scrapped after 5 years

May 15, 2018-A writ filed against Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has been scrapped finally after five years.

A division bench Justices Kedar Prasad Chalise and Dambar Bahadur Shahi on Monday scrapped the writ filed by Prabin Kumar Labh and Hareram Sah arguing that the appointment of CEC Yadav was against the constitutional provision.

With the decision of the Supreme Court, the decision made by the then Constitutional Council led by Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi has got approval.


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Over 50 people injured in Mahottari bus accident

May 15, 2018-More than 50 people were injured when a bus they were travelling in overturned at Parikauli Chowk in Jaleshwor Municipality along Bhitthamod-Janakpur road section in Mahottari on Tuesday.

According to SP Kuber Kadayet of the District Police Office, Mahottari, the bus (Ja 1 Kha) was heading towards Janakpur from Bhitthamod of Mahottari when the incident occurred due to overspeed.

Of the injured, 13 are undergoing treatment at the District Hospital, Jaleshwor and the remaining at the Janakpur Zonal Hospital.

Among the injured, seven are in critical condition and some of the injured have returned home after the treatment.

The bus was carrying more than 100 passengers. Bus driver and assistant bus driver fled the scene after the incident.

Nepal Army and Nepal Police personnel with the help locals had carried out rescue operation at the incident site.  RSS



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Dr KC demands action against medical colleges charging exorbitant fees

May 15, 2018-Senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC has urged the government to immediately scrap the affiliation granted to medical colleges charging exorbitant fees from students against the fee ceiling set by the government.

Saying that the medical colleges have indulged in black-marketing of millions of rupees by charging exorbitant fees from students, Dr KC, who has already staged a series of hunger strikes demanding reforms in medical education sector, has urged the government and concerned authorities to take action against those colleges.

Accusing the government of showing irresponsible attitude towards the issue, the crusader said that the government should immediately take action against the syndicate of medical colleges.

“Illegal activities have been promoted as the Ministry of Education which has taken the responsibility to control crime in the entire education sector including medical colleges remained a mute spectator instead of taking action against those carrying out black marketing,” he said in a statement issued on Tuesday.

“We want the government immediately take action against the syndicate of medical colleges indulged in black marketing,” the statement read.

He said that the black marketing is being carried out in medical colleges under the protection of corrupt officer bearers of Tribhuvan University.

Dr KC said that the officer bearers of the Tribhuvan University who are found guilty should be immediately punished and suspended.

Earlier on Monday, medical students had staged protest in front of the Institute of Medicine (IoM) against exorbitant fees charged by medical colleges under the Tribhuvan University for a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.

Around 40 students from six private medical colleges from different parts of the country demanded that the IoM take necessary steps against those colleges that are charging have passed the university’s ceiling. The TU Executive Council on March 26 had reduced the total fee for the degree to Rs2.2 million from Rs3.1 million. It included the tuition, along with admission, library, practical and examination charges.



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Iran nuclear deal: Envoy starts diplomatic tour after US withdrawal

Javad Zarif's first stop was with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has begun a diplomatic tour to seek assurances that signatories to a landmark nuclear deal will back it despite its abandonment by the US.

Mr Zarif said on his first stop, China, that he hoped to secure a "clear future design" for the agreement.

The US will re-impose sanctions on Iran and firms dealing with it could be hit, angering signatories like France.

President Hassan Rouhani said he hoped Iran could stay in the agreement.

"If the remaining five countries continue to abide by the agreement, Iran will remain in the deal despite the will of America," he said.

Iran nuclear deal: Key details
Europe's billion-dollar deals at stake in Iran row
The 2015 agreement sought to curb Iran's nuclear programme in return for the lifting of economic sanctions.

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