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Nepal has started exporting an additional 144 MW of electricity generated by its Kaligandaki hydropower plant to India through its power exchange market.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned its citizens from traveling to several countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Twelve Indian nationals have been arrested for allegedly running an illegal networking business and duping several people in Nepal, according to media reports.

Lohia Auto, today announced foraying outside India to its first international market, Nepal. To kick-start its global business, the company has launched its first-ever petrol-powered three-wheeler auto rickshaw, which will cater to both passenger and cargo vehicle segments in the country.

Nepal depends heavily on funds from workers in India, who sent home $640 million in 2016, or about 2.6 percent of Nepal's gross domestic product.

For the first time since it was banned as a terror group in 2010, top leaders of the Indian Mujahideen including Yasin Bhatkal have been found guilty of a terror attack.

The Patanjali Group, owned by Indian yoga guru Ramdev, opened its new factory in Nepal on Thursday, aiming to produce various fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) in a bid to expand its business across the border.

A large number of Nepalese citizens working in India send remittances to their families in Nepal in higher denomination notes.

Ahead of his trip to India next week, Nepal's new Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Wednesday sought views of the country's business leaders to be included in the economic agenda for his first foreign visit after assuming office.

Amid growing warmth in ties after the chill caused by the Madhesi agitation, India today said it was an "elder brother" to Nepal and not "big brother" as often described.

With the blockade at the Indo-Nepal border coming to an end, homegrown FMCG major Dabur on Tuesday said it does not see any significant impact from the unrest on its juice business in the fourth quarter of the fiscal.

China will provide over Rs 1,400 crore (USD 210 million) as soft loan to Nepal to construct a regional airport in Pokhara as part of the country's efforts to develop its aviation sector and avoid a situation similar to one faced during the ongoing blockade of border with India by Madhesis.

India today strongly condemned as "provocative" and "ill-intentioned" allegations that it is sending soldiers in plain clothes to Nepal amid the ongoing agitation against the new Constitution by Indian-origin Madhesis.

An odd-even license plate system for plying of vehicles on alternated days has been enforced in Nepal today to reduce the impact of fuel shortage. The government has also asked international airlines to refuel planes abroad after the blockade of a key trade checkpoint with India by protesters who are opposing the country's new Constitution.

Hundreds of trucks have been stranded at the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar, due to protests over the Himalayan country's new Constitution, the line of trucks extending upto nearly 10 kilometres long on the highway.

Nepal has started exporting an additional 144 MW of electricity generated by its Kaligandaki hydropower plant to India through its power exchange market.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned its citizens from traveling to several countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Twelve Indian nationals have been arrested for allegedly running an illegal networking business and duping several people in Nepal, according to media reports.

Lohia Auto, today announced foraying outside India to its first international market, Nepal. To kick-start its global business, the company has launched its first-ever petrol-powered three-wheeler auto rickshaw, which will cater to both passenger and cargo vehicle segments in the country.

Nepal depends heavily on funds from workers in India, who sent home $640 million in 2016, or about 2.6 percent of Nepal's gross domestic product.

For the first time since it was banned as a terror group in 2010, top leaders of the Indian Mujahideen including Yasin Bhatkal have been found guilty of a terror attack.

The Patanjali Group, owned by Indian yoga guru Ramdev, opened its new factory in Nepal on Thursday, aiming to produce various fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) in a bid to expand its business across the border.

A large number of Nepalese citizens working in India send remittances to their families in Nepal in higher denomination notes.

Ahead of his trip to India next week, Nepal's new Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Wednesday sought views of the country's business leaders to be included in the economic agenda for his first foreign visit after assuming office.

Amid growing warmth in ties after the chill caused by the Madhesi agitation, India today said it was an "elder brother" to Nepal and not "big brother" as often described.

With the blockade at the Indo-Nepal border coming to an end, homegrown FMCG major Dabur on Tuesday said it does not see any significant impact from the unrest on its juice business in the fourth quarter of the fiscal.

China will provide over Rs 1,400 crore (USD 210 million) as soft loan to Nepal to construct a regional airport in Pokhara as part of the country's efforts to develop its aviation sector and avoid a situation similar to one faced during the ongoing blockade of border with India by Madhesis.

India today strongly condemned as "provocative" and "ill-intentioned" allegations that it is sending soldiers in plain clothes to Nepal amid the ongoing agitation against the new Constitution by Indian-origin Madhesis.

An odd-even license plate system for plying of vehicles on alternated days has been enforced in Nepal today to reduce the impact of fuel shortage. The government has also asked international airlines to refuel planes abroad after the blockade of a key trade checkpoint with India by protesters who are opposing the country's new Constitution.

Hundreds of trucks have been stranded at the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar, due to protests over the Himalayan country's new Constitution, the line of trucks extending upto nearly 10 kilometres long on the highway.