Commentaries
Modi’s Colombo Mission: Security, Energy, and a Strategic Reset
Indian Prime Minister Modi’s fourth visit last week expressed his commitment to safeguarding the national interests of both India and Sri Lanka, particularly in the security and energy sectors. This agreement comes after nearly four d...
Recent developments around Tibet and its future implications on Indo-China relations
On July 14th, a high-profile delegation from the United States visited Dharamshala, India, to meet with the Dalai Lama and representatives from the Central Tibetan Administration. This visit underscores the bipartisan support within the US...
INDIA’S INVESTMENT TREATIES: Issues and Remedies
Ever since 2016, India terminated 77 of the Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) considering how India had become a respondent state in 17 BIT claims as early as in 2015. India’s problems started with the White Industri...
Migration and Nepal’s Economy: The Paradox of Development
Migration is essentially a common phenomenon amongst the youth predominantly, and in Nepal, this is on the rise. Every day, almost 1700 Nepali people migrate in search of a better life abroad. According to 2021 census data, almost 2.2 milli...
Remarks by H.E. Mr. Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Foreign Secretary of India at the first AIDIA Distinguished Lecture
H.E. Ambassador Dr. Madan Bhattarai, H.E. Ambassador of India Shri Vinay Kwatra and my colleagues in the Indian Embassy, Founder AIDIA Shri Sunil KC Former Ambassador of Nepal to India Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen Namaste...
Economic Divide: A Hindrance in Nepal’s Digital Economic Growth
Today, the world’s largest taxi company - Uber - does not own taxis; biggest retailer – Alibaba - does not own inventories. The global economy is undergoing transformation. Conventional businesses and services models are changin...
Coronavirus: will there be a new world order?
The Governor of New York stated that Covid-19 is spreading in New York faster than “a bullet train”. Not only in New York, it is evident that the number of Coronavirus cases continues to increase exponentially in multi...
COVID-19 impacting Nepal’s tourist based economy
Tourism is one of the largest industries in Nepal. Last year, Nepal’s tourism industry generated Rs 240 billion and supported 1 million jobs. Novel Coronavirus (hereafter referred as ‘COVID-19’) has hard hit this industry...
ECONOMIC THEORIES AND WORLD ECONOMY
“A QUIET AND MODEST LIFE BRINGS MORE JOY THAN A PURSUIT OF SUCCESS BOUND WITH CONSTANT UNREST” - EINSTEIN Agree with the beautiful statement of Einstein. But the reality is, the entire world is continuo...
Corporate Social Responsibility in Commercial Jurisprudence
Let’s begin this study with the famous saying of Mahatma Gandhi, which goes like this: “Earth provide enough to satisfy every man’s need, not every man’s greed.” JRD Tata, a recipient of Bharat Ratna (the highe...