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Four Years After Melamchi Flood Disaster: Trauma of the Affected Remains Unhealed
Four Years After Melamchi Flood Disaster: Trauma of the Affected Remains Unhealed Families who lost relatives in the flood have faced social and practical problems, cultural obstacles, displacement and migration in their daily lives after becoming mentally distraught. All of these are non-economic losses caused by climate change-induced disasters and their aftermath.
Excess Iodine in Salt: A Growing Health Issue in Nepal
Excess Iodine in Salt: A Growing Health Issue in Nepal The World Health Organization (WHO) has set a standard of 40 PPM at the production level and 15 PPM when it reaches consumers. Neighboring India has a standard of 15 PPM when consumers purchase in retail shops and 30 PPM during production. Nepal's standard has significantly more iodine than both the WHO and Indian standards.
The Prime Minister Employment Program of Nepal: A Grand Vote Bank Politics Project
The Prime Minister Employment Program of Nepal: A Grand Vote Bank Politics Project The government has introduced approximately a dozen programs to create jobs and retain youth within the country. However, none of these programs appear to have been effective.
National Seed Company in Shambles
National Seed Company in Shambles In the past, seeds were processed at the Krishi Samagri Company in Ghorahi. However, the processing plant has been closed since 2003. The company, which once handled seeds and saplings, is now limited to distributing chemical fertilizers.
How Overreliance on Imports of Vegetables and Food Grains is Constraining Nepal’s Agriculture Potential?
How Overreliance on Imports of Vegetables and Food Grains is Constraining Nepal’s Agriculture Potential? With multiple problems shackling the agriculture sector, Nepali farmers are often at the receiving end and Nepali consumers are bound to pay higher prices for food and vegetables.
Child Protection Standards in Nepal: Existing on Paper, Absent in Practice
Child Protection Standards in Nepal: Existing on Paper, Absent in Practice The state has not been able to provide the required legal framework, nor been able to implement the prevailing legal provisions, to protect children from possible psychosocial harms. 
Probing for Probe’s Sake: Aircraft Accident Investigations in Nepal
Probing for Probe’s Sake: Aircraft Accident Investigations in Nepal None of the recommendations of the aircraft accident investigation commissions are implemented while cases of plane crashes are increasing with troubling frequency in Nepal.
Silent Killer: How Bullying at School is Killing Nepali Children
Silent Killer: How Bullying at School is Killing Nepali Children Child protection measures are absent in school settings although it is provisioned in the law. This is the reason the cases of children committing, or attempting to commit suicide, are reported now and then.
Farmers Deprived of Agricultural Grants
Farmers Deprived of Agricultural Grants Both the federal and local level governments have a facility to provide grants to help farmers like Budamagar and Chaudhary. However, farmers like them have not been receiving such grants.
Santa's Unfulfilled Dream
Santa's Unfulfilled Dream Santa Bahadur, who was from Dharche-3 of Gorkha, had left home for greener pastures in Malaysia on the eve of Dashain with the dream of educating and bringing up his children in the best manner possible. However, less than three months later, on December 28, 2022 (Poush 13, 2079), he met with a car accident and died.
When the Vehicle Carrying the Dead Body Stopped in the Middle...
When the Vehicle Carrying the Dead Body Stopped in the Middle... In case of the death of a migrant worker with a work permit, the Foreign Employment Board arranges a vehicle to take the dead body home. The board claims that four-wheel vehicles are used in transporting the body, the information that we got using the right to information did not find any four-wheel vehicles in use.