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Peer review in a bureaucratic academia

Nepal, Sept. 8 -- As I have written in a long memoir essay published about two months ago, when four academics, including me, founded the journal Studies in Nepali History and Society (SINHAS) in 1995... Read More


IASH Jaipur launches 'Prime Performance Program' on World Sexual Health Day to raise awareness on men's health

Jaipur, Sept. 8 -- On the occasion of World Sexual Health Day (September 4), the Institute of Andrology and Sexual Health (IASH), Jaipur, unveiled the Prime Performance Program (PPP)-a holistic 12-wee... Read More


GSI confusion seems rooted in incompetence of Nepali interpreters

Nepal, Sept. 8 -- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's recent China visit, where he attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit and an 'anti-Japan' parade, sparked some controversy. There we... Read More


Candidature of CP Radhakrishnan for Vice President has generated immense enthusiasm: PM Modi

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the candidature of CP Radhakrishnan has generated immense enthusiasm, and people believe he will be an excellent Vice President. ... Read More


TMC: Attempt to disrupt SSC exam failed; over 31K candidates came from BJP-ruled states

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday slammed the BJP's "double-engine governments" in various states and the saffron party-led Central government, saying that "those who had promised... Read More


TMC: 18 hawkers from Murshidabad dragged from home, abused by UP police

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday lashed out at the BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh for the "illegal" arrest of 18 Bengali-speaking hawkers from Bengal, branding them as "outsiders", ... Read More


Perhaps biomedical engineers can help save Malaysia's ageing future - Turukesh Vellasamy

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 8 -- At my grandfather's care home in Penang, the staff works tirelessly to care for dozens of elderly residents. Yet, one incident remains etched in my memory: an elderly woman, f... Read More


Zamfara communities appeal to NCC to restore telecoms networks

Nigeria, Sept. 8 -- People in the Zamfara North Senatorial District have urged the Nigerian Telecommunications Commission (NCC) to restore telecommunications networks that have been shut down in the a... Read More


Wildlife menace forces Taplejung farmers to abandon ancestral villages

Taplejung, Sept. 8 -- For years, Geeta Prasad Puri of ward 3 in Phungling Municipality tried every possible way to protect his crops in his ancestral village. He grew seasonal and off-season vegetable... Read More


Assam CM hails PM Modi's tribute to Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika

Guwahati, Sept. 8 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for leading the nation in paying tribute to Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika on his birth a... Read More