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Trump honours teen lifeguard who risked life saving 10-year-old, jokes to rescued boy: 'I don't know if I'd do it...'

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- A 16-year-old lifeguard who battled powerful waves to save a 10-year-old boy off the California coast has been honoured at the White House, where he met US President Donald Trump... Read More


Nepal's revived Industrial Security Force must ensure business protection

Nepal, Aug. 18 -- The private sector has long served as the primary engine of the Nepali economy, generating approximately 86 percent of jobs and contributing roughly 81.55 percent to the national out... Read More


Vulcan understands the language of money: Harshil Mathur on Razorpay's AI push

India, Aug. 18 -- Even as India's digital payments infrastructure handles close to 23 billion UPI transactions and around 590 million credit card payments every month, Indian payments company Razorpay... Read More


How a private non-profit is fueling India's sports medal tally

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- During his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed India's desire to host the 2036 Olympics in Ahmedabad, for which the country has already submitted a l... Read More


Mental wellbeing: When a parent goes abroad for work, children can feel a loss that has no end

Kathmandu, Aug. 18 -- When a parent migrates for work, they leave behind fragments of their presence, which, for a child, are never quite enough to make up a whole person. As parents' migration for w... Read More


Indore man fails JEE twice, learns product designing on YouTube. Now earns rRs.r2 lakh monthly

India, Aug. 18 -- In a social media post, Ankur Warikoo criticised the country's reliance on elite college degrees to measure potential, stating that India suffers from a label problem rather than a t... Read More


Ecological equity needs constitutional protection

India, Aug. 18 -- Ecological inequality is now one of the most significant, yet least recognised, forms of inequality in India. Geographic variation may explain this asymmetry, but it cannot justify c... Read More


Nepali orthodox tea is in demand, but its workforce is shrinking

Panchthar, Aug. 18 -- The tea bushes at the Pathibhara Tea Estate, spread across 51 hectares in Panchthar, an eastern hill district, are flush with fresh shoots these days. The estate plucks and proc... Read More


After Chandrasekaran, the true test for the Tatas

India, Aug. 18 -- When news broke that N Chandrasekaran would not seek reappointment as chairman of Tata Sons beyond the end of his current term, the reaction was immediate. Tata stocks came under pre... Read More


Thapa faction presses ahead with Congress convention despite Deuba camp's legal challenge

Kathmandu, Aug. 18 -- The Nepali Congress establishment faction led by party president Gagan Thapa has decided to proceed with the party's 15th General Convention on October 2-5, rejecting the rival S... Read More