Nepal, June 28 -- The Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has praised the "public shaming" movement led by celebrities on social media, which involves sharing the names and photos of individuals who make offensive and hateful remarks online.

Taking to Facebook on Saturday, PM Oli stated that society needs to be protected from the sadistic tendency of insulting others, constantly opposing, or cursing things just to appear superior. He added that society must not be led astray by provocation but be guided toward reason and awareness.

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He remarked that the approach taken by singers Samikshya Adhikari and Eleena Chauhan-exposing those who spread hate-seems appropriate...