India, May 23 -- Without Beijing's encouragement, PM Oli would not think of antagonising India.

The top priority on the international agenda at the moment must be to combat the coronavirus and find a cure for it. Regrettably, this is not happening. Regional disputes continue to simmer.

Take for example the current cartographic differences between Nepal and India. I have in the past been intimately associated with Indo-Nepal relations. I have no hesitation in emphasising the fact that, with one or two exceptions the Prime Ministers of Nepal have not been up to the job.

The Nepalese government has taken objection to a map India issued in 2019 to emphasise the changed status of Jammu & Kashmir into a Union Territory. Nepal asserted that t...