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On Thursday, Plantation and Commodities Minister Johari Abdul Ghani mooted the idea in parliament when asked about the use of mechanisation and technology in the plantation sector to mitigate its reliance on foreign labour.
Analysts say it would be counterproductive for India to reassert itself in the Maldives as this would only incite more anti-Indian sentiment.
After a six-week trip to India in 1984, Olga Murray flew to Nepal to hike through remote Himalayan villages.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sixteen years ago, mass protests in Nepal forced then-King Gyanendra Shah to give up the throne and clear the way for a republic. Now, a new wave of protest is trying to bring him back.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — At the stroke of 10 every morning at the only zoo in Nepal, a 41-year-old pelican arrives at the entrance of the animal kitchen, waiting patiently for program officer Ganesh Koirala to arrive. The pelican knows that with Koirala will come breakfast — a one-kilogram (2-pound) fish.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — As a child, Shanti Chaudhari was scolded by her parents for standing too close to a group of musicians playing the naumati baja, Nepal’s nine traditional instruments, because they were identified with the Damai, part of the lowest caste that was formerly known as “untouchables.”
Ramesh, then a young student, said a local from his village tricked him into transporting the pelt in exchange for about 20,000 rupees (US$150). He realised he had committed a crime only after the arrest.
