Submit your Article

Ambassador of Nepal to Brazil Nirmal Raj Kafle on Thursday presented his Letters of Credence to Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra, President of Peru, as Non-Resident Ambassador of Nepal to Peru. 

Presenting the credentials at a special ceremony held in Lima, Ambassador Kafle conveyed best wishes from Nepal's President Ram Chandra Paudel and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to President Zegarra for her personal health and happiness as well as for the continued peace and prosperity of the friendly people of Peru, stated Nepali Embassy in Brazil.. 

The President of Peru extended her best wishes to the Ambassador and assured him of full support from her Government in the discharge of his duties as Ambassador. 

Senior officials of the Foreign Ministry and the Office of the President were present at the ceremony.

During his stay in Lima, the Ambassador held a meeting with the Director-General for Asia-Oceania, Fernando Quiros, and the Director-General for Economic Affairs, Jorge Felix Rubio Correa, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on various aspects of bilateral relations and cooperation. The two sides will work toward an arrangement of mutual visa exemption for official travels as well as toward establishing a mechanism for bilateral consultations. 

The Peruvian side expressed its readiness to extend technical assistance to Nepal under South-South Cooperation, in areas such as disaster risk management, water and sanitation, and sustainable cities. 

They discussed ways for capitalizing on potentials for economic partnerships, including through facilitating exchanges of business delegations. 

The two sides will also work together to promote cultural and people-to-people linkages.

Matters relating to multilateral engagements on agendas of common interest were also discussed during the meeting. 

ChatGPT parent OpenAI will open its first India office in New Delhi later this year, deepening its push in its second-largest market by user numbers, Reuters reported.

OpenAI, which is backed by Microsoft, has been established as a legal entity in India and has begun hiring a local team, the company said in a statement shared with Reuters on Friday.

India is a critical market for ChatGPT, where it launched its cheapest yet monthly plan at $4.60 just this week, targeting the nearly one billion internet users in the world's most populous nation, according to Reuters.

A Bangkok court has acquitted controversial billionaire and former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was accused of insulting the monarchy, BBC reported.

The lese majeste charge relates to an interview Thaksin gave to a South Korean newspaper ten years ago. He would have faced up to 15 years in jail if convicted.

Thailand's lese majeste law forbids anyone from defaming or threatening the royal family. But critics say lawmakers often use it to target activists and political opponents.

The verdict comes as Thaksin's daughter, suspended PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra, faces a court case that may see her removed from office. The cases have been seen as a big blow to the Shinawatras, who have dominated Thai politics for decades, according to BBC.

The U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday proceed with sweeping cuts to National Institutes of Health grants for research related to racial minorities or LGBT people, part of his crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and transgender identity, Reuters reported.

The justices, in a 5-4 decision, granted the Justice Department's request to lift Boston-based U.S. District Judge William Young's decision in June that the grant terminations violated federal law, while a legal challenge brought by researchers and 16 U.S. states plays out in a lower court.

In a brief order, the majority suggested the challenge to the terminations should have been brought in a different judicial body, the Washington-based Court of Federal Claims, which specializes in money damages claims against the U.S. government. Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's three liberal justices dissenting from the decision, according to Reuters.

Google has struck a six-year cloud computing deal with Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab worth more than $10 billion, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday, the search giant's second big agreement recently after one with OpenAI, Reuters reported.

Under the agreement, Meta will use Google Cloud's servers, storage, networking and other services, the source, who asked not to be named because the discussions are confidential, said.

Google and Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The deal was first reported by the Information, according to Reuters.

Military chiefs from the United States and a number of European countries on Thursday presented options to their national security advisers for providing security guarantees to Ukraine, officials said, Reuters reported.

This followed US President Donald Trump's pledge to help protect the country under any deal to end Russia's 3-1/2-year-old war in Ukraine.

A Pentagon statement said U.S. and European planners had developed the military options for "appropriate consideration" by allied national security advisers. Reuters was first to report that the military leaders were preparing the options, according to Reuters.

The Kaligandaki Corridor has been completely obstructed after a landslide at Rakse. 

A police team from Purtighat-based police post has been mobilized to remove the landslide debris.

Information Officer at the Gulmi District Police Office, Ganga Bahadur Saru, informed that dozers are being used for clearing off the road.

Vehicles en route to Palpa and Butwal through Pabat, Baglung and Ridi have been stranded midway.

Nepal are taking on Pakistan in the Top End T20 Series underway in Northern Territory of Australia. 

In the final match of the group stage under the series, Nepal and Pakistan are set to compete today. 

The match will begin at 3:15 pm Nepali time. 

Nepal are in seventh place in the score board among the 11 teams participating in the series. 

Nepali team is under pressure to win today's match to qualify for the semifinals.