Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar invited to visit Nepal
Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal has invited his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar to visit Nepal.
In a sideline meeting during his visit to Mauritius a few weeks ago, Minister Khanal invited Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to visit Nepal.
Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed this while responding to a question of reporters on Tuesday.
He said that a formal invitation has been received from the Nepali Foreign Minister and the date of the visit will be decided by mutual agreement.
Earlier, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri was preparing to visit Nepal. However, his visit was postponed due to lack of preparation.
Speaker Aryal calls on President Paudel
Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Dol Prasad Aryal called on President Ram Chandra Paudel at the Office of the President Shital Niwas on Tuesday.
During the meeting, the two exchanged views on contemporary issues, according to the President's Secretariat.
SEE results out; nearly 66 percent students graded
The National Examinations Board (NEB) on Monday published the results of this year’s Secondary Education Examination (SEE).
The NEB published the results 29 days after the examinations.
Secretary at the Ministry of Education Chunamani Paudel shared that 65.98 percent of the examinees secured grades.
A total of 430,667 students had appeared in the examinations this year.
Paudel said that 284,160 students were graded and 146,507 others were non-graded in the examinations
As per the results announced by the NEB, 48,392 students received 3.6 to 4 GPA, while 80,372 students got 3.2 to 3.6 GPA.
Likewise, 94,222 students obtained 2.8 to 3.2 GPA in the SEE results.
SC orders not to implement decision to dismiss student organizations
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday issued an interlocutory order not to immediately implement the decision to dismiss the student organizations at the universities.
A single bench of Justice Shreekanta Paudel issued this order.
The SC has called both sides for discussions on this matter on May 18.
The SC has asked to submit a written response as well as a copy of the writ petition through the Office of the Attorney General within 15 days of receiving the notice by excluding travel time.
Leaders of the student organizations including the Chairperson of the All Nepal National Free Students' Union, Deepak Dhami, had filed the writ petition against the decision to dismantle the student organizations, making the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers a defendant.
