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A Cabinet meeting of India has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Nepal for the construction of the bridge at Dharchula. As per the decision, a bridge will be built over the Mahakali river at the Nepal-India border.

“With the signing of MoU, diplomatic relation between the two countries will further improve," the statement read.

India’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the MoU between India and Nepal will be signed in the “near future" and the bridge will be completed within three years. “The construction of the bridge will help people living in Dharchula in Uttarakhand and in the territory of Nepal," he said. In his tweet, India's Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishnakar has termed it an important that will deepen friendly ties. 

Kathmandu- A cabinet meeting has approved Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s India visit. PM will leave for India on January 9 for a four-day official visit.  

Along with high-level meetings, PM is scheduled to attend the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, a biennial development summit organized by the Indian state of Gujarat. PM Deuba will lead a 25-member government delegation.

Nepal has logged 435 news cases Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. As Omicron cases continue to surge across the world, Covid-19 cases are gradually increasing in Nepal.

370 new cases were recorded on January 4, 435 people tested positive on January 5, taking the total nationwide active cases tally to 5,225. A total of 6,715 PCR tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, and 239 patients achieved recovery.

Nepali Congress (NC) leader Shekhar Koirala has objected to the nominations made by Party President Sher Bahadur Deuba in the party’s Central Working Committee.

Koirala who contested with Deuba for the party presidency in the party’s 14^th General Convention held in December 2021, asked Deuba to disclose the basis of such appointments.  

Issuing a public statement, Koirala warned party cadres should know the criteria of nominations. On January 1, President Deuba appointed 10 members in CWC. Leaders who got appointed had lost the party’s elections.