[Uttara is the daughter of late Narayan Thapa who was an Associate Professor of Chemistry subject in St. Joseph College, Darjeeling who had died only on 11th May, 2012.]
GORKHA GIRL TOPS INDIA IN ISC EXAM
Posted on May 21, 2012 North East girls fare better than boys in ICSE, ISCMay 20, 2012, 04.45AM IST TNN
GUWAHATI: The results of ICSE and ISC, conducted by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), were declared on Saturday and this time too girls have fared better than boys in the northeastern schools. However, there is no separate data for the northeast students as the CISCE does not have a separate zone for the region.
A Nepali teenager has claimed that she is the youngest woman ever to scale Mount Everest, achieving the feat at the tender age of 16.
Nima Chemji Sherpa, 16, reached the summit of Mount Everest at 12:13 pm on May 19 by being part of an expedition team named “High Adventure Expedition-2012″. Nima was accompanied by her father.
However, the government is yet to officially confirm that Nima is indeed the youngest woman ever to achieve the feat.
According to reports, the jubilant girl is now recovering at the Everest Base Camp.
Nima, originally from Solukhombu district, has been living in Boudha of Kathmandu. A student who appeared in the SLC examination recently (junior high school), she climbed Mt Everest to utilize her “free time” after the exams, media reports quoted her as saying. Read the rest of this entry »
KATMANDU, Nepal — A 73-year-old Japanese woman climbed to Mount Everest’s peak Saturday, smashing her own record to again become the oldest woman to scale the world’s highest mountain.
Tamae Watanabe reached Everest’s 8,850-meter-high (29,035-foot-high) summit from the northern side of the mountain in Tibet on Saturday morning with four other team members, said Ang Tshering of the China Tibet Mountaineering Association in Nepal.
Watanabe had climbed Everest in 2002 at the age of 63 to become the oldest woman to scale the mountain. She had retained the title until she topped herself a decade later.
Tshering said Watanabe and the other team members are in good condition and are on their way back to the base of the mountain.
Watanabe and her team left the last high altitude camp located at 8,300 meters (27,225 feet) Friday night and climbed all night before reaching the summit Saturday morning.
BHAIRAHAWA, MAY 06 – Chamal Rajapaksa, speaker of Sri Lankan parliament, has said the Sri Lankan government and its people will continue to work for the development of Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Buddha.
Addressing a programme organised on the occasion of 2556th birth anniversary of Lord Buddha in Lumbini on Sunday, Rajapaksa said Buddha and Buddhism strengthened relations between Nepal and Sri Lanka. Read the rest of this entry »
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
Dear Community Leaders
And all friends
Subject: Inviting as a Guest in Buddha Jayanti Program
We would like to invite all of you in a program of 2556 th Buddha Jayanti, going to be held on 6th May, 2012.
I am so please to inform you that in this program, Advisor of Lumbini Kapilvastu Day, Dr Kavitaram Shrestha( Nepal), Global Coordinator of Lumbini Kapilvastu Day Ram Kumar Shrestha( London) as well as Manishwor Raj Bajracharya ( President of Nepal Buddhist Council) is going to address the program.Cultural Ambassador of Lumbini Kapilvastu Day, Manoj Gajurel is also attending this program. Read the rest of this entry »
The government has, for now, decided to construct the Republic Tower (Ganatantra Stambha) on the Tribhuvan University premises in Kirtipur. The Ministry of Physical Planning and Works said Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai will lay the foundation for the historical tower at TU on Thursday. “Preparations for building the Republic Tower are complete,” said Tulasi Prasad Sitaula, secretary at the ministry.The government has, for now, decided to construct the Republic Tower (Ganatantra Stambha) on the Tribhuvan University premises in Kirtipur after changing its mind on the issue several times. Read the rest of this entry »
Hundreds of demonstrators demanding equal citizenship and pensions rights for former Gurkhas have descended on Westminster, amassing outside the Ministry of Defence and the Houses of Parliament.
The protesters – marching peacefully but clearly angry – had expected to meet David Cameron in Downing Street to deliver a petition against what they say is unfair treatment by the UK government. However they allege the PM cancelled the meeting two weeks ago, something which has clearly led to fury among those campaigning for Gurkhas’ rights.
Nabina Gurung, a representative from the newly-formed action group Enough Is Enough, told HuffPost : We were supposed to have a little chit-chat with the prime minister himself, however because of his busy schedule he couldn’t meet us. Read the rest of this entry »
Legendary Nepalese mountaineer Apa Sherpa created yet another mountaineering milestone by traversing the 1,449 km Great Himalaya Trail between Taplejung in the far east Nepal to Darchua in the far-West in 88 days.
Apa, a record 21-time Everest summiteer, and his team traversed the trail from Ghunsa in Taplejung crossing almost 10 of the world’s over 8,000 meters summits. Read the rest of this entry »
Searching Livelihood in the High Mountains: Yarsagumba Harvesters in Dolpa, Nepal:
This picture was taken in Majphal VDC of Dolpa. This grassland (Patan) is managed by Toridwari Community Forest Users Group of Majphal VDC, Dolpa, Nepal. It provides several ecosystem services to the local people. They collect many species of medicinal plants from this grassland and graze their herds here. Needless to say, ‘Yarsagumba’ inhabits this grassland, the most expensive biological commodity on Earth, making it the major source of cash income in this area. The recent market price of Yarsagumba in China showed that it is more expensive than Gold
EARTH AND YOU: The time has come for you to vote!May the best photos win! After an intensive round of voting by our judge panel, we’ve shortlisted the photos down to 12 each under the two categories – Hariyo Ban Nepal ko Dhan and Climate Reality. Now, it is YOUR turn to vote. Please note the following: • Entrants’ names have been deliberately omitted. • Please use your better judgment keeping the following criteria in mind – TECHNICAL QUALITY/COMPOSITION; RELEVANCE TO THE THEME/ IMPACT; and ORIGINALITY/CREATIVE COMPOSITION. • The pictures are also available in flickr (http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzxbzaT). Voting ends on 21 April, 2012. • The winning photographs will be decided from the scores of the online voting (number of ‘likes’ or ‘favorites’ for the photos) and the combined scores of the judges, with 50% weighting from social media scores and 50% from the judges. In the event of a tie, the decision of the judges will be regarded as final and irrevocable. • The winners will be announced on the main event day on April 22, 2012 at Siddhartha Art Gallery, starting 3 pm. All 24 pictures shown here will be displayed in the Gallery for two weeks.
This picture, taken by Uttam Babu Shrestha, is selected as one of the top 24 photos (12 for each theme-category) in the ‘Earth and You’ Photo Competition. Please like and share this photo as many times as you can. He needs your voting. Thanks ! The online voting will end on 21 April, 2012
KATHMANDU, APR 14 - Sushanta Khadka, a twelfth grader from the Sanga-based Nepal Police High School in Kavre, has won the second place in space settlement contest organised by National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Five months ago, the Nasa announced the contest calling for concept papers for space settlement globally in which Khadka’s Gaganpur, the Sky City bagged the second award in the individual group. This is the first time a Nepali student has won the annual competition co-sponsored by Nasa Ames and for 6-12th graders (11-18-year-olds) from anywhere in the world. Individuals, small teams of two to six, and large teams of seven or more (often whole classrooms with teacher leadership) had participated in the contest. Grades 6-8, 9-10 and 11-12 were judged separately, except for the grand prize.
“I am very happy that my effort has materialised,” said Khadka. “It took me three months to develop space settlement designs and related materials.”
Mr. Neil MacGregor,
Director, British Museum
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG
Re: British Museum should have clear signage about Buddha’s birthplace
Dear Mr. MacGregor,
After British Museum notice on its Facebook wall “In light of recent comments about the Buddha’s birthplace, we would like to reassure you that the Museum does not state that the Buddha was born in India. We state that the Buddha was born into a small kingdom that flourished in north-eastern India in about 500 BC. The kingdom covered a reasonably wide area in the northern plains, along with several others of the time. When the Buddha’s mother was expecting, the family decided that she should proceed north to the hills to give birth. This she did, but gave birth along the way, in Lumbini at foot of the Himalayas. The site of Lumbini is in Nepal about 20 miles from the modern border with the Republic of India. If you are aware of an instance where the incorrect information is written or posted please let us know where so we can look into it. You are welcome to leave comments about this subject on the main wall but please note that comments about this subject on unrelated posts will be deleted as they are off topic. Please see further information about commenting in the info tab.” on 4th of November, 2011 there was flood of comments.
“In the spirit of clarity, the British Museum wants to be unambiguous and accurate on this issue – the Buddha was born in Lumbini which is in Nepal. The Museum is always seeking to find the clearest way to put past history into understandable statements in the Museum, on our website and in our online records. Thank you for your feedback. Please be assured this is an important issue to the Museum and has been passed on to our curatorial team to establish where further clarity in the Museum and online may be required.” – this was another notice from British Museum on 7th of November, 2011 on its facebook wall after flood of dissatisfied comments on its notice. Read the rest of this entry »
Mr. Shrestha’s thesis is entitled, “Mountains, Mushrooms, and People: Chasing Interconnections.” He intends to study the connections between humans living at high altitudes in the Himalayas and a particular cash-crop mushroom: caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis). The fungus is a parasite of the caterpillars of ghost moths (genus Thitarodes), and is well known for its medicinal value. Caterpillar fungus is an enormously valuable produce; it is about half the value of gold by weight, and its annual international trade is estimated between USD $240 million-$4.2 billion per year.
Many high-altitude Himalayans make their living harvesting the fungus. Production has declined in recent years, possibly due to over-harvesting, climate change, or reduction in the population of host moths. Mr. Shrestha’s thesis will document the natural history and phenology of the fungus, model and map its distribution, quantify its biological productivity and commercial harvest, and examine the contribution of the fungus to local and national economies. Read the rest of this entry »
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American Society of Nepalese Engineers (ASNEngr) and Computer Association of Nepal-USA (CAN-USA) cordially invite you to participate in the
2012 Joint ASNEngr/CAN-USA Conference
(5th ASNEngr Annual Conference and Meeting and 5th CAN-USA Annual Development Conference) Conference Theme: “Bringing Engineering, Scientific and Technological Communities Together for a Better World”
Date:May 26-27, 2012 (Memorial Day weekend) Venue: Holiday Inn Leesburg, 1500 E. Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176, U.S.A.
(Hosted by the Greater Washington, D.C. Chapter of ASNEngr)
Abstracts Due Date:April 15, 2012 (Extended)
Engineers, scientists and others from closely related disciplines will gather to discuss on the recent developments in engineering, science and technology and their impact in the society. The conference will be held in Holiday Inn, Leesburg, VA (Greater Washington, D.C. area) hosted by the Greater Washington, D.C. (GWDC) Chapter of ASNEngr. Read the rest of this entry »
[Uttara is the daughter of late Narayan Thapa who was an Associate Professor of Chemistry subject in St. Joseph College, Darjeeling who had died only on 11th May, 2012.]
