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Over the past 15 years, China has established itself as a global leader in the clean energy technologies and now leads energy transition progress across the Asia, according to World Economic Forum (WEF). 

WEF in June this year released a new report titled Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2025 report which states that China showed high levels of readiness for the energy transition, backed by leading clean energy and industrial infrastructure, human capital, innovation and investment. The economy accounted for nearly 40% of the world’s clean energy investment in 2024.

China showed strong progress due to expanding renewable capacity and clean-energy technology production and diffusion. For the first time, the country’s CO2 emissions declined 1.6% y-o-y in the first quarter of 2025, 36 despite increasing energy demand, the report said.  China has made significant progress in its domestic energy transition and is now the world’s largest investor in clean energy, said Gum Huay, Managaing Director at the World Economic Forum. 

 China has emerged as a central driver of global energy transition in view of its significant strides in renewable energy and its broader commitment to transforming its energy system, according to Nicholas Wagner, an energy expert with the World Economic Forum (WEF). 

In a recent written interview with Xinhua, Wagner, manager of Energy and Industry Transition Intelligence at the WEF's Center for Energy and Materials, said China's recent progress in energy transition underscores both the scale of its commitment and its visionary long-term planning and investments.

China now leads the world in renewable energy capacity additions and is projected to account for about 60 percent of all new global capacity through 2030, said Wagner, citing the International Energy Agency (IEA). The Energy Transition Index, part of the Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2025 report released by the WEF, showed that China climbed five spots from the previous year to rank 12th out of 118 countries in 2025. It also placed fifth in transition readiness.

According to the white paper issued by China’s State Council, China has the world’s largest charging facility network, providing the most complete types of services covering the broadest areas.

By the end of 2023, there were 8,596,000 electric vehicle charging facilities across the country, of which 2,726,000 were public and 5,870,000 were private; the overall vehicle-charger ratio arrived at 2.37:1, the report says. 

According to the report, China has explored innovative ways to use solar PV power and launched a number of “PV plus” models that integrate PV power generation with activities including agriculture, transport, and desertification control and prevention. These models broaden the potential uses of solar PV power and contribute to green development throughout society.

The large power station in Tunli Town, Linfen City, Shanxi Province, has an installed capacity of 30 MW. The station adopts a “PV plus agriculture” model and utilizes agrivoltaic farming, growing oil-yielding peonies in greenhouses fitted with power-generating solar panels to increase land use efficiency, the report further says.  

Similarly, China has integrated traditional and new energy.  PetroChina Jilin Oilfield has built a 150 MW wind and PV power project on the site of abandoned well stations and the surrounding vacant land, the report said. 

Designed to supply electricity to the oilfield, this project is connected to the oilfield’s power grid nearby. In its first year of operation, it has generated a cumulative output of 380 GWh, meeting 22 percent of the oilfield’s electricity needs, according to the report.

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden has said that his party will protest against corruption and ill-governance from the Parliament and  streets.

At the beginning of today's meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR), he questioned what the Good Governance Commission under the leadership of the Prime Minister is doing while issues of corruption and mismanagement are becoming apparent in the country.

"Ministers are coming under scrutiny one after another in various scams, if they have any morality and commitment to good governance, shouldn't the ministers resign?" Chairman Lingden said, adding that his party will strongly protest this from the Parliament and the streets.

The leader of the RPP Parliamentary Party in the HoR, Lingden, said it is not appropriate to forcibly conduct meetings while the opposition parties continue to protest in Parliament demanding the formation of a high-level committee to conduct an impartial investigation into the 'Visit Visa' case.

"The Speaker must also take the initiative to address the voice of the people. Efforts should be made to address the issues raised by the opposition parties," he added.

Lawmaker Ashok Kumar Chaudhary from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) said that a fair investigation should be conducted into the questions raised against the Minister of Home Affairs, the Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, and the Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, and they should be answers.

MPs from RSP and RPP walked out of the meeting expressing their views on behalf of their respective parties.

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairperson Rajendra Lingden’s decision to remove the party’s disciplinary chief Navaraj Subedi and spokesperson Sagun Sunder Lawoti has intensified internal divisions.

Earlier, Subedi publicly declared that he had relinquished all party responsibilities, including his ordinary membership, to lead the pro-monarchy movement. Since then, both Subedi and Lawoti have been actively involved in royalist activities. They subsequently filed complaints with the Election Commission, challenging their removal. Subedi argued that Lingden’s decision violated the party’s statute.

Party spokesperson Mohan Shrestha stated that Lingden dismissed Subedi and appointed Roshan Karki as the new head of the disciplinary committee. Shrestha contended that since Subedi had already abandoned his ordinary membership, he could not hold any position without his reinstatement. However, senior leaders, including General Secretary Dhawal Shumsher Rana and Prakash Chandra Lohani, opposed the move.

“The party president’s decision to remove me breached the party’s statute because there was no Central Committee decision or prior consultation with me,” Subedi said.

Tensions have long simmered between senior leaders Rabindra Mishra and Dhawal Shumsher Rana. On March 28, they joined mass protests at the call of Durga Prasain, defying the party leadership. Both Mishra and Rana face court cases for allegedly inciting violence but have since walked free on bail.

The removal of Lawoti as spokesperson and Subedi as disciplinary chief further angered rival factions, who called the moves unconstitutional. Critics have accused Lingden of weak leadership in the royalist movement, pressuring him to launch a decisive campaign to restore the monarchy. However, Lingden maintained that the time was not yet ripe for such an effort.

Although RPP eventually announced a prolonged and decisive movement, it fizzled out quickly. For some time, a faction within the party has been privately urging former king Gyanendra Shah that the movement cannot succeed under Lingden’s leadership, contributing to strained relations between the two.

A teenage girl died after being shot at in Harinagar Rural Municipality-6, Sunsari last night. 

The deceased has been identified as Archana Khatun (17) of Harinagar-6, informed Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Yogaraj Khatiwada. 

It has been reported that 25-year-old Ajaj Miya from Araria, India, opened fire at her on a domestic dispute. She died on the spot. 

Accused Miya fled the scene after the incident and is currently on the run. 

Police said that they have intensified search and surveillance along the bordering areas, including Supaul in India and Harinagar in Sunsari. 

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine, saying they are necessary to defend the country because Russian President Vladimir Putin "talks nice but then he bombs everybody in the evening," Reuters reported.

Trump did not give a number of Patriots he plans to send to Ukraine, but he said the United States would be reimbursed for their cost by the European Union. The U.S. president has grown increasingly disenchanted with Putin because the Russian leader has resisted Trump's attempts to negotiate a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has asked for more defensive capabilities to fend off a daily barrage of missile and drone attacks from Russia.

"We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need, because Putin really surprised a lot of people. He talks nice and then bombs everybody in the evening. But there's a little bit of a problem there. I don't like it," Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington, according to Reuters.

There will be generally cloudy weather throughout the country due to the influence of monsoon winds.

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology informed that the monsoon low-pressure line is located slightly north of the average position in the east. 

Light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur in some areas of the mountainous regions of the country, including Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini and Sudurpashchim Provinces, and in a few places in the remaining provinces. 

There is also a possibility of heavy rain in one or two places in Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, and Karnali Provinces, while light to moderate rain or snowfall is predicted in a few places in the high mountainous and Himalayan regions of the country.

Similarly, there is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning in some areas of Kosi, Madhesh, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Lumbini Provinces, and in a few areas of the remaining provinces tonight. 

There is also a possibility of heavy rain in one or two places of Koshi and Lumbini Provinces. 

The Department has indicated chances of light to moderate rain/snow in a few areas of the high-hilly and Himalayan regions of the country. 

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has unveiled the new budget of Rs 25.76 billion for the upcoming fiscal year 2025/26.. 

Deputy Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Sunita Dangol tabled the budget in the 17th convention of the municipal assembly on Sunday. 

Of the total budget of the metropolitan city for the new fiscal year, Rs 20.12 billion would be covered from the internal resources of the metropolitan city and bank deposits.

Likewise, almost Rs 5 billion would be received from the federal and province governments as the conditional and equalization grants and revenue sharing.  

As stated in the budget, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City would identify new taxpayers to make the revenue collection effective in the upcoming fiscal year and coordination would be made by visiting the transaction site itself. 

Similarly, the metropolitan city has announced the provision to provide subsidies to the new taxpayers for joining the list of the taxpayers by the end of the first six months of the upcoming fiscal year.    

Furthermore, coordination will be made with the federal government to integrate the house rental tax into a one-door system. 

Lawmakers have drawn the government's attention to the challenges facing the Tarai /Madhes region due to a lack of rainfall, which has affected rice planting this year.

They stated that several districts in the region are still waiting for rain and urged the government to declare the area as drought-affected and introduce and implement relief programmes.

Krishna Kumar Shrestha highlighted that districts such as Bara and Parsa are also facing an acute shortage of drinking water. 

Independent lawmaker Amresh Kumar Singh said a prolonged drought has caused severe water shortages for both household use and irrigation, from Birgunj to Janakpur.

Ramkrishna Yadav of the Nepali Congress informed the House that hand tube wells and wells in the Tarai /Madhes are drying up due to the ongoing drought.

Gyan Bahadur Shahi of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party expressed concern over the removal of the Jumla-based Water Supply and Sewage Management Office. 

Chhiring Lhamu Lama (Tamang) of the CPN (Maoist Center) also opposed the decision, urging authorities to ensure timely completion of the Dhauligad Greater Drinking Water Project in Jumla.

Kantika Sejuwal of the Nepali Congress accused the state of discriminating against citizens of the Karnali region and voiced concern over the closure of the Jumla-based Sewage Office.

Sita Kumari Rana of the Nepali Congress informed the House that the academic calendar of Tribhuvan University has been affected by the ongoing protests of part-time teachers. She emphasized the need to implement a report aimed at managing the issues of part-time teachers.

Rekha Sharma of the CPN (Maoist Center) accused the government of making it more difficult for citizens to access the health insurance facility. 

Meanwhile, Durga Rai from the same party alleged that appointments of chiefs of the Kaski District Revenue Office and the Land Commission were influenced by money and favoritism.

Sumana Shrestha of the Rastriya Swatantra Party reiterated her party’s demand to form a high-level investigation committee or commission to address the visit visa scam. After she finished presenting her views, the party’s lawmakers walked out of the meeting hall in protest. 

Lawmakers call for prompt rescue, relief and rehabilitation of flood-affected people in Rasuwa 

Meanwhile, the lawmakers have urged the government for the prompt search for the missing, treatment for the injured, and for rescue, relief and rehabilitation of the victims of the floods in the Lhende River on the Nepal-China border in Rasuwagadhi.

The flooding was caused by the bursting of the Supraglacial lake on the morning of July 8.

In today's meeting of the House of Representatives, they emphasized that the concerned agencies need to pay timely attention to the matter, as it has been almost a week since the flood incident occurred, and the search for the missing has not been carried out vigorously.

During the special hour of the HoR meeting, lawmaker Mohan Acharya mentioned that due to the flood, a 30 megawatt capacity hydroelectric project was damaged, the Miteri Bridge was swept away, 20 people are missing on the Nepal side and 11 on the China side, and more than a hundred electric vehicles were swept away by the flood. 

He demanded that rescue, search, and reconstruction should be expedited.

"With many structures being built near the river areas, we have suffered a lot of damage now. We must construct disaster-resilient infrastructure anticipating the occurrence of natural disasters. We need to pay attention to air rescue matters. Considering the risks that climate change can bring, we must prioritize adaptation programmes now," said Acharya.

Hit Bahadur Tamang also urged the government to expedite the rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts for the flood-affected people of Rasuwa. He stressed on promptly reconstructing the infrastructure damaged due to the flooding.

Lawmaker Achyut Prasad Mainali praised the current government led by KP Sharma Oli, stating that with the current government's one year in office, the construction of the parapet at the cricket stadium in Kirtipur has reached the final stage, transitional justice has reached a conclusion, foreign investment has increased, extraction of petroleum products in Dailekh, the Gwarko overpass, the Nagdhunga–Thanakot tunnel, the acceleration of the Siddhbaba tunnel construction, and the swift progress of the Narayangadh–Butwal and Muglin–Pokhara road construction.

According to Mainali, we need to move forward together for prosperity, good governance, and development based on the feelings of the people. 

Meanwhile, Rajendra Pandey, a member of the Nepal Communist Party (Unified Socialist), called for action against those guilty, stating that the issue of two government ministers taking bribes has come into public.

He demanded that the government should promptly respond as questions have been raised about the Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration and the Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation in that connection.

Similarly, lawmakers Sushila Shrestha of Janata Samajbadi Party, Abdul Khan of the Janamat Party, Rekha Yadav of Janata Samjbadi Party Nepal, Ram Prakash Chaudhary of the Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Prem Suwal of Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party, Chitra Bahadur KC of Rastriya Janamorcha Party, Prabhu Sah of Aam Janata Party, independent MP Yogendra Mandal, Nagina Yadav of the Nepali Congress and Tara Lama of the CPN (UML) called attention of the government on various issues of public importance.