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Ambassador of India to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava paid a courtesy call on Speaker of House of Representative (HoR) Dol Prasad Aryal.

During the meeting, Speaker Aryal expressed gratitude for the logistical support during the election. Aryal said that Nepal and India have a close relation on the basis of civilization, geographical proximity, cultural and social ties and stated that expanding connectivity through civil aviation, rail and bus services would further strengthen the relations between the two countries and expressed his hope that more flights, rail and bus routes would be expanded in the future.

Speaker Aryal informed that he sent an invitation and was ready to welcome Om Birla, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, India to visit Nepal and said that a 10-member Nepal-India Parliamentary Group was formed which is expected to provide new momentum to inter-parliamentary cooperation. 

Ambassador Srivastava informed that Speaker Om Birla is interested to visit Nepal and invited Aryal and MPs of Nepal to India for the study and observation of their parliamentary practices.

Aryal appreciated India’s move on  digital solutions and tech-friendly practices like ‘National E-Bidhan Application’ which helps in effective, transparent and accessible parliamentary processes expressing the expectation of knowledge sharing from these achievements.

Speaker Aryal and Ambassador Srivastava, both expressed the importance of coordination and support between two countries where Aryal said that Nepal and India will continue to work together for shared peace, prosperity, and progress through mutual cooperation and partnership.

Similarly, Srivastava also expressed confidence and said that the Government of India was committed to continuous cooperation in expanding trade, connectivity, energy, education, and people-to-people ties.

Nepali Pop singer Raju Lama, who is also a judge of The Voice of Nepal and lead singer of Mongolian Heart Band successfully climbed Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe.

He shared the message through social media saying that he climbed the 5642-meter-high mountain. Lama said that this is his third successful climb under his ‘Seven Summits Challenge’.

According to Lama, the journey he started with seven Nepali climbers has become unforgettable. All of them are conducting this campaign with the common objective of spreading awareness about global warming and the climate crisis. 

Lama previously climbed Mount Everest with the aim of drawing the attention of the world community to the effects of climate change. Along with music, he is also currently leading the ‘Seven Summits Challenge’, continuing his commitment to environmental protection and the mountains.

TikTok just released the Q1 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report to create a safe digital space for users. The report includes the details from Jan- March 2026where they have identified and removed violating contents, ensuring positive experience to the global community. 

The report shows that TikTok has removed a total of 1,961,692 videos in Nepal with violating contents, that is 0.4 percent removal rate of all published videos. The proactive removal rate from Jan-March 2026 is high at 99.2 percent, with 86.5 percent of these videos removed within 24 hours. Meanwhile, a total of 61,992 videos were restored in Nepal during the same period.

Globally, TikTok has removed 184m (184,012,576) videos in this quarter, that is about 0.5 percent of all content uploaded to the platform. Within those, 178,014,154 videos were detected and taken down using automated detection technologies, while 8,838,710 videos were reinstated after further review.

In this quarter, the platform also removed 86,288,705 fake accounts, along with the additional 25,764,372 accounts that were suspected to be under the age of 13.

The report highlights TikTok’s content moderation systems, with automated technologies that are responsible for detecting and removing the vast majority of violating content. 

Similarly, enforcement on LIVE content has increased in which the LIVE suspension rate reached a record high of 2.7 percent, maintaining safety during real-time interactions.

Additionally, TikTok took action on a total of 58,207,389 LIVE sessions, by issuing warnings or demonetizing them. The platform also warned or demonetized a total of 21,966,667 LIVE creators. Following further review, 4,171,677 LIVE sessions were restored.

The Meteorological Forecasting Division has said that the sky will be mostly cloudy across the country today, with chances of rain accompanied by thunder and lightning in the mountainous, hilly, and Tarai regions of various provinces.

The division indicates that this afternoon, moderate rain and even snowfall could be experienced in some high hilly and mountainous areas. 

Regions in the Tarai, particularly in Koshi, Lumbini, and Sudurpaschim Provinces, along with a few places in the Tarai of Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces, are also likely to experience moderate rain with thunder and lightning. 

Given the possibility for heavy rain in one or two locations within Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali, and the hilly areas of Sudurpaschim Province, everyone is urged to exercise caution to avoid the possible risk. 

Moderate rain and snowfall with thunder and lightning are expected in many parts of the mountainous and hilly regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces, as well as some areas in the mountainous and hilly regions of Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudurpashchim Provinces. 

Additionally, moderate rain with thunder and lightning may occur in certain areas of the Tarai in Madhes Province and across Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, and Sudurpaschim Provinces. 

The division urges everyone to be careful, as heavy rainfall could occur in one or two places in the hills and Tarai of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Lumbini Provinces , as well as in Madhes Province.