Bill Gates has drunk a glass of water made from human faeces, to showcase technology he said could provide clean water in the developing world.

The Microsoft founder said he wanted to begin sending processing plants around the world after tests later this year.

The project was welcomed by WaterAid, which said that it could particularly help in urban areas.

According to the charity, some 748 million people worldwide lack clean drinking water.

In a video posted on his blog, Mr Gates watched as the human waste was fed into the processor, before drinking the end product from a glass.

‘Sewer sludge’

“The water tasted as good as any I’ve had out of a bottle. And having studied the engineering behind it, I would happily drink it every day. It’s that safe,” he wrote in the blogpost.

In the video, the developer of the Omniprocessor system, Peter Janicki, says the raw “sewer sludge” is first boiled, during which process the water vapour is separated from the solids.

Those solids are then put into a fire, producing steam that drives an engine producing electricity for the system’s processor and for the local community.

The water is put through a cleaning system to produce drinking water.

“Why would anyone want to turn waste into drinking water and electricity?” Gates asked.

The answer, he wrote, was because “diseases caused by poor sanitation kill some 700,000 children every year, and they prevent many more from fully developing mentally and physically”.

He added: “If we can develop safe, affordable ways to get rid of human waste, we can prevent many of those deaths and help more children grow up healthy.”

Sustainable services

According to a report released by the World Health Organization and Unicef in 2013, data collected two years earlier showed that 2.5 billion people worldwide lacked “improved sanitation facilities”.

Figures from WaterAid suggest that the number of people in the world without access to safe water has fallen by about 20 million since then.

The charity said that the technology could “first and foremost benefit those who already have some access to sanitation, rather than those without”.

“If the technology can be rolled out at a scale that makes it viable for smaller investors or entrepreneurs, then this could be a catalyst for changing the sanitation landscape in urban areas in the developing world,” said its sanitation technical support manager, Ada Oko-Williams.

WaterAid said the introduction of this type of plant could “help to facilitate the need to complete the sanitation cycle, by creating a market for the creation of a sustainable services around the safe collection, transportation, treatment, disposal, and indeed reuse of human waste”.

‘Seed money’

Mr Gates said that a pilot of the Omniprocessor was due to go ahead in Senegal later this year and that he hoped to begin sending working plants to India and other countries soon after.

“If we get it right, it will be a good example of how philanthropy can provide seed money that draws bright people to work on big problems, eventually creating a self-supporting industry.

“Our goal is to make the processors cheap enough that entrepreneurs in low- and middle-income countries will want to invest in them and then start profitable waste-treatment businesses.”

But he acknowledged that “the history of philanthropy is littered with well-intentioned inventions that never deliver on their promise”, adding that he hoped the planning undertaken on the Omniprocessor project would mean that it did not join this list.

The project was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

@BBC

शिवप्रसाद उप्रेती: गोरखाको छेकम्पार-५, बुर्जी गाउँकी फुन्जो लामालाई समाजमा छोरीको पुरुषार्थ देखाउने ठूलो रहर छ। त्यसैले उनी दुर्घटनामा परेकालाई हेलिकोप्टरमा झुन्डिएर उद्धार गर्ने काम सिक्न थालेकी छन्। ‘हेलिकोप्टरमा झुन्डिएर आठ हजार मिटरभन्दा अग्लो हिमालको आकाशमुनि पुग्दा पनि मनमा कत्ति डर लाग्दैन। बरु अवसर पाए छोरीले पनि साहसी काम गर्न सक्छन् भन्ने सोचिरहेकी हुन्छु’, फुन्जो भन्छिन्।

२७ वर्षीया फुन्जो अहिले सोलुखुम्बुको खुम्बु क्षेत्र र गोरखाको मनासलु क्षेत्रमा हेलिकोप्टरमा झुन्डिर हिमालको चुचुरा, खोँच, ग्ल्यासिएरसम्म पुग्ने, मान्छेलाई प्राथमिक उपचार गर्ने, डोरीमा झुन्ड्याएर हेलिकोप्टरभित्र राखेर उद्धार गर्ने सीप (लङ लाइन ट्रेनिङ) सिकिरहेकी छन्। उनको त्यो साहसिक कामलाई सिम्रिक एअरलाइन्सले सघाइरहेको छ।

सदरमुकामबाट उनको गाउँ ५२ कोस टाढा तिब्बतको सीमामा पर्छ। पिछडिएको गाउँ। गाउँमा छोरालाई सहरमा पढ्न पठाउँछन् तर छोरीलाई घरछेउकै स्कुल पनि पठाउँदैनन्। ‘छोरीले पनि छोराले जत्तिकै ठूलो काम गर्न सक्छन् भनेर देखाउन यो काम गर्ने हिम्मत गरेकी हुँ’, उनी भन्छिन्।

अहिले उनी काठमाडौंको बौद्धमा बस्छिन्। मण्डिखाटारको एए एकेडेमीकी टेनिस खेलाडीसमेत रहेकी उनी जावलाखेल क्लबकी भलिबल खेलाडी पनि हुन्। १२ कक्षासम्म पढेकी उनी चुमभ्याली होमस्टे र एसिया खामसाङ टे्रकिङ एजेन्सीसँग सम्बद्ध माउन्टेन गाइड पनि हुन्।

पर्वतारोहण गर्दा हिमालमा दुर्घटनामा परेकालाई उनले उद्धार गर्ने (स्लिङ) सीप सिकेकी हुन्। यस्तो सीप जान्ने नेपालमा मुख्य तीन जना र अरू केही गरी करिब १० जना छन्। महिला भने उनीमात्र हुन्।

‘हिमालमा हुने दुर्घटनामा उद्धार गर्न जान्ने नेपालमा मुख्य (प्रोफेसनल) तीन जना छन्। अरू सामान्य सीप जानेका नौ जना छन्। ती सबै पुरुषमात्र हुन्’, फुन्जो भन्छिन्, ‘महिला पर्वतारोही पनि हुन्छन्। उनीहरूको उद्धार गर्न महिलालाई सहज हुन्छ। त्यसैले मैले सिकेकी हुँ। फेरि यस्तो सीप जान्ने खुम्बु क्षेत्रका शेर्पामात्र छन्। शेर्पाबाहेक अरूले पनि यस्तो सीप जान्नुपर्छ भनेर पनि मैले सिकेको हुँ।’

हेलिकोप्टरमा झुन्डिर आकाशमुनि उडिरहँदा डरभन्दा एउटा मान्छेलाई कसरी बचाउने भन्ने सोचिरहने उनी बताउँछिन्। ‘उड्नु त ठूलो कुरा लाग्दैन’, भन्छिन्, ‘एउटा मान्छेको जीवन कसरी बचाउने भनेर सोच्छु र उनीहरूलाई बचाउँदा गर्व लाग्छ।’

डोरीमा झुन्डिएर उड्नुअघि हिउँभित्रका घाइतेलाई भेट्टाउनु, उनीहरूको प्राथमिक उपचार गर्नु र सकुशल अस्पताल पर्‍याउनु महत्त्वपूर्ण भएको उनी बताउँछिन्।

उनीसँगै अन्य १५ जना पुरुषले उद्धार सिकिरहेका छन्। पुरुषसँग एउटी महिलाले तालिम लिँदा पनि आफूलाई कुनै समस्या नभएको उनको भनाई छ। ‘मेरा श्रीमान् र दाइले पूरापूर सहयोग र समर्थन गरिरहनुभएको छ।

त्यसैले १४/१५ जना पुरुषका बीचमा काम गर्दा पनि मलाई कुनै समस्या छैन’, उनी भन्छिन्, ‘कहिले हेलिकोप्टरले हिमालको चुचुरोमा छाडेर एकदुई दिनपछि मात्र लिन आउँछ। त्यस्तो बेलामा पुरुषसँगै बस्नुपर्छ। महिला र पुरुष भन्दैमा राम्रो काम गर्नेलाई छेकबार गर्नु हुँदैन।’

तालिममा उनले रक क्लाइम्बिङ गर्ने तरिका, पाइलटसँगको संवाद, प्राथमिक स्वास्थ्य उपचार, डोरीमा बाँध्ने तरिका, हेलिकोप्टरमा झुन्डिएर उड्ने तरिकालगायतका तालिम सिकेकी छन्।

‘यहाँ तालिम लिइसकेपछि स्विट्जरल्यान्ड गएर थप तालिम लिनेछु। त्यहाँ पनि नि:शुल्क तालिम लिने व्यवस्था मिलिसकेको छ। उता त गाईबस्तुलाई पनि हेलिकोप्टरबाट उद्धार गर्छन्।’ नेपालमा काम र आम्दानी कम हुनसक्छ। यही काम गरेर खान सकिन्छ भन्ने लाग्दैन तर पनि नेपालमै काम गर्ने इच्छा उनको छ।
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गोरखा नगरपालिका वडा नम्वर ८ दलभन्ज्याङमा रहेको “द ओसन क्लब”ले पच्चिस लाखको अक्षयकोष स्थापना गर्ने तयारी गरेको छ । संस्थालाई व्यवस्थित र दिगो रुपमा अगाडी बढाउन आर्थिक पाटो पनि सबल हुनुपर्ने महशुस गर्दै अक्षयकोषको स्थापना गर्न लागीएको क्लबका अध्यक्ष अमित खत्रीले बताउनुभयो ।

पत्रकार सम्मेलन गर्दै क्लबले स्थापना गरिने अक्षयकोषको व्याजबाट क्लबको नियमिति गतिबिधिलाई अगाडी लैजाने पनि क्लबले जनाएको छ । अक्षयकोष स्थापनाको लागी क्लबका आजिवन सस्थापक सदस्यबाट प्रति व्यक्ति पाँच हजार, र संस्थागत रुपमा प्रति संस्था दश हजार संकलन गर्ने उदेश्य रहेको क्लबका सचिव सबिन केसीले बताउनुभयो ।

त्यस्तै आज पत्रकार सम्मेलन गर्दै क्लबले यहि मिति २०७१ असोज २५ देखि ३१ गते सम्मको भएको आमन्त्रित “सेभेन ए साइड” खुल्ला फुटवल प्रतियोगीताको आयव्यय बिवरण सार्वजनिक गरेको छ । क्लबले सार्वजनिक गरेका बिवरण अनुसार प्रतियोगीता सन्चालन गर्दा क्लबलाइ ३४ हजार एक सय ४० रुपैया घाटा भएको जनाइएको छ ।

प्रतियोगीताका लागि दुइ लाख ५७ हजार दश रुपैया संकलन भएको थियो भने दुइ लाख ९१ हजार एक सय ५० कुल खर्च रहेको क्लबले जनाएको छ । आर्थिक सहयोगको प्रतिवद्धता जनाएकाहरुले रकम उपलब्ध नगराइदिदा ऋण सापटी लिएर प्रतियोगीता सम्पन्न गरेको भन्दै प्रतिवद्धता जनाएकाहरुलाई सहयोग गर्न क्लबले आग्रह पनि गरेको छ ।

Only few days are left for the world famous Oscar Awards. But, the Guinness Book of the World Records has included different categories of films naming ‘Alternative Oscar Awards’. In which, world’s youngest director Saugat Bista of Nepal, has been included. Saugat registered his name in Guinness World Records as youngest director by directing a film at the age of 7 years and 340 days.

List of Alternative Oscar Awards of Guinness Book
Youngest Film Director – Saugat Bista, Nepali Movie ‘Love You Baba’
Shortest Stuntman – Kiran Shah
Most Swearing in one film – The Wolf of Wall Street
Most money lost by a film – Disney’s sci-fi epic John Carter
Longest title of a film to win an Oscar for best picture – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Most stunts by a living actor – Jackie Chan
Most costumes used in a film – Roman epic Quo Vadis
Lowest-budget movie to make $1 million at the US box office – Kevin O’Connell (USA)
Most common sound effect in films – Distant Drums

Saugat Bista is the youngest film director

KATHMANDU, Feb 21: Eight-year-old Saughat Bista has set the Guinness record as the youngest film director in the world.

The Guinness World Records has recognized him as the youngest film director for his work ´Love You Baba´ and the official certificate bestowed by the Guinness World Records for his unique and extraordinary talent on Saugat has already in his hand.

Saugat, a two grader at the Dillibazaar school, has dreamt of continuing the film direction in the future, too. His film was released on December 12, 2013. Minister for Information and Communications Dr Minendra Rijal pledged his best to promote his film from the government level amidst a program in the capital Friday. Saugat is the pride of the country, he said. RSS

“Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” won Best Picture at the 87th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, besting “American Sniper,” “Boyhood,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Imitation Game,” “Selma,” “The Theory of Everything” and “Whiplash” for the honor.

Oscars 2015 predictions: space for Interstellar? – Telegraph

“Birdman” won three other Oscars: Best Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki (his second Oscars win in a row after last year’s “Gravity”) and Best Original Screenplay.

It wasn’t a total route for “Birdman”: star Michael Keaton lost Best Actor to Eddie Redmayne for “The Theory of Everything.”

The other acting awards went to Julianne Moore (Best Actress for “Still Alice”), J.K. Simmons (Best Supporting Actor for “Whiplash”) and Patricia Arquette (Best Supporting Actress for “Boyhood”).

“Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” tied for the most nominations going into the night with nine, and each film won four awards. Anderson’s drama took home Best Original Score for Alexandre Desplat, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

“Whiplash” was another big winner, with three Oscars: Simmons’ award, Best Editing and Best Sound Mixing.

Poland’s “Ida” won Best Foreign Language Film, the first film from Poland to ever win the Oscar in the category. “Big Hero 6″ won Best Animated Film. Laura Poitras’“Citizenfour” won Best Documentary.

Common and John Legend won Best Original Song for “Glory” from “Selma.”

A full list of this year’s winners is below.

Best Picture
“Birdman”

Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman”

Best Actress
Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”

Best Actor
Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”

Best Supporting Actor
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Graham Moore, “The Imitation Game”

Best Original Screenplay
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, “Birdman”

Best Foreign Language Film
“Ida”

Best Documentary Feature
“CITIZENFOUR”

Best Animated Feature
“Big Hero 6″

Best Film Editing
“Whiplash”

Best Original Song
“Glory” from “Selma” (written by Common and John Legend)

Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman”

Best Costume Design
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Best Production Design
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Best Sound Editing
“American Sniper”

Best Sound Mixing
“Whiplash”

Best Visual Effects
“Interstellar”

Best Short Film, Live Action
“The Phone Call”

Best Short Film, Animated
“Feast”

Best Documentary, Short Subject
“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1”

अस्ट्रेलियाको जिलोङमा एक लाखभन्दा बढी बिबिध कार्यक्रम सहित १९८३ बाट शुरु गरिएको बहु साँस्कृतिक महोत्सबको ३३ औं बार्षिकी भब्यताका साथ सम्पन्न भएको छ।

Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews, former minister Richard Marles, and Christine Couzens MP with Nepalese Community

२८ फेब्रुअरी अस्ट्रेलिया – अस्ट्रेलियाको जिलोङमा एक लाखभन्दा बढी  बिबिध कार्यक्रम सहित १९८३ बाट शुरु गरिएको बहु साँस्कृतिक महोत्सबको ३३ औं बार्षिकी भब्यताका साथ सम्पन्न भएको छ।बहुभाषिक र बहु-सांस्कृतिक देशको रुपमा परिचित अस्ट्रेलियाको जिलोङमा अस्ट्रेलियाकै एक किसिमले सबैभन्दा ठूलो महोत्सबको रुपमा मानिने पाको फेस्टाले मूल आयोजक डाभर्सिटाटसंग आबद्ध भएका जातीय संस्था र संगठनहरुको सहभागितामा एक लाखभन्दा बढी सहभागीहरुलाई आ-आफ्नो सांस्कृतिक चाल-चलन, रिति-रिवाज, खान-पान आदिको निरन्तरता र प्रचार प्रसारलाई प्रोत्साहन गर्दै नाच-गान, कार्यशाला गोस्ठी, प्रदर्शन जस्ता बिबिध कार्यक्रम सहित १९८३ बाट शुरु गरिएको महोत्सबको ३३ औं बार्षिकी भब्यताका साथ मनाएको छ। जिलोङ नेपालीज एशोसियशनको सकृयतामा जिलोङमा नै नेपालीहरुको बसोबास नगण्य रुपमा रहे तापनि यति ठूलो संख्यामा जन सहभागिता हुने यति ठूलो महोत्सबलाई नेपालको प्रबर्द्धन प्रयोजनको लागि अबसरको रुपमा लिइनु पर्छ भनी गरिएको अनुरोध अनुरुप २०१३ मा पहिलो पटक सहभागी भएर नेपाली सहभागिताको थालनी गरिएको यो महोत्सबमा वरिपरिका शहरबाट  नेपालीहरु आएर सहभागी हुँदै यो तेश्रो बर्ष पनि कार्यक्रममा नेपाली समुदायले सहभागिता जनाएर नेपालको प्रबर्द्धन गर्ने काम गरे।

सहभागीहरुले नेपाली झल्काउने किसिमका पहिरन, नेपाली झन्डा, ब्यानर, मार्फत परेड र स्टलमा नेपाललाई बुद्ध र सगरमाथाको देशको रुपमा चिनाउने काम भयो । अस्ट्रेलियाको भिक्टोरिया राज्यका मुख्य मन्त्री डानियल आन्ड्र्यू (Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews) ले नेपाली समुदायसंग भेट गरी संस्थाका अध्यक्ष रामकुमार श्रेष्ठसंगको कुराकानीका क्रममा अस्ट्रेलियाकै ठुलो मानिने यस बहु सांस्कृतिक महोत्सबमा नेपाली समुदायको यस किसिमको सकृय सहभागितामा खुशी ब्यक्त गर्दै धन्यवाद दिनु भयो।

गत बर्षको पाको फेस्टामा सम्रिय रुपमा भाग लिने मोस नेपाल अस्ट्रेलिया २०१२ दीपाश्री शाह, मिस्टर नेपाल अस्ट्रेलिया २०१४ अनुपम ध्वज किरण, जोन योन्जन, मधेसी कम्युनिटी इन भिक्टोरिया, परिभाषा श्रेष्ठलाई र लुम्बिनी-कपिलवस्तु दिवस अभियानका लागि बिद्यार्थी दूतका रुपमा नियुक्त गरिनु भएकी आर्य पोखरेललाई अस्ट्रेलियाका पूर्व मन्त्री रिचार्ड मार्ल्स (Richard Marles), भिक्टोरिया राज्यका लागि जिलोग हेर्ने सांसद क्रिस्टिन कोउजिन्स (Christine Couzens) र ग्रेतर जिलोङका काउन्सिलर एड्डी कोन्टेल्ज (Eddy Kontelj) ले ट्रफी र प्रमाणपत्र प्रदान गर्नु भएका थिए।
गैरी खेतको सिरै हान्यो गीतको बोलमा निशा राजभन्डारीले र चिया बारीमा गीतको बोलमा नेपाली बोल्न नजान्ने स-साना ग्रेस शेर्पा मापलेसन र स्कारलेट शेर्पा मापलेसन (Grace Sherpa Mapleson, Scarlett Sherpa Mapleson) ले नाच प्रस्तुत गरेका थिए।

पाको फेस्टा अस्ट्रेलियाको भिक्टोरिया राज्यको प्रमुख बहु-सांस्कृतिक महोत्सबको रुपमा लिने गरिन्छ र गत पाँच बर्षदेखि यो कार्यक्रममा सहभागीहरुको संख्या एक लाखभन्दा बढी हुने गरेको छ भने यस महोत्सबले उक्त एक दिनमा नै करीब पच्चीस लाख अस्ट्रेलियन डलरको योगदान स्थानीय बजारमा दिने अनुमान गरिएको छ । कार्यक्रममा पूर्व सांसद केशब नेपालको पनि सहभागिता थियो।

A pupil from Nepal named Mukahang Limbu has won a Sunday Times-backed writing contest with a poem about the shock of life in Britain
     Mukahang Limbu receives first prize for his poem from the Princess of Wales Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

A 13-year-old schoolboy who moved to England after spending his early childhood in Nepal has become the first winner of national writing competition sponsored by The Sunday Times.

Mukahang Limbu’s poem, about the shock of adapting to life in Britain, was one of more than 3,000 poems and stories on the theme of “home” submitted by state school pupils. The contest was organised by the charity First Story and judged by a panel including the writers William Fiennes and Laura Dockrill. Mukahang’s prize was presented by the Duchess of Cornwall.

First Story was set up seven years ago to bring writers into state schools to work with underprivileged children and encourage their creative writing.

Every year a writer-in-residence runs after-school workshops encouraging pupils to write about their experiences. The charity is working in almost 50 schools in the East Midlands, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, London, Oxfordshire and West Yorkshire.

His poem:

When I came from Nepal

As I clutched my suitcase …

thick hot sweat

built in the slits

of my palms, which

shook holding its cool

metal brace. We walked

into day-winds, thick

as dried out paint

on unwashed canvas.

The sky was painted

daffodil yellow. The ground

was a dirty grey.

There was a metal bird:

an array of fearful,

forgotten paint

**

Missing the feeling of home

I smell the iron rust

of the Municipal Gardens.

The sour tang of home still

sits on the tip of my tongue

like the zest of sweet citrus

fizzing

**

I did not know

of grey, gravel roads,

or the bright buzzing

of scarlet cars.

I did not know

of lonely red-bricked

houses,

gazing strangers,

standing next to next,

military officers, in endless

I did not know

of silence in the streets,

or the secret whispers on

the buses,

or the sly gestures of

I know now

In this place

where I did not know,

the things I did not know

embrace me in ways

I didn’t know.

Mukahang Limbu.

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For most of you this sort of wishes could be enough, however; millions and millions women from different parts of the world, this day could mean something more than this due to various functions and commitments for them from different leaders and activists. They work more than men, but they are exploited, abused and violated by men. Somewhere they cannot eat whenever they want – they need to wait until their husband and other male members in the family come and eat first. Even they have to suppress their feelings. They are like toys and machines for men. This is the real situation of millions and millions of women in different parts of the world.

History:

For more than a century, March 8th has been the day to commemorate and celebrate the fight of working class and revolutionary women for a better deal and a socialist society. Its origins are in the struggles for equal pay and decent conditions amongst women in the USA in the 19th century.

On March 8, 1857, garment workers in New York City marched and picketed, demanding improved working conditions, a ten hour day, and equal rights for women. Their ranks were broken up by the police. Fifty-one years later, March 8, 1908, their sisters in the needle trades in New York marched again, honouring the 1857 march, demanding the vote, and an end to sweatshops and child labour. The police were present on this occasion too.

A conference in 1910 of socialist women involved in the Second International, adopted a proposal of the German revolutionary fighter, Klara Zetkin, to establish an International Women’s Day. Russian women began to observe this on the last Sunday in February, according to the pre-revolutionary Julien calendar.

In 1917 this was the day the working women of Petrograd literally started a revolution. In protest at rising prices and food shortages, they filed into the centre of the city, calling on all  fellow workers to join them. This was actually March 8th according to the (Gregorian) calendar used elsewhere in the world.’Down with hunger!’ ‘Down with the war!’ Hunger was claiming the lives of thousands of children, along with those of older men and women, and the very sick and very poor. The First World War was claiming the lives of millions of farm labourers and workers at the front. The ‘February Revolution’ of 1917, which threw off the yoke of Csarism across the Russian Empire, was the precursor of the victorious socialist revolution of October in the same year.

Scenario in the 21st Century:

For most of you this sort of wishes could be enough, however; millions and millions women from different parts of the world, this day could mean something more than this due to various functions and commitments for them from different leaders and activists. They work more than men, but they are exploited, abused and violated by men. Somewhere they cannot eat whenever they want – they need to wait until their husband and other male members in the family come and eat first. Even they have to suppress their feelings. They are like toys and machines for men. This is the real situation of millions and millions of women in different parts of the world.

Solution:

Everything seems to be separate, but they are interlinked each other in many ways, so any incident in any part of the world could affect others in different ways depending upon its nature. Many activists, therefore, raising their voice for Balanced Development to minimize different social problems, but, undoubtedly, this is not an easy job.

As long as outmoded ways of thinking prevent women from making a meaningful contribution to society, progress will be slow. As long as the world refuses to acknowledge the equal role of more than half of itself, it is ruined to failure. Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women is, therefore, very important to go furthermore and make the world really civilized. Commitments assist us in our task, because they allow us to draw on the experience and the victories of women across the world. Your any sort of support, activities and even thinking in this regard may change the situation of the world.

Let me wish Equal Power and Glory to the Women of the world. Only this could make the world more Peaceful and enjoyable.

I would like to wish my best wishes on the occasion of International Women’s day 2015.

Have a magnificent year with unexpected achievements.

Ram Kumar Shrestha

The BRW Rich Women list is dotted with household names, from Nicole Kidman to Michelle Bridges and Baker’s Delight to Boost Juice.

But few people have heard of the woman at the top – reclusive Vicky Teoh.

Teoh has been the richest self-made woman in Australia every year since the publication of the first Rich Women list in 2013. This year her personal fortune is estimated at $938 million.

Australia’s Richest self-made women (Net wealth $m)

Teoh and her husband, David, emigrated from Malaysia in the 1980s and founded TPG Telecom. Teoh owns a big chunk of TPG shares in her own right and is also active in the family’s investments in start-ups such as online spectacles retailer Oscar Wylee.

The BRW Rich Women list, published to celebrate International Women’s Day, highlights the 30 wealthiest self-made women in Australia. To be eligible, the women must have contributed to the creation of their wealth, and not have inherited any significant sum from the previous generation. Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is excluded because of her inheritance from her father, Lang Hancock, despite her phenomenal success in business.

The women on the list have a combined wealth of $5.4 billion, up from $4.5 billion in 2014, and most individuals saw gains.

There are four entertainers: Nicole Kidman, Kylie Minogue, Elle Macpherson and Cate Blanchett. The corporate high-flyers include former Westpac boss Gail Kelly, mining executive Ines Scotland, Harvey Norman boss Katie Page, and Macquarie Bank executive Shemara Wikramanayake.

But 22 of the 30 women on the list – from Nutrimetics co-founder Imelda Roche at 80 to Carman’s Fine Foods owner Carolyn Creswell at 41 – earned their fortune by founding and building their own businesses, in diverse industries such as fashion, food and hotels, either alone or with a partner.

Baker’s Delight joint chief executive Lesley Gillespie, who started the business with her husband, Roger, is on the list with $75 million. The couple started with one bakery in Melbourne in 1980 and now have 700 stores in Australia, New Zealand and Canada through a franchise model. Baker’s Delight will open its first US store in Connecticut this June.

“My main aim when we first started was that we would have enough money to choose which schools to send our children to,” Gillespie says. “It’s nice to have that choice and it’s nice to be in a position where Roger and I are able to be philanthropic because we have the cash flow.”

Brisbane-based Sarina Russo, worth about $103 million, is a solo entrepreneur in the employment and training sector and a property investor. Russo believes that entrepreneurship can solve unemployment and is particularly good for women.

“Nothing is greater than having options and choices in life and women today can have those choices,” Russo says. “If you can evolve into financial independence it’s a great start to giving you extraordinary choices and it empowers you.”

Boost Juice founder Janine Allis, who stars as one of the “sharks” on TEN’s reality show Shark Tank, is on the list with $66 million. Allis opened her first juice bar in Adelaide in 2000 and her business empire now includes Salsa’s Fresh Mex Grill, Cibo Espresso and Hatch as well as Boost Juice. Allis made money last year when private equity investor Bain Capital bought into the business, but her family still owns a big stake.

Allis says she would encourage other women to start their own businesses, though she warns work-life balance is non-existent in the early years.

“If what I’ve done can inspire other women to give it a go that would be a great thing – my view is that women are very clever and we can create and smash whatever glass ceiling is there,” Allis says.

@BRW

भारतले बन्द गराएकाे गीत

Jenna Clarke

Je suis Scanlan: Lisa Wilkinson wants TV hosts to wear the infamous ‘penis jacket’ on Thursday.

Thought you had seen the last of the “penis jacket”? Think again, the Veronica Corningstone of Australian media, Lisa Wilkinson, has declared she will be flashing it on screen for Today viewers.

Wilkinson took to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon to issue a rallying cry not seen since that fight scene in Anchorman 2 to her “TV host” counterparts, requesting them to not be shy about their sartorial choices on air. Even during family friendly breakfast television.

The #penisjacket! REALLY? Calling all TVhosts who have this #Scanlan jacket to wear it on air tomorrow. I will! #geez! http://t.co/ibp8G5SSAv — Lisa Wilkinson (@Lisa_Wilkinson)March 18, 2015

In a bid to reclaim the Nine exclusive, Wilkinson will wear the $550 crepe jacket with peplum hem and provocative neckline this morning.

But not every Tom, Dick and Harry in TV land has listened. So far only her public broadcasting comrades appear to have gotten the “On Thursdays we wear nutty blazers” obiter dictum.

ABC News 24 reporter Kirsten Aiken replied, “The memo” and retweeted Wilkinson’s wily request.

© UNILAD That escalated quickly: Ten’s Natarsha Belling wearing the jacket over the weekend.

Fellow ABC journalist Charlotte Hamlyn may not be as keen. Considering she’s already worn it in four different colours.

@jennamclarke I’ve worn this jacket… On air… In four different colours… Dodged a bullet. — Charlotte Hamlyn (@charlottehamlyn) March 17, 2015

The jacket, by local fashion label Scanlan Theodore, shot to fame and went viral after Channel Ten newsreader Natarsha Belling wore it during a weekend news bulletin.

Meanwhile Today has become an excitable hotbed of social activism.

Last year Karl Stefanovic admitted to wearing the same “knock off Burberry suit” on air for a year.

“I’ve worn the same suit on air for a year – except for a couple of times because of circumstance – to make a point,” he told Fairfax Media. “Women are judged much more harshly and keenly for what they do, what they say and what they wear.”

Shortly after that Wilkinson savaged the film version of Fifty Shades of Grey.

“With a script that makes Mills & Boon read like bleedin’ Dickens, and lines like, ‘I don’t do romance’, Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey is the 30-something jerk of a billionaire who never seems to work. An emotionally crippled narcissist no-one could love,” she said.

“Yes, Fifty Shades of Grey is more appalling than appealing. It’s domestic violence dressed up as erotica…and if there’s one thing this movie is not, it’s erotic.”

Come Thursday all eyes will be back on Wilkinson and newsreader Sylvia Jeffreys, not to mention arch rivals Samantha Armytage and Natalie Barr over on Sunrise who may pitch in and support the sisterhood.

No word yet if other members of breakfast television, Stefanovic and David “Kochie” Koch, will join their female co-hosts in Thursday’s fashionable morning glory.

@Sunday MH

डेनमार्कमा जन्मेहुर्केका नेपाली नयाँ पुस्ताले अवसर पाए अरुभन्दा कम छैनौँ भन्ने देखाउन थालेका छन् | यस्तो उदाहरण बनेका छन बाबु विवेक श्रीस राना र आमा सुशीला हमालका जेष्ठ सुपुत्र- शाश्वत राना | राना डेनमार्कको हेल्लेरूप इद्रेत क्लवमा आवद्ध छन् | मार्च ७ र ८ मा डेनमार्कको सोरोमा १५ टिम बीच भएको खेलमा उनको टिमले डेनिस नेशनल लिग २०१५ च्याम्पियन अन्डर ८ को उपाधी जितेको थियो |

कोपेनहेगन बस्ने ७ बर्षीय शाश्वत रानाले सन् २०१४ को अप्रिलदेखि हेल्लेरूप इद्रेत क्लवबाट आफ्नो फुटबल खेलको शुरुवात गरेका थिए| खेल्न शुरु गरेको १ महिनामा नै उनी उमेर समुहका ६४ जनालाई पछि पार्दै ११ मा पर्न सफल भएका थिए| उनी जुनसुकै पोजिसनमा रहेर पनि खेल्न सक्ने खेलाडी हुन् | उनको टिम यहि अप्रिल ६ मा स्विडेनको होलभिकानमा हुने नासेत कप र १६ मे मा स्विडेनकै क्लाग्शममा हुन गैरहेको आसहोज्देन कप २०१५ का लागी छनोट भएको छ | यसै गरी उनी यहि मे २३ र २५ मा जर्मनीको ग्रेवेन्ब्रोइचमा हुन गैरहेको पीफिंगसत कपको लागि डेनिस टिममा रहेर खेल्दैछन् |
डेनमार्कमा रहेको नेपालीहरुको सँस्था हिमालयन क्लवमा साथिहरु सँगसँगै जाने गरेका शाश्वतको रुची फूटवलमा रहेको नेपालीहरुका साथै स्कुलका शिक्षकले पनि थाहा पाएपछी किम हिक क्लवमा पठाएको पिता विवेक राना बताउँछन । अहिले शाश्वत हप्तामा तिन दिन सोमवार,बुधवार र शुक्रवार दैनिक एक घण्टा ट्रेनिङ लिने गर्छन भने शनिवार र आईतवार विभिन्न डेनिस क्लव बीच हुने प्रतिस्पर्धामा सहभागी हुन्छ । उनले स्थानीय स्तरमा थुप्रै अवार्ड जितिसकेका छन । शाश्वतको फुटबल बाहेक बास्केटबल र ह्याण्डबलका साथै चित्रकला र संगीतमा पनि रुची छ । उनी कोपेनहेगन स्थित रादमान्दसगाडे स्कुलमा कक्षा १ मा अध्यानरत छन् ।

हुनत त पिता विवेक पनि नेपालका राष्ट्रिय खेलाडी हुन् । उनी नेपाल रहदा करातेका राष्ट्रिय खेलाडी एंव प्रशिक्षक समेत थिए । त्यसैले शास्वतको भित्रि चाहना सजिलै बुझे । बाग्लुंगदेखि पोखरामा बसाई सरेका राना १२ बर्ष अगाडी डेनमार्क आएका थिए । २००७ मा डेनमार्कमै शास्वतको जन्म भएको थियो । शास्वत झैँ उनको कान्छो छोरा बिशेष रानाको पनि फुटबलमा रुची रहेको पाएर दाज्यूकै क्लवमा ट्रेनिङको लागि पठाउन शुरु गरेको विवेक राना बताउछन् । उनी हाल ३ बर्षका छन् ।

बाबु विवेक श्रीस राना र आमा सुशीला हमाल तृष्ण बुद्वी भएका छोरा पढाईमा पनि चम्कोस भन्ने चाहन्छन । उसको रुची फुटबलमा रहेकोले रुची पूरा गर्नको लागी तालिम,प्रतिस्पर्धामा लैजाने ल्याउने तथा आवश्यक सामाग्री खरिद गरीदिएको छन । छोराको निम्ति कुनै कसुर बाकि नराख्ने पिता माता बताउछन् । भविष्यमा छोराको राष्ट्रिय परिचय फुटबल खेलाडीकै माध्यमबाट बन्नेमा उनीहरु ढुक्क छन् ।

– इन्फो मालाबाट

रामकुमार श्रेष्ठ

एक्काईसौं शताब्दीको आजको इन्टरनेटको जमानामा नियतबस गलत जानकारी प्रबाह गर्नुले अन्तराष्ट्रिय दृष्टिकोण नकारात्मक बन्ने भएकाले सत्यका पर्यायबाची बुद्धको जन्मस्थल विषयमा साँचो कुरा गरेर बुद्धप्रति साँचो अर्थमा आदर गर्नु नै उपयुक्त देखिन्छ । नेपालले त आखिर ढिलो चाँडो समस्या समाधान गर्ने नै भएकोले शक्तिसम्पन्न राष्ट्रको सूचिमा पर्न अग्रसर भारतले यस किसिमका समस्याका कारण विश्व रंगमन्चमा आफ्नो छबि धमिलिन नदिन समयमा नै अग्रसरता दर्शाउनु नेपालभन्दा भारतकै लागि बढी हितकर हुने देखिन्छ । एउटा शक्तिशाली देशको प्रधानमन्त्री भएको नाताले बारंबार बिरोधाभासपूर्ण भनाइ थोपरिदिनुको सट्टा महानबाणी बोलिदिनुस सम्माननीय मोदीज्यू, किनकि हामी चाहन्छौं हाम्रो छिमेकी देशको प्रधानमन्त्री संसारभरकै लागि सम्मानित बनोस ।   

नेपाल भ्रमणमा रहेका भारतका प्रधानमन्त्री नरेन्द्र मोदीद्धारा करीब आठ महिना अघि नेपालको संविधानसभामा सम्बोधन गर्ने क्रममा “विश्वलाई चकित गर्ने बुद्ध जन्मेको देश”भनी नेपालको लुम्बिनीलाई बुद्धको जन्मथलोको रुपमा स्वीकारिएको सार्वजनिक सम्बोधनले भारतीय संचार माध्यम र प्रतिष्ठित मानिने भारतीयहरुद्धारा बारंबार बुद्ध जन्मस्थल विषयमा सिर्जना गरिने अनावश्यक बिबाद अब टुंगिने हो कि भन्ने संकेतका कारण यस्ले लाखौं नेपालीको मन जित्ने काम मात्रै गरेन अपितु बिशेष गरी लुम्बिनी–कपिलबस्तु दिवस अभियानको २००९ मा भएको सूत्रपातपस्चात  सामाजिक सन्जाल बिशेष गरी फेसबुकमा बुद्ध नेपालमा जन्मनु भएको सन्देशको बाढीका कारण मौनतापूर्बक यो बिषयमा चलेको जुहारीलाई नियालिरहेका थुप्रै अन्तराष्ट्रिय संचार माध्यमले समेत मोदीको उक्त भनाइलाई उच्च प्राथमिकता दिएर समाचार संप्रेषण गरेको देखिन्छ । बुद्ध जन्मस्थल बिषयमा सत्य छायाँमा पारिने र असत्य सही जस्तो देखिने गरी अनाबस्यक किसिमबाट सिर्जना भएको बिस्वब्यापी दिग्भ्रम मोदी भनाइले नै टुङ्याउने हो कि भन्ने जस्तो मानसिकता धेरै नेपालीहरुमा मात्रै नभएर हाम्रा देश हाँक्ने नेताहरुमा समेत पाइयो कुराकानीको सिलसिलामा, जुन सही होइन ।

जसरी योगगुरु रामदेबले आफ्नो पुस्तकमा वुद्ध भारतमा जन्मेको कुरा उल्लेख गरे तापनि नेपाल आएर बुद्ध नेपालमा जन्मेको कुरा गरे त्यसरी नै केही समय अघि मात्रै ‘जुन बेला बिहारलाई वुद्धको आवश्यकता परेको थियो बिहारले बुद्ध दियो’ भनेका कारण बिबाद र आलोचनाका पात्र बनेका मोदी भारतको प्रधानमन्त्रीको हैसियतमा नेपाल आउँदा नेपाली संविधानसभामा सम्बोधन गर्ने क्रममा बुद्ध नेपालमा जन्मेको भन्दै नेपाललाई बुद्धको देशको रुपमा चिनाउन धेरै पटक दोहोर्याए ।

नेपालबारे अत्यन्तै साना कुराहरु समेत जानकारी राख्न सक्ने खुबी भएकाका रुपमा आफूलाई प्रमाणित गर्न सक्षम मोदीले आफूले बिहारले बुद्ध दिएको भनी बोलेको, नक्कली कपिलवस्तु निर्माण, वुद्ध फिल्ममा कबिर बेदीले बोलेका आदि बिषयमा भएका बिरोध र नेपालीहरुले यस बिषयमा भारतको नियतका बिरुद्ध विस्वब्यापी रुपमा दर्शाएको बिरोधबारे अनभिज्ञ छन भन्न सकिन्न । त्यसरी नै प्रो कनिङ्हामको नेतृत्वमा युनेस्कोमार्फत लुम्बिनीमा भैरहेको अनुसन्धानद्धारा बुद्धको जन्मस्थल र समय समेतको नयाँ जानकारी र वैज्ञानिक पुनर्पुष्टि महत्वपूर्ण अन्तराष्ट्रिय संचार माध्यमहरुको प्राथमिकतामा परेबाट भारतले सामना गर्न परेको असहज लज्जाबोधलाई पनि बुझेका छैनन भन्न सकिन्न । र, अर्को कुटनितिक पक्ष भनेको भारतले राष्ट्र संघको सुरक्षा परिषदमा अस्थायी सदस्यको रुपमा पुन: उम्मेदवारी दिंदैछ । मोदीले वुद्ध जन्मस्थल बिषयमा जे बोले त्यस्लाई यी सबैबाट अलग राखेर हेर्न सकिन्न ।

मोदीको यो स्वीकारोक्तिका सम्बन्धमा तीन फरक धार नेपालीहरुका बीच देखा परे: पहिलो, मोदीले जे बोले त्यो नै सबैभन्दा महत्वपूर्ण हो र भारतले नै बुद्धको जन्मस्थल बिषयमा अनाबस्यक बिबाद सिर्जना गरेकोले अब कुनै बिबाद रहने छैन याने कि बिबाद टुङियो; दोश्रो, नेपालबाट आफ्नो स्वार्थ पुरा गर्ने कुटिल चालबाजी भएकोले उन्को कुरोमा विश्वाश गरिनु हुन्न र तेश्रो, वाध्यताबस होस अथवा चालबाजीको रुपमा होस भारती प्रधानमन्त्रीका हैसियतमा मोदीले वुद्ध जन्मस्थल बिषयमा नेपाली संविधानसभामा सम्बोधन गर्ने क्रममा बोलेका कुराले भारती पक्षबाट बेला बखतमा निकालिने अनाबस्यक बखेडामा निस्चित रुपमा कमी आउनेछ र समस्याको जरोको रुपमा रहेको बिभिन्न देशको पाठ्य पुस्तकमा नै भएको गलत जानकारी सच्याउने क्रममा कोरिया र स्वीडेनमा प्राप्त भएको सफलतालाई अरु देशमा निरन्तरता दिन यस्का कारण कुनै न कुनै हदसम्म सहज वातावरण सिर्जना हुन सक्नेछ ।

भारतीय प्रधानमन्त्री नरेन्द्र मोदीले भारतीय स्वतन्त्रता दिवसमा समेत नेपाललाई बुद्ध भूमिको रुपमा पुन: परिचय दिए, तर अफसोच जापान गएर कुरो फेरेका मोदीले राष्ट्र संघको सुरक्षा परिषदमा आफ्नो उम्मेदवारीको प्रचार प्रसारको क्रममा जर्मनमा भने बुद्ध भारतमा पैदा भएको भनाइ राखे । शक्तिशाली राष्ट्रको सूचिमा रहेको देशको प्रधानमन्त्रीले यसरी बोली फेर्दै हिंड्नुले नेपालको लागि भन्दा उन्कै ब्यक्तित्वमा आघात पर्ने कुरामा सन्देह छैन । किनकि उन्ले बोलेका यी फरक भनाइहरुमा नेपालको संसदमा बोलेका कुरालाई बिस्वका अधिकांश ठूला संचार माध्यमहरुले प्राथमिकताका साथ लिपिबद्ध गरिसकेका छन ।

वास्तबमा मोदीले बुद्ध नेपालमा जन्मनु भएको कुरो गर्दैमा मात्तिहाल्ने र भारतमा जन्मनु भएको भन्दैमा आत्तिहाल्ने गरिनु आबस्यक छैन । अभियानको सूत्रपातपस्चात गुगलले बुद्ध जन्मस्थलबारे गल्ती सच्याएको छ भने वार्षिक झन्डै ६० लाख पर्यटकको केन्द्र बनेको ब्रिटिश म्युजियमले दबाबको कारण गल्ती सच्याउने निर्णयमा दक्षिण एशिया हेर्ने क्युरेटर डा सोना दत्त भारती भएका कारण उन्ले सच्याउने क्रममा अनाबस्यक रुपमा भाषा गोल मटोल गरी सच्याउनुको कुनै अर्थ नहुने बनाएर हलो अडकाए तापनि ब्रिटिश म्युजियमले गल्ती सच्याउन गरेको ऐतिहासिक निर्णय प्रमाणको रुपमा छ, हेगको अन्तराष्ट्रिय न्यायालयमा बुद्ध नेपालमा जन्मनु भएको जानकारी सहितको बुद्धको मूर्ति प्रतिस्थापन गरिएको छ भने फ्रान्सको राजधानी पेरिसस्थित युनेस्को मुख्यालयमा ५ फिटको असीदेखि सय किलो बुद्धको मूर्ति प्रतिस्थापन् गर्ने निर्णय कार्यन्वयनको प्रतिक्षामा छ, दक्षिणी गोलार्धकै सबैभन्दा ठुलो सिड्नीको नान टि एन बुद्ध मन्दिर र अमेरिकाको ठूलामध्येकै इण्टरनेशनल बुद्धिस्ट प्रोग्रेस सोसाइटीमा बुद्धको जन्मस्थल बिषयमा भएको गलत जानकारी सच्याइएको छ भने बर्षेनी हजारौं बिदेशी जम्मा भएर भब्यताका साथ बुद्ध जयन्ती मनाइने अस्ट्रेलियाकै भिक्टोरियामा अबस्थित ठुलो बुद्ध मन्दिर बेन्डिगोमा सच्याउन लगाउन अनुरोधात्मक पत्र पठाइएको छ । अभियानले तात्कालिन प्रधानमन्त्री माधव कुमार नेपाललाई बुझाएको ज्ञापन पत्रमा जोड दिइएको कुरो समस्याको जरो भनेकै बिभिन्न देशका पाठ्य पुस्तकमा भएको गलत जानकारी मार्फत करोडौं मानिसले गलत जानकारी प्राप्त गर्ने र त्यस्का कारण सिलसिलावार तवरले गल्ती दोहोरिने काम हुने भएकोले बिभिन्न देशमा भएका कुटनीतिक नियोगहरु मार्फत गल्ती सच्याइयोस भन्ने मागको कार्यन्वयन नहुँदै कोरियाका लागि तात्कालिन राजदूत कमल प्रशाद कोइरालाको पहलमा त्यहाँको पाठ्य पुस्तक सच्याउने कामलाई अभियानको उद्धेस्य प्राप्ती कार्यको ऐतिहासिक कोशे ढुङ्गा मानी उहाँलाई अभियानले सम्मान गरिसकेको छ भने अभियानको पहलमा युरोपेली सङ्घका लागि नेपाली राजदूत राममणि पोखरेल र स्विडेनको जिम्मेवारी सम्हाल्दै आउनु भएका राजदुत मुक्तिनाथ भट्टको सहयोगमा स्वीडेनको पाठ्यपुस्तक सच्याउने काम भएको छ । अभियानको प्राथमिकता भनेकै बिभिन्न देशमा भएको बुद्ध जन्मस्थल बिषयमा भएको गलत जानकारी सच्याउनु रहेको छ । यसरी समस्या को जरो पहिचान गरी त्यस्को समाधानमा ठूला ठूला उल्लेख्य उपलब्धी हासिल हुन थालिसकेको छ र र यस्ले सही दिशाबोध गरिरहेको छ ।

प्रो कनिङ्घामको नेतृत्वमा यूनेस्कोको लुम्बिनीमा भैरहेको अत्याधुनिक अनुसन्धात्मक उत्खननले बुद्ध जन्मबारे बिस्वकै ठूला अन्तराष्ट्रिय संचार माध्यमहरुले प्राथमिकतामा पारे भने यस्लाई न्यासनल जियोग्राफीले त डकुमेण्ट्री नै बनाउँदैछ । बुद्ध जन्मभूमि भएकै कारण राष्ट्र संघका पाँच महासचिबहरुले भ्रमण गरिसकेको, राष्ट्र संघ मार्फत नै दुई गुरु योजना तयार भैसकेको, बिस्व सम्पदा सूचिमा समाबेश गरिएको र यूनेस्कोको पछिल्लो अनुसन्धानले बुद्ध जन्म समयबारे सार्वजनिक गरिएको अनुसन्धनात्मक निचोडले नेपालको लुम्बिनी नै बुद्ध जन्मस्थल भएकोमा सन्देह नहुँदा नहुँदै पनि बिभिन्न देशका पाठ्यक्रममा भएको समस्या, ठूला ठूला संग्राहलय, पुराना महत्वपूर्ण पुस्तक आदिमा भएको समस्याले सिर्जित समस्या समाधान कार्य नेपाली भएको नाताले मात्रै नभएर सही जानकारी पाउनु पर्ने मानबीय नैसर्गिक अधिकार र सो अधिकार प्रदान गरी प्रजातन्त्रको सबलिकरणका खातिर यो कार्यमा लाग्नु सबैको समान नागरिकीय दायित्व हो । भलै राष्ट्रिय गौरब र प्रतिस्ठाका कारण नेपालीहरुको बढी दयित्व र जिम्मेवारी हुनु र मानिनु स्वभाबिकै हो पनि ।  

 मोदी भनाइको महत्व यसकारणले छ कि जुन देशकै कारण यो सत्य ओझेलमा पर्ने र गलत कुरो सही जस्तो देखिने गरी संसारभरी समस्या देखा परेको छ र सो समस्या समाधान गर्ने क्रममा जनस्तरबाट उल्लेख्य उपलब्धिहरु हासिल भैरहेकै बेलामा त्यही देशको सरकार प्रमुखले यसरी बोलिदिंदा सिर्जित दिग्भ्रम निस्तेज पार्न लागि पर्नेहरुका लागि सम्बन्धित देशको सरकार प्रमुखकै भनाइलाई सन्दर्भ दिएर काम गर्न पाउँदा काम गर्न अझै सहज हुन्छ । अभियानको तर्फबाट अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति ओबामालाई छ: पृष्‍ठ अनुसन्धानात्मक प्रतिबेदन पठाउने क्रममा मोदीले नेपालमा बोलेको कुरालाई समेत सन्दर्भ सामग्रीमा समाबेश गरिएको छ । अन्य देशको साथसाथै भारतकै कोर्सबुकमा पनि सच्याउन लगाउन पनि हामीलाई यस्ले सजिलो बनाउनेछ ।

मोदीको स्वीकारोक्तिका कारण अब वुद्धको जन्मथलोको बिषयमा सिर्जना गरिएको समस्या समाधानार्थ जनस्तरबाट शुरु गरिएको विस्वब्यापी अभियानको कुनै औचित्य नभएको कुरा केहीले उठाए  पनि । बुझ्नु पर्ने महत्वपूर्ण कुरा के हो भने यो समस्या भारत र नेपालमा मात्रै सीमित नभएर थुप्रै देशको पाठ्य पुस्तकमा नै बुद्ध जन्मस्थलबारे गलत जानकारी राखिएको कारण संसारभरिका करोडौं मानिसले गलत जानकारी प्राप्त गरिरहेकाले अभियानले यो समस्यालाई समस्याको जरोको रुपमा लिएको छ । मोदीको यो स्वीकारोक्तिले अभियानको कार्यमा सिर्जना हुने ब्यबधानमा कमी आउने कुरालाई नकार्न सकिन्न जस्ले अभियानको औचित्य समाप्त हुने दिन नजिकिन सक्छ । अब हाम्रो दायित्व भनेको कोरिया र स्वीडेन मा जस्तै बिभिन्न देशको पाठ्य पुस्तकमा भएको गलत जानकारी सच्याउने कामलाई निरन्तरता दिनु हो ।

एक्काईसौं शताब्दीको आजको इन्टरनेटको जमानामा नियतबस गलत जानकारी प्रबाह गर्नुले आफ्नैबारे अन्तराष्ट्रिय दृष्टिकोण नकारात्मक बन्ने भएकाले सत्यका पर्यायबाची बुद्धको जन्मस्थल विषयमा साँचो कुरा गरेर बुद्धप्रति साँचो अर्थमा आदर गर्नु नै उपयुक्त देखिन्छ । नेपालले त आखिर ढिलो चाँडो समस्या समाधान गर्ने नै भएकोले शक्तिसम्पन्न राष्ट्रको सूचिमा पर्न अग्रसर भारतले यस किसिमका समस्याका कारण विश्व रंगमन्चमा आफ्नो छबि धमिलिन नदिन समयमा नै अग्रसरता दर्शाउनु नेपालभन्दा भारतकै लागि बढी हितकर हुने देखिन्छ । एउटा शक्तिशाली देशको प्रधानमन्त्री भएको नाताले बारंबार बिरोधाभासपूर्ण भनाइ थोपरिदिनुको सट्टा महानबाणी बोलिदिनुस सम्माननीय मोदीज्यू, किनकि हामी चाहन्छौं हाम्रो छिमेकी देशको प्रधानमन्त्री संसारभरकै लागि सम्मानित बनोस ।

[ This is a ‘secret draft proposal’ forwarded by the Government of India to then His Majesty’s Government of Nepal  for security, water resource management and  industry and commerce also. The slain King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is reported to have rejected this proposal. For that matter, Nepalese people should heartily thank the slain king. The proposal, though soft in language, is extremely cruel and dangerous in substance and meaning. Had the King  told his men to sign on the proposal, Nepal’s  military would have been paralyzed, sovereignty and independence would have been compromised, ownership of water resource would have been lost and big Indian business houses would have swallowed up Nepalese business entrepreneurs etc. There are these days loud talks in Kathmandu or elsewhere that Nepal in Bhutan’s shoes is morphing into a present day Sikkim. This, therefore, is posted for discussion.]

Agreement between the Government of India and His Majesty’s Government of Nepal on Mutual Cooperation,

The Government of India and His Majesty’s Government of Nepal (hereinafter also referred to as the Contracting Parties),

Recalling the unique, age-old and traditional friendship between the peoples the peoples of India and Nepal based on the bonds of history, geography and of shared social and cultural values,

Reaffirming their adherence to the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the Governments of India and Nepal of 1950, which has ever since been and remains the cornerstone of Indo-Nepal relations,

Keen to sustain and further strengthen the bonds of friendship, good neighbourliness and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries and peoples,

Determined to strengthen economic cooperation between them.

Desiring to develop their economics in their own and common interest.

Convinced of the benefits of mutual sharing of scientific and technical knowledge and experience to promote trade between them, have agreed as follows:

Part- I

Treatment of Each Other’s Nationals in Their Respective Territories

Article I

Subject to such exceptions as may be mutually agreed upon, the Contracting Parties undertake not to enact and to repeal any laws, rules, regulations, and Government orders which restrict the rights and privilege of the nationals of one Contracting Party in the territory of the other in matters of residence, ownership of property, employment, participation in trade and commerce, movement, participation in industrial and economic development of such territory and the grant of concessions and contracts relating to such development and other privileges of a similar nature as enjoined by the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the Government of India and the Government of Nepal of 1950 and the Letters exchanged along with the Treaty.

Article II

Each Contracting party shall have the freedom to bring to the notice of the other any laws, rules, regulations, and Government orders of the other Contracting Party which may restrict such rights and privileges of its nationals in the territory of the other.

Part- II

Defence Cooperation

Article I

In the interest of strengthening their defence capabilities, the Contracting Parties have agreed to cooperate with each other in the military field. To this end, His Majesty’s Government of Nepal shall consult and enter into suitable Protocols with the Government of India concerning the acquisition by Nepal of arms, ammunition and other materials and equipment necessary for the security of Nepal.

Article II

Such cooperation between the Contracting Parties in the military field shall include assistance by the Government of India by providing arms ammunition, other materials and equipment and in coordinating training for the raising of additional formations and units for the Royal Nepalese Army, on the basis of the details to be mutually determined by the representatives of the Contracting Parties.

Article III

The cooperation between the Contracting Parties in the military field shall also include cooperation in the training of Nepalese Armed Forces personnel.

Article IV

The Contracting Parties undertake not to enter into any military alliance with any other State against each other. His Majesty’s Government of Nepal, in this respect, agree mentioned in Articles I to III above with any other State or organisation without prior consultations and agreement with the Government of India.

Article V

The arrangements envisaged in Articles I to IV above shall have no bearing on the independent foreign policy of either Contracting Party.

Part- III

(Agreed Articles on Trade to be included ion this Part)

Part- IV

(Agreed Articles on Transit to be included in this Part)

Part- V

Cooperation to Control Unauthorised Trade

(Agreed Articles on Cooperation to control Unauthorised Trade to be included in this Part).

Part- VI

Economic Industrial and Water Resources Cooperation

Article I

In the traditional spirit of friendly cooperation between India and Nepal and for the benefit and welfare of the people of Nepal, the Government of India undertake to provide, at the request of His Majesty’s Government of Nepal, such developmental assistance as may be mutually determined by the Contracting Parties from time to time.

Article II

Should His Majesty’s Government of Nepal decide to seek foreign assistance for the development of the natural resources of Nepal or for any industrial project in Nepal, they shall give first preference to the Government or the nationals of India, as the case may be, provided that the terms offered by the Government of India or Indian nationals as the case may be, are not less favourable to Nepal than the terms offered by any other State or its nationals or by any international organisation or agency.

Article III

The two Contracting Parties being equally desirous of attaining complete and satisfactory utilisation of the waters of the commonly shared rivers,undertake to (i) plan new uses or  projects  subjects to  the Secret protection of the existing uses on the rivers and (ii) cooperate with each other to formulate and modify the planned new uses or projects taking into consideration the water requirements of the parties.

Article IV

The Contracting Parties agree jointly to plan, construct and manage projects of mutual benefit. In this regard, the involvement of a third party, where felt to be necessary and in the common interest, shall be subject top mutual consent.

Part- VII

Final Clauses

Article I

To facilitate the effective and harmonious implementation of this Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall consult each other regularly, and review the implementation of this Agreement, within the forum of India-Nepal Joint Commission. They shall meet for this purpose at least once in twelve months.

Article II

For the purpose of this Agreement, the various parts specified therein are inter-related and shall be considered as a whole

Article III

Part I of this Agreement shall remain in force for the same duration of time for which the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the government of India and the government of Nepal of 1950 shall be in force.

Part II of the Agreement shall remain in force for a period of ten years and it may be renewed for further periods of ten years by mutual consent, subject to such modifications as may be agreed upon.

Part III of the Agreement shall remain in force for a period of _________________years and it may be renewed for further periods of _____________________ years by mutual consent, subject to such modifications as may be agreed upon.

Part IV of the Agreement shall remain in force for a period of ______________________ years and it may be renewed for further periods of _____________________ years by mutual consent, subject to such modifications as may be agreed upon.

Part V of the Agreement shall remain in force for a period of ______________________ years and it may be renewed for further periods of _____________________ years by mutual consent, subject to such ,modifications as may be agreed upon.

Part VI of the Agreement shall remain in force for a period of _______________________ years and it may be renewed for further periods of _________________ years by mutual consent, subject to such modifications as may be agreed upon.

Article IV

This Agreement shall come into force on ____________ 1950 and remain valid for the same duration of time for which the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the Government of India and the Government of Nepal of 1950 shall be in force.

Done at Kathmandu on __________ day of _____________ One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety in two originals each in Hindi, Nepali and English languages all of them being equally authentic. In case of doubt the English text shall prevail.

For His Majesty’s Government                                                                                For the Government

of Nepal                                                                                                                  of India

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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A powerful, 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Nepal’s capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley before noon Saturday, collapsing houses, leveling centuries-old temples and cutting open roads in the worst tremor in the Himalayan nation in over 80 years.

Dozens of people with injuries were being brought to the main hospital in central Kathmandu. There was no immediate estimate on fatalities. China’s state broadcaster said one Chinese tourist was killed in Nepal at the Nepal-China border.

The earthquake also shook several cities across northern India, and was felt as far away as Lahore in Pakistan. The epicenter was 80 kilometers (49 mile) northwest of Kathmandu.

Several buildings collapsed in the center of the capital, the ancient Old Kathmandu, including centuries-old temples and towers, said resident Prachanda Sual. Among them was the Dharahara Tower, one of Kathmandu’s landmarks built by Nepal’s royal rulers in the 1800s and a UNESCO-recognized historical monument. It was reduced to rubble and there were reports of people trapped underneath.

Old Kathmandu city is a warren of tightly packed, narrow lanes with poorly constructed homes piled on top of each other.

Sual said he saw people running through the streets in panic. Ambulance sirens blared and government helicopters hovered overhead.

National radio warned people to stay outdoors and maintain calm because more aftershocks were feared. A 6.6-magnitude aftershock hit about an hour after the initial quake.

Dozens of people were gathered in the parking lot of Kathmandu’s Norvic International Hospital, where thin mattresses had been spread on the ground for patients rushed outside, some patients wearing hospital pajamas, while doctors and nurses were treating people. A woman with a bandage on her head sat in a set of chairs pulled from the hospital waiting room.

Doctors and nurses had hooked up some patients to IV drops in the parking lot, or were giving people oxygen.

Nepal’s Information Minister Minendra Rijal told India’s NDTV station that there are reports of damage in and around Kathmandu but no immediate word on casualties. He said rescue teams were on the scene.

The Kathmandu Valley is densely populated with nearly 2.5 million people, and the quality of buildings is often poor.

An Associated Press reporter in Kathmandu said a wall in his compound collapsed and there was damage to nearby buildings.

The U.S. Geological Survey revised the magnitude from 7.5 to 7.9 and said the quake hit at 11:56 a.m. local time (0611 GMT) at Lamjung a shallow depth of 11 kilometers (7 miles). An earthquake’s magnitude increases by 10 times with each increase in the number. A magnitude 7 quake is capable of widespread and heavy damage while an 8 magnitude quake can cause tremendous damage.

Mohammad Shahab, a resident from Lahore, Pakistan, said he was sitting in his office when the earthquake rocked the city near the border with India.

He said the tremors continued for a while but now the situation was normal.

The sustained quake also was felt in India’s capital of New Delhi. AP reporters in Indian cities of Lucknow in the north and Patna in the east also reported strong tremors.

Nepal suffered its worst recorded earthquake in 1934, which measured 8.0 and all but destroyed the cities of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan.

This time the whole world thoughts are with the people of Nepal in the aftermath of the brawny earthquake ((7.9-8.0 Richter Scale Magnitudes) that has struck most of the part of Nepal at 11.56 AM (07:56 AM GMT) on 25th April, 2015. After that there are series of small and big earthquakes.

Thousands of lives have been lost.   There has also been significant damage to Nepal’s most of irreplaceable amazing cultural heritage and some of bridges are collapsed: Roads, electricity, water supply and telephone lines are disrupted. The reports of the devastation are terrible and still coming in and the numbers of people killed, injured and affected by this earthquake continue to rise. 

It is estimated that 2.8 million Nepalese are displaced, as over 70,000 are believed to be destroyed and another 530,000 homes damaged across the 39 of 75 districts. UNICEF estimates 1.3 million children are in urgent need of aid.

Foreign aid, which was already vital to Nepal’s struggling economy, had become even more important now for its efforts to come out of the devastation caused by this massive earthquake.

Nepal has been well known for its rich culture, a tourist haven, and mountaineering destination with the amazing Sherpas assisting many adventurers from all over the globe up the highest mountain in the world, Mt Everest for thousands of travellers each year.  Hopefully, all the people in the world will be touched by the devestation and lend a hand to the people of Nepal.

In this grave situation, we humbly appeal to all communities, donors, Doctors, Red Cross and other humanitarian organisations, politicians to provide immediate support for fundamental basic human needs by sending national medical and rescue teams to Nepal to help prevent an epidemic of disease.  The country will need intermediate and long term support also. The recovery from such a horrendous event will take many long years.

If there’s anything stronger than Natural forces though, it will always be the will of the human spirit to join together and overcome adversity.

Let’s all pray for the victims.

On behalf of Geelong Nepalese Association, we express our deepest condolences to everyone affected, particularly to the families and friends of those killed and injured. I would like to request all Association activists to contribute from their place and capacity in this critical moment. May God grant strength, courage, comfort, and assistance to victims’ families and loved ones, injured, rescuers and aid workers.

We would like to thank you all for your all kinds of support and sympathy in this tough time.

If you want to help, you could use the details given in the poster.

Your donations will be given directly to be local agencies in the most affected area.  We are aware that some government organisations have in the past been unreliable in passing on the money to the people who require the help.  Our Organisation will ensure this does not occur.

Ram Kumar Shrestha
Chairman
Geelong Nepalese Association                            Date: 1^st of May, 2015

“(B)in Laden had been a prisoner of the ISI at the Abbottabad compound since 2006 … Kayani and Pasha knew of the raid in advance and had made sure that the two helicopters delivering the Seals to Abbottabad could cross Pakistani airspace without triggering any alarms … that the CIA did not learn of bin Laden’s whereabouts by tracking his couriers, as the White House has claimed since May 2011, but from a former senior Pakistani intelligence officer who betrayed the secret in return for much of the $25 million reward offered by the US, and that, while Obama did order the raid and the Seal team did carry it out, many other aspects of the administration’s account were false.”

U.S. officials, including President Obama, have repeatedly maintained that the Navy SEALS operation to take out bin Laden in 2011 was conducted without the help of Pakistan’s special forces and without notifying the Pakistani government beforehand.

Hersh said his primary source for most of the extraordinary revelations was a “a retired senior intelligence official who was knowledgeable about the initial intelligence about bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad.”

If true, the allegations could pose serious credibility problems for the White House — and 2016 White House hopeful Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of state during the time of the raid — as it continues to deal with delicate counter-terrorism operations across the world.

Throughout his account, Hersh maintains, as many skeptics of the account have in recent years, that it “just made no sense that bin Laden was living in Abbottabad,” a military stronghold that is home to the nation’s equivalent of the West Point military academy, without the help of the Pakistanis.

Obama, Hersh wrote, doubted that special forces could carry out any kind of assault on the terrorist’s purported compound without help from Pakistan.

“The only way to accomplish both things, the retired official said, ‘was to get the Pakistanis on board,’” Hersh wrote.

© AP Photo Osama bin Laden, in Afghanistan.

U.S. intelligence services gradually collected information about the compound, until they were able to eventually prove that bin Laden had lived there with help from ISI.

“The compound was not an armed enclave — no machine guns around, because it was under ISI control,” Hersh wrote.

Bin Laden had lived undetected in the Hindu Kush mountains that straddle northern Pakistan and southern Afghanistan from 2001 to 2006, until the ISI “got to him by paying some of the local tribal people to betray him,” Hersh wrote.

ISI then hid bin Laden in the Abbottabad compound for years, keeping his presence a secret, but using him to “keep tabs on al Qaeda and the Taliban,” a source told Hersh.

“The ISI was using bin Laden as leverage against Taliban and al Qaeda activities inside Afghanistan and Pakistan,” Hersh wrote.

But in 2010, the U.S. began learning of bin Laden’s whereabouts, and months later, CIA officials began bringing a small number of Pakistani officials into the planning of the potential operation.

“It didn’t take long to get the co-operation we needed, because the Pakistanis wanted to ensure the continued release of American military aid, a good percentage of which was anti-terrorism funding that finances personal security,” a source told Hersh.

American and Pakistani officials bargained for weeks over how the mission would be carried out, and the Pakistanis proved instrumental in providing intelligence, in the final agreement, that allowed the raid to occur successfully.

“At the Abbottabad compound ISI guards were posted around the clock to keep watch over bin Laden and his wives and children. They were under orders to leave as soon as they heard the rotors of the US helicopters,” Hersh wrote.

“An ISI liaison officer flying with the Seals guided them into the darkened house and up a staircase to bin Laden’s quarters. The Seals had been warned by the Pakistanis that heavy steel doors blocked the stairwell on the first and second-floor landings; bin Laden’s rooms were on the third floor,” Hersh alleged, citing his sources.

After bin Laden was shot and killed during the raid, White House officials contended that his body was brought to the U.S.S. Carl Vinson, possibly in the Indian Ocean, for a burial at sea that was conducted in accordance with Muslim law.

Again, Hersh contended that the administration lied.

“Within weeks of the raid, I had been told by two longtime consultants to Special Operations Command, who have access to current intelligence, that the funeral aboard the Carl Vinson didn’t take place,” he wrote.

“One consultant told me that bin Laden’s remains were photographed and identified after being flown back to Afghanistan. The consultant added: ‘At that point, the CIA took control of the body,” Hersh wrote.

Hersh has aggressively accused the U.S. of lying about its account of the death of bin Laden since 2013, after he began investigating the ordeal.

“Not one word of it is true,” Hersh told The Guardian newspaper in a September 2013 interview meant to drum up publicity for a new book.

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                    Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (RIA Novosti / Michail Metcel)

Settlements in local currencies between Russia and China now account for 7 percent of the bilateral trade, but the potential for growth is tremendous, experts tell RT. Yuan-ruble trade in Russia has grown 700 percent in a year.

Growing cooperation between Russia and China has become one of the hottest topics in the global economy. It is signaling the emergence of a strong alliance of one the world’s richest and strongest economies, which is expected to reshape the existing western-dominated economic model.

While energy deals between the resource – rich Russia and resource – hungry China look natural, bringing the countries’ finances closer looks like a real challenge to the US dollar system, experts agree, although the transition won’t be quick.

“The transition from the usual scheme of payments in major currencies is not a quick process, but with a certain political will and sufficient mechanisms of hedging currency risks in exports and imports it is quite feasible,” Aleksandr Prosviryakov, Treasuries & Commodities Manager at PWC, told RT. He added that the first step towards this was the signing of a three-year agreement on currency swap worth 150 billion yuan in October 2014.

Currency swaps allow companies in both countries to use national currencies in mutual settlements. That means the Russian importers can purchase Chinese products with yuan, and the Chinese can make payments in rubles.

​Read more:  Ditching US dollar: China, Russia launch financial tools in local currencies

“We see a pretty rapid intensification of trade in the yuan-ruble currency pair in Russia,” he said adding that the volume on the Moscow Exchange increased by 8 times in comparison with the previous year, and 6 times in the OTC market.
Prosviryakov said the agreement to supply Russian oil to China through the Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean pipeline was the first major project implemented through settlement in local currencies.

An increased use of national currencies by major exporting and importing countries will lead to a reduction in the share of traditional currencies in international payments, he added.

The US dollar still remains preeminent in global trade; more than 80 percent is settled in dollars and 60 percent in international reserves. However, in 2014, the yuan leaped to nine percent of international settlements, which gives a chance that its role in the world financial system will become more important.

“There is a reason to believe that this trend will continue in the coming years and the role of the yuan will increase rapidly not only in international trade, but as the currency of international reserves of the central banks,” he said.

China’s decision to establish and lead the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is “the real crux of Beijing’s current long-term international economic and financial strategy,” Brendan O’Reilly, China-based writer and educator told RT.

“Now Beijing is making its own global bank that can compete with Western-dominated institutions,” he said.

Fifty-seven countries have been approved as founding members of AIIB with Russia expected to become the bank’s third largest participant.

“I think Russia’s participation in AIIB will have a positive impact on economic and trade cooperation between the two countries,” said Prosviryakov. “One of the bank’s main tasks is financing infrastructure projects, a large part of which will be located on the territory of Russia. Investments in infrastructure will contribute to the development of bilateral trade, which will increase the likelihood of achieving the ambitious goal of the two countries to increase the turnover to $200 billion dollars by 2020.”

Even US allies such as Germany and the UK have signed on despite American objections, O’Reilly said.

“If the AIIB succeeds in its long-term goals of supporting Eurasian transport and trade infrastructure, then China, Russia, and many other states stand to benefit enormously,” he said.

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