Bipin Joshi, a 23-year-old agricultural student from Nepal, was abducted by Hamas gunmen from Kibbutz Alumim during the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

India’s student visa assessment level for Australia has moved from Level 3 to Level 2, easing documentation requirements such as upfront financial evidence and course-specific English tests.

Back in April, Australian authorities raised the alarm over a surge in “non-genuine” student applications, cases in which education was not the primary intent but a façade for residency ambitions or unauthorised employment.

25-year-old Nepali international student Shiva Khatri, who worked as a cleaner, was found unresponsive inside Sydney’s Haveli Indian Restaurant after a suspected carbon monoxide leak.

These upheavals have two immediate implications for India.

Sushila Karki, Nepal’s first female chief justice in 2016, is backed by youth leaders and Kathmandu’s popular mayor Balendra Shah.

The politics of neglect, elitism, and nepotism can be challenged — and overturned — in no time.

The Nepal Army has announced it will assume control of law and order across the country, declaring a state of high alert.

A candlelight vigil was held at Melbourne’s Federation Square in memory of the innocent youths killed during peaceful protests in Nepal, with organisers confirming the vigil will continue tomorrow morning from 10 am to 12 pm at the same location.

The victims, Sarla Khadka and Areeza Suwal, worked as nurses at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital and had been on their way to celebrate a birthday.