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Yuba Nath Lamsal:- The Japan Confederation of Atomic and Hydrogen Bomb Sufferers Organisations, popularly known as Nihon Hidankyo, was awarded Nobel Peace Prize 2024 in recognition of its untiring campaign for the elimination of nuclear weapons. The Nihon Hidankyo is the Japanese organisation representing the survivors of the nuclear bombing. The Nihon Hidankyo was formed in 1956 and has been campaigning against nuclear weapons and lobbying nationally and internationally for the complete abolition of nuclear arms. Thus the decision of Nobel Committee is highly commendable. Japan is the first victim of the nuclear bomb. As the World War II was raging, the United States bombed two Japanese cities in the interval of three days. The first bomb, codenamed as the ‘Little Boy’, was dropped in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 while the ‘Fat Man’ hit Nagasaki on August 9. Two bombs instantly killed over 214,000 people and injured more than that number while caused untold collateral and enviro...

Yuba Nath Lamsal: It is said that politics is the game of possibilities and there is no certainty in politics. Anything can happen in any moment in politics. In politics, ‘stranger become bedfellow’ anytime. Thus, politics is the most unpredictable vocation. This is more so in Nepal as coalition and governments frequently change. In recent years, political polarisation is taking place recently in Nepal especially after the fall of Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda-led government and the formation of the CPN-UML-Nepali Congress coalition government headed by KP Sharma Oli. Although Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ led the government for about 19 months, he changed coalition partners three times. In the beginning, he reigned the mantle of premiership with support of UML but soon changed the partner entering into coalition with Nepali Congress. Prachanda again changed the coalition gear going again back to the arm of UML. Prachanda calls his nature of often switching the political gear as ...