News, Views From Nepal

Yuba Nath Lamsal:- Barely a month has passed since the newly elected President of the United States Donald Trump assumed office. Soon after he took office of presidency Trump signed a large number of executive orders that have created a wide-ranging impact both at home and abroad. The suspension of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has created more hue and cry within America and across the world. This decision has impacted many countries that received US assistance through the USAID. Initially, the USAID activities have been suspended for three months and all US staff working in the USAID have been called back. Since President Trump’s close aide, Elon Musk, called the USAID a ‘criminal organisation’, this agency is less likely to be revived even after three months. Trump’s decision to withdraw from other international commitments including the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and others will also have a global impact. Most of the ...

Yuba Nath Lamsal:- The earth surface consists of three basic components air, water and land. Water covers 70.8 per cent of total earth area while only 29.2 per cent is the land surface. The land area is divided into different continents - Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, South America and North America and Antarctica, while the water part is divided into different oceans which are - Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Oceans. Both the continents and oceans are further divided into-subsystems. The sub-systems include different regions that are classified on geographic, economic, strategic, cultural and maritime basis. Countries are small units in the broader global system. They operate depending upon their strength and capability and try to influence other countries. Different factors determine powers and strength of a country. Geography, economy, natural resources, location, demography, physical size and level of economic and other development as well as military strength are some ...