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Power cuts are back in Nepal

A combination of low river flow, high winter power demand and old-fashioned mismanagement have meant that Nepalis are once more suffering from power...

Transformer Man

An indication of the kleptocracy we live in is that an honest government official who performs well is regarded as a messiah....

Kulman Ghising’s tenure at NEA in doubt

Kulman Ghising, the man widely credited with ending daily 14 hours of power cuts is due to step down next month after...

The cost of light

Next week as Nepalis celebrate Tihar, the festival of lights, few will remember that it will mark the second anniversary of the...

Decarbonise now

The conclusion of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC could not have been more blunt: human-induced...

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