Gobinda Prasad Pokharel
It was a normal afternoon in my village home in Urlabari Municipality, Morang District. While walking along the roadside, I noticed something unusual — a tiny turtle barely 100 grams was struggling to move across the concrete path.
Its shell was soft and flexible and with a closer look, I realized it was the Indian Flapshell Turtle — locally called ‘पुतली कछुवा’ or Butterfly Turtle.
Gobinda Prasad Pokharel
It was the second week of Chaitra, 2072 (March 2016), Prince Harry of the United Kingdom was on a rafting trip along the Khoriya River in Bardiya. Bird expert Hem Sagar Baral, wildlife expert Shanta Raj Gyawali, nature guide Rajan Kshetri and others were accompanying the trip. Baral had brought two expensive binoculars made by Swarovski. Aware of the etiquette and formalities needed when meeting a member of the royal family, including appropriate language and dress, the team was cautious. However, Harry stood out as different from other royal family members.
Gobinda Prasad Pokharel
As soon as Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, he issued a series of executive orders. Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, WHO, pardoning the people convicted in the 2021 Capitol riot, declaring a national emergency at the southern border and establishment of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Elon Musk’s leadership were the major executive orders during the inagural day. According to the National Archives and Records Administration, 26 executive orders were issued on the first day of inaugural. By the time of writing this article as of 14th March 2025, 89 of Trump’s executive orders had been made public by the National Archives.
काठमाडौं उपत्यकाका नागार्जुन, शिवपुरी,ककनी-टोखा, सुन्दरीजल-चिसापानी-साँखु, गोदावरी-फूलचोकी, हात्तीवन-चन्द्रागिरी, साँखु-नगरकोट-नाला, गोकर्ण, सूर्यविनायक, वाग्मती करिडोर क्षेत्रको वनस्पतिको विवरण समेटिएको यो पुस्तक निकै नै उपयोगी छ ।
वनस्पति विज्ञानको अध्ययन र अनुसन्धानमा नेपालको उपस्थिति निकै नै कमजोर छ । सीमित स्रोत साधनका कारण वनस्पति विज्ञान अध्ययन र अनुसन्धान गर्नेहरू घट्दो क्रममा छन् । नेपालका वनस्पतिविद्हरू मातृभूमि छाडेर विभिन्न देशलाई कर्मभूमि बनाउन बाध्य छन् ।
