| Jun 26, 2025
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Investigations English
Food for Thought: Excess of Iodine in Salt Poses Health Risks to Nepalis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has set a standard of 40 PPM at the production level and 15 PPM when it reaches consumers. Neighboring India has a standard of 15 PPM when consumers purchase in retail shops and 30 PPM during production. Nepal's standard has significantly more iodine than both the WHO and Indian standards. According to the government-set standard, salt sold in Nepal should have 30 PPM iodine when it reaches consumers. However, when the Nepal Investigative Multimedia Journalism Network (NIMJN) tested samples of iodized salt packets collected from all seven provinces and rock salt being sold in Asan, they found much more iodine content than allowed by the government-set level.
| Jun 06, 2025
Investigations Nepali
कोशीले जता लखेट्छ, उतै घर सार्न बाध्य
पूर्वमा कञ्चनजंघादेखि पश्चिममा लाङटाङ राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्जको पूर्वी भागसम्मको पानी कोशीमा बग्छ । कोशीमा मिसिएका नदीको मुहान तिब्बतमा पनि छ । कोशीको कुनै पनि जलाधार क्षेत्रमा ठूलो वर्षा हुँदा कोशीमा बाढी आउँछ । विभागको बाढी पूर्वानुमान महाशाखाका अनुसार असोज १३, २०८१ को बिहान कोशीमा ६ लाख ६१ हजार क्युसेक बहाब रेकर्ड भएको थियो । जुन खतराको तहभन्दा निक्कै माथि हो । बाढी बढेसँगै कोशीले कटान पनि गर्छ । मनसुनको समयमा जतिखेर पनि बाढी आउने र कटानमा पर्ने जोखिमयुक्त ठाउँमा रहेका कोशी किनाराका बासिन्दाको जोखिम घटाउन कुनै पहल भएको छैन । विपन्न परिवारका उनीहरू कोशीले जता लखेट्छ, हरेक वर्ष उतै घर सारेर बस्न बाध्य छन् ।
| Jun 26, 2025
Features English
Aesthetic Deception: Human Smuggling in the Guise of Art in Nepal
Ashok Pyasi Rai, a former General Manager of the Cultural Corporation (also known as The National Theater), agrees that human smuggling happens when people pretend to be artists and use fake documents. He stated that he discovered people being sent abroad with false papers. "I knew about this even before I became General Manager of the Cultural Corporation, or while I was there," he said. "I also found that artists themselves create fake documents." Rai recalled being shocked when he discovered that his signature had been forged and his office's official letterhead used wrongly many times. He mentioned that there's a group of people who create these fake documents. He said, "The entire Singha Durbar, Nepal's main government complex, is controlled by Bagbazar, a known market for fake goods and documents. Many people have become victims because of this."
| Jun 16, 2025
Features Nepali
हरेक बर्खा विपद् दोहोरिने खत्वे टोलमा हुँदैन पूर्वतयारीको काम
विपद्को जोखिममा रहेको सुनसरीको खत्वे टोल मात्र होइन, राष्ट्रिय विपद् जोखिम न्यूनीकरण तथा व्यवस्थापन प्राधिकरणले तयार पारेको मनसुन पूर्वतयारी तथा प्रतिकार्य राष्ट्रिय कार्ययोजना, २०८२ अनुसार यो वर्ष ४ लाख ५७ हजार १ सय ४५ घरधुरी मनसुनजन्य विपद्को जोखिममा छन् । यस वर्ष मनसुन ऋतुको अवधिमा देशैभर विगतको सरदरभन्दा अधिक वर्षा हुने पूर्वानुमान जल तथा मौसम विज्ञान विभागले गरेको छ । जसले गर्दा बाढी, पहिरो, डुबान, जमिन कटानको जोखिम पनि विगतमा भन्दा धेरै रहेको कार्ययोजनामा उल्लेख छ । तर विपद्बाट जोगिनका लागि सरोकारवाला निकायले जोखिमको आकलनअनुसार पूर्वतयारी गर्न ध्यान दिएको पाइँदैन । नेपालको संविधानअनुसार विपद् व्यवस्थापनको दायित्व तीनै तहका सरकार संघ, प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहको हो । तीनै तहले विपद्को पूर्वतयारीमा पर्याप्त ध्यान नदिँदा नागरिकले हरेक वर्ष दोहोरिइरहने विपद्को सामना गर्नुपरिरहेको छ ।
| Jun 18, 2025
