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A Nepalese elderly patient waits for his eye patch to be removed at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 26, 2021. Nepal’s “God of Sight” eye doctor renowned for his innovative and inexpensive cataract surgery for the poor is taking his work beyond the Himalayan mountains to other parts of the world so there is no more unnecessary blindness in the world. Dr. Sanduk Ruit, who has won many awards for his work and performed some 130,000 cataract surgery in the past three decades, is aiming to expand his work beyond the borders of his home country and the region to go globally. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal’s God of Sight eye doctor to expand work beyond border

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 21, 2021 file photo, a van stands parked waiting to transport AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccines, manufactured under license by Serum Institute of India, at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. The government is negotiating with India’s Serum Institute to obtain 5 million doses for the second stage of the campaign, in which 3.7 million elderly people are to be vaccinated starting this Sunday. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

AP Interview: Nepal worried about supply of COVID-19 vaccine

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 11, 2015 file photo, Nepal's Khadga Prasad Oli addresses parliament before being appointed as the new Prime Minister in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal’s supreme court on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, ordered reinstating parliament that was dissolved by Prime Minister Oli that is likely to push the Himalayan nation to a political crisis. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Nepal’s Supreme Court orders reinstatement of Parliament

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

A Nepalese doctor receives AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine, at Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Thousands of health workers lined up across Nepal to get the coronavirus vaccine Wednesday as the Himalayan nation began its campaign to get the population vaccinated within three months. Neighboring India gifted Nepal 1 million doses of the vaccine manufactured under license by the Serum Institute of India. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Health workers become 1st to get COVID-19 vaccine in Nepal

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Nepalese supporters of the splinter group in the governing Nepal Communist Party participate in a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Nepal’s capital Friday protesting against the prime minister who had dissolved the parliament and ordered fresh election because of feuds within the ruling political party. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Tens of thousands protest against Nepal’s prime minister

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A van stands parked waiting to transport AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccines, manufactured under license by Serum Institute of India, at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. India sent 1 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine to Nepal on Thursday, a gift that is likely to help repair strained ties between the two neighbors. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

India gives 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari pays respect during the opening ceremony of a traveling exhibition on Lumbini, Nepal in Yangon, Myanmar on Oct. 19, 2019. Nepal's president has dissolved Parliament after the prime minister made the recommendation amid an escalating feud within his Communist Party that is likely to push the Himalayan nation into a political crisis. Parliamentary elections will be held on April 30 and May 10, according to a statement from Bhandari's office. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Nepal president dissolves Parliament; elections next spring

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, members of a Chinese surveying team head for the summit of Mount Everest, also known locally as Mt. Qomolangma. China and Nepal have jointly announced on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, a new height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. (Tashi Tsering/Xinhua via AP, File)

China, Nepal say Everest a bit higher than past measurements

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

A Nepalese man walks past a trekking gear store at Thamel, a touristic hub in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Nepal has reopened its peaks and trails for foreign adventurers in hopes of providing much needed income for hundreds of thousands of guides, porters and workers who have been unemployed for months because of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Facing pandemic economic woes, Nepal reopens to adventurers

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Search resumes in villages hit by Nepal landslide, 11 dead

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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2018, file photo, Mateo Barrera, 4, originally from El Salvador, whose family members benefit from Temporary Protected Status attends a news conference in Los Angeles. The Trump administration can end humanitarian protections that have allowed hundreds of thousands of people from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan to remain in the United States, a divided appeals court ruled Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a preliminary injunction that had blocked the government from ending Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for people from those four countries. People from El Salvador would be most affected. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Court: Trump can end temporary legal status for 4 countries

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 20, 2020, file photo, protesters lie on the ground demanding better handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kathmandu, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Young protesters force Nepal to better manage virus crisis

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Nepal protesters defy virus lockdown, clash with riot police

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Indian, Nepalese prime ministers talk amid border dispute

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

A Bangladeshi elderly person cuts an uprooted tree as the area around him is seen submerged with flooded waters in Manikganj, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Across South Asia, more than 17 million people have been affected by this year's monsoon flood. Nearly 700 people have died in Bangladesh, India and Nepal as almost one-third of Bangladesh went under water while Indian states of Assam and Bihar in the northeast were largely affected and vast regions in Nepal were flooded and monsoon-triggered landslides became a nightmare. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)

South Asia counts losses from devastating monsoon floods

By JULHAS ALAM and BINAJ GURUBACHARYA and WASBIR HUSSAIN - Associated Press

In this photograph provided by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) shows IFRC volunteers reaching flood affected communities with drinking water and other support in Kurigram, Bangladesh, July 16, 2020. More than 9.6 million people across South Asia have been affected by severe floods, with hundreds of thousands struggling to get food and medicine, officials and aid organizations said Wednesday. (IFRC via AP)

South Asia floods displace millions, kill 550

By JULHAS ALAM and WASBIR HUSSAIN - Associated Press

A Nepalese man takes photos of flooded Bagmati river following heavy monsoon rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, July 20, 2020. The weather department has has forecast heavy rains this week. (AP Photo/NIranjan Shrestha)

Landslides, flooding block main highway to Nepal’s capital

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FILE- In this April 6, 2018 file photo, Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli arrives for the inaugural ceremony of the India-Nepal business forum in New Delhi, India. Oli could be forced out of office within weeks amid an internal tussle for power within his governing party following his sharp rhetoric on neighboring India and as Chinese influence grows in Nepal. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

Nepal cable TV operators stop airing Indian news channels

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FILE- In this Feb. 15, 2018 file photo, Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, left, shakes hand with the chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal after taking the oath of office at the Presidential building in Kathmandu, Nepal. Oli could be forced out of office within weeks amid an internal tussle for power within his governing party following his sharp rhetoric on neighboring India and as Chinese influence grows in Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Power tussle in Nepal ruling party as China influence grows

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press

Nepal moves closer to claiming disputed land with India

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA - Associated Press