Zachariah T. Ms. Katherine S. English 10A 10 January 2013 Kukri – The Knife of Nepal The kukri or khukuri has been the weapon of choice for Nepalese soldiers since at least the 1600’s and has been extensively used as an all-purpose knife in the Indian cultures. This knife has been used for everything from a reaper of bamboo‚ wheat‚ and barley‚ digging furrows‚ cutting up meat and vegetables‚ to the unique‚ effective fighting knife with an established reputation of being irreplaceable for chopping
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Tourism Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure‚ or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes" Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2011‚ there were over 983 million international tourist arrivals worldwide‚ representing a growth of 4.6% when compared to US$ 940 billion in 2010.[2][3] International
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Royal Massacre of Nepal: One of the Greatest Mystery Nepal‚ also known as the country of Himalayas‚ was a constitutional monarchy few years ago. In that interval of few years‚ Nepalese people faced the most shocking event in the history of Nepal. In June 2001‚the crown prince murdered his own family and killed himself in the end. News channels started to fluorish the news all over the world with the name of Royal massacre. After the news come around to the Nepalese society‚ there were tears
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Crisis in Nepal “Not a day goes by without a few hours of power cuts. Load shedding has now become a perennial problem and it is here to stay." The story of power position in Nepal is that of highest potential and lowest consumption. The electricity demand in Nepal is increasing by about 10 percent every year and close to 40 percent of the approximate Nepalese population has access to electricity so far. The main load centre is the central zone which includes the Kathmandu Valley. Nepal owns a number
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Bacamante Subject : TC 101 – Principles in Tourism HISTORY OF TOURISM Early Tourism - Travel and exploration are basic to human nature. “Torah” - Hebrew word - Studying - Learning - Searching Old Testament - “Noah with his Ark” must have been the first large-scale operator - his passengers were mostly animals. Two Forms of Early Tourism: 1. Travel for business such as trading
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should have had a peaceful life. Her speech leaves people ashamed of their ignorance about the seriousness of the existing slavery in the modern world. Among various groups of slaves witnessed by Lisa Kristen were sex slaves in Nepal. The story of a sex slave in Nepal usually starts with poverty. In a country where half of the population is unemployed‚ young girls and their family members are easily lured by the job promises made by the so-called “job hunters”. Poor young girls follow the “job
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REFUGEES IN NEPAL There are more than 20‚000 Tibetan refugees living in about 12 settlements across the country. However‚ the true number of Tibetan refugees is not known. Some estimates suggest that 30‚000 Tibetans live in Kathmandu alone. While some Tibetan refugees arrived in Nepal in the early 1950s‚ the first major influx crossed the border in 1959‚ following the Lhasa Uprising. They established camps primarily in the Himalayan border regions of Nepal such as Mustang
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its use‚ sale‚ distribution‚ transportation‚ or disposal. (ii) (iii) • pumping of oil‚ water‚ or sewage; generating‚ transforming‚ and transmitting energy; or It came into force on 2054.7.18 (Nov. 3‚ 2000) by a notification published in the Nepal Gazette 1 (iv) printing‚ lithography‚ photography‚ book-binding and other similar work. (b) "Enterprise" means any factory‚ company‚ organisation‚ association‚ firm‚ or group thereof‚ established under the prevailing laws for the purpose
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What was the cause of instability in the Austro-Hungarian Empire between 1866 and 1914? The Austro-Hungarian Empire was huge multi-national empire. Some of the mayor nationalities represented‚ other then the Austrians and Hungarians‚ were Czechs and Pols. The empire was a dual-Monarchy‚ because of the Austrians defeat under the Austro-Prussian war. The Austrian empire was weak and in need of a new government. The Hungarians grasped their opportunity to demand more power and a dual-Monarchy‚ which
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Chinese goods in Nepal Nepal being a developing country should by all means import foreign goods to a certain extent. In order to grow economically strong‚ Nepal will require supplies that are not manufactured within the state. However‚ this does not give the country an excuse to completely abandon the goods produced by its local industries. The flooding of Chinese products in the nation has developed a sense of insecurity amongst the domestic producers for they fear they may run out of business
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