Nepal

KATHMANDU: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) have signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) amidst a programme in Kathmandu today.

Chief of NCP (NCP)Foreign Affairs Department, Madhav Kumar Nepal and Chief of International Liaison Department of CPC, Song Tao signed the MoU regarding the establishment of fraternal relations between the two parties of the neighbouring nations.

NCP (NCP) Co-chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, along with party Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, was present on the occasion.

Deputy Chief of NCP (NCP) Department of Foreign Affairs, Bishnu Rijal, said the MoU incorporates five points — exchanging high-level visits between the two parties, sharing the communist ideology and experiences, giving continuity to the ideological training that is being conducted at present, extending the training to lower levels, and sharing experiences regarding the development models of the two countries.

Rijal said, the MoU should be taken as a renewal of relations between the two parties, especially after the unification of the then CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist Centre. Before the integration, the two parties had their separate friendly relations with CPC.

&It is an attempt to further consolidate the relations existing between the two countries and two parties, and take such relations to a new height,& the deputy chief said. &Nepal and NCP (NCP) are committed to the ‘one China& policy since past and we are moving ahead as per the same commitment.&

The MoU has been signed at a time when Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit Nepal soon. The ruling communist parties of both the countries on Monday organised an ideological training to make initiations to find a common base for prosperity.

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Kathmandu, September 23

The only planet of a solar system discovered by scientists inside the Milky Way will soon get a Nepali name as ‘Name Exoworld National Committee& has opened voting for the generalpublic to select a name for the planet.

People will have to vote for any one name among the 10 short-listed names recommended by Nepalis living across the world. The short-listed names are: Bhrikuti, Kumari, Sagarmatha, Karnali, Tilicho, Gautam Buddha, Hyatrung, Janak, Laliguras and Manjushree.

Earlier, International Astronomical Union, an apex body of more than 12,000 professional astronomers around the globe, had given Nepali people an opportunity to name the planetary system which consists of one star and one planet. The star with the code name HD100777 and the planet with the code name HD100777b will have a Nepali name for each.

Scientists have claimed the planet HD100777b has ‘possibility of habitable zone&. This solar system has a single planet which lies around 172.2 light years away from the earth at Leo Constellation.

Suresh Bhattarai, Chairman of ‘Name Exo-world National Committee, said that they had received names for the exo-planet from 476 Nepalis living in 11 countries. The committee had then selected the top 10 names.

After voting of the exo-planet ends, the committee will then reveal another top 10 names of thestar HD100777, and put it for public voting to finalise the name.

People can visit the website of Nepal Astronomical Society at www.nepalastronomicalsociety.org/exoworld for further information and cast their votes.

IAU is organising the ‘NameExoWorlds& global competition giving an opportunity to 70 countries to name the ‘Exo Worlds& discovered by scientists across the world, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. There are above 4,000 exo-worlds discovered by scientists, majority of them are given scientific code names.

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