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Nepal Set To Legalize Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation
Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 3:27pm | 291By Lucía Tedesco via El Planteo Five decades ago, Nepal banned cannabis. But with the introduction of a new initiative, the country has decided to reverse this stance, at least in the medicinal realm. Last Tuesday, Finance Minister Barha Man Pun announced the upcoming legalization of...
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68 Killed In Nepal Plane Crash As Aircraft Was Approaching Airport, Authorities Investigating
Sunday, January 15, 2023 - 4:25pm | 293At least 68 people were killed after a Yeti Airlines ATR 72 aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in the city of Pokhara in Nepal on Sunday. Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority said that this is the worst air crash in three decades in the Himalayan nation, reports Reuters. Sunday's...
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Meet The Startup Behind The Video Content You See On NatGeo, CNN, NBC, Discovery And Others
Monday, April 24, 2017 - 4:19pm | 1035Have you ever wondered how the guys at CNN International Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)) can get anywhere in the world within a few hours of a major event? How is it possible that they had a crew in Nepal to cover the earthquake as soon as it shook the earth? How did they get to Stockholm so fast...
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These Awesome Charts Highlight Just How Diversified (or Homogeneous) Some Nations' Exports Are
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 3:36pm | 136Ever wondered what the leading exports of Antarctica or North Korea or the Solomon Islands are? Well you've come to the right place. Courtesy of the Wikimedia Commons and the Observatory of Economic Complexity, Benzinga has compiled an array of export tree maps from countries and regions around the...