{"id":54072,"date":"2025-09-13T20:33:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=54072"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:53:36","slug":"sushila-karki-nepals-first-woman-chief-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/13-09-2025\/sushila-karki-nepals-first-woman-chief-justice","title":{"rendered":"Sushila Karki Sworn in as Nepal\u2019s First Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus :GS 2\/IR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nepal President Ram Chandra Poudel appointed former <strong>Chief Justice Sushila Karki as the country\u2019s first woman Prime Minister<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Background\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/10-09-2025\/political-crisis-nepal-implications-india\">Nepal President dissolved Parliament<\/a> announcing fresh elections for March 5, 2026.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This decision followed intense<strong> Gen Z-led protests that ousted Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli<\/strong>, triggered by corruption, misrule, and a controversial social media ban.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chief Justice Sushila Karki\u2019s appointment, backed by protesters, came after extended consultations involving legal experts, political leaders, and the Army.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Chief Justice Sushila Karki<\/strong><br>&#8211; She is widely respected for her integrity and anti-corruption stance and now leads an interim Cabinet tasked with <strong>restoring order, investigating recent violence, and preparing for elections.<\/strong><br>&#8211; India welcomed the new government, expressing hope for peace and continued partnership.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Brief overview of India-Nepal Relations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nepal shares a border with<strong> 5 Indian states of Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The age-old civilizational and cultural ties that exist between India and Nepal are exemplified by the strong people to people link between both the countries.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nepal is a priority partner of India under its <strong>\u2018Neighbourhood First\u2019 Policy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Defence &amp; Security Cooperation:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India and Nepal have long standing and extensive mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of defence and security.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both nation\u2019s armies share excellent and harmonious relationships based on mutual trust and respect.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India and Nepal also have the long-standing tradition of awarding the Honorary rank of <strong>General to each others\u2019 Army Chief.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The strong relations between both the armies have been further cemented via the Gorkha Regiment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nepal is strategically important as it is located between India and China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Developmental partnership<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India\u2019s development partnership with Nepal includes extensive human resource cooperation, offering over 1,500 scholarships annually for studies in diverse fields such as medicine, engineering, agriculture, and traditional arts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Indian Technical &amp; Economic Cooperation (ITEC) program<\/strong> encompasses training, consultancy, study tours, and feasibility studies of Nepali professionals.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Economic and Commercial cooperation\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India is Nepal\u2019s largest trade and investment partner, accounting for 33.5% of Nepal\u2019s total FDI (USD 670 million) and 64.1% of its overall trade (USD 8.85 billion in FY 2022\u201323).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nepal ranks as India\u2019s 17th largest export destination, with Indian exports totaling USD 8.015 billion and Nepalese exports to India at USD 839.62 million.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India receives 67.9% of Nepal\u2019s exports, mainly edible oil, coffee, tea, and jute, while Nepal imports petroleum products, iron and steel, cereals, vehicles, and machinery from India.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Around 150 Indian ventures operate in Nepal across manufacturing, services, energy, and tourism sectors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India imports surplus electricity from Nepal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>People-to-People Ties<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over 8 million Nepali diaspora in India (workers, students, professionals).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Religious linkages: Pashupatinath Temple (Nepal), Janakpur (Sita\u2019s birthplace), and Bodh Gaya (India).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/former-chief-justice-sushila-karki-becomes-first-woman-to-lead-government-in-nepal\/article70043159.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Nepal President Ram Chandra Poudel appointed former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as the country\u2019s first woman Prime Minister.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Background\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Nepal President dissolved Parliament announcing fresh elections for March 5, 2026.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">This decision followed intense Gen Z-led protests that ousted Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, triggered by corruption, misrule, and a controversial social media ban.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Chief Justice Sushila Karki\u2019s appointment, backed by protesters, came after extended consultations involving legal experts, political leaders, and the Army.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/13-09-2025\/sushila-karki-nepals-first-woman-chief-justice\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54081,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54072\/revisions\/54081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}