NDTV World’s ‘Anviksha’ India-Nepal Dialogue Live Updates: NDTV World launched its new dialogue series, “NDTV Anviksha: Ideas Across Borders”, in Nepal today, with a minute of silence for people who lost their lives in Wednesday’s flash floods in the country.
Nepal is hurting today, and India stands with Nepal,” he said. “Through our conversations today, we’ll hear from Nepal’s top ministers and policymakers on the latest from the ground, the rescue and relief effort, and what India and the world can do to help. The event in Kathmandu focuses on Nepal and its relationship with India, while also looking at the country’s politics, economy, society and future. The day-long dialogue brings together politicians, diplomats, business leaders, technology experts, young entrepreneurs, athletes and cultural figures from India and Nepal. “We basically want all our neighbors to grow and prosper with us. We don’t have the dates yet. “But what I would like to see is our mechanisms meet frequently. A minute of silence has been observed for Nepal flash floods victims. NDTV Editor-in-Chief Rahul Kanwal has opened the ‘Anviksha’ India-Nepal Dialogue with a tribute to the victims of the flash floods in Nepal. “It is the instinct to reach out when the other is hurting, to help when help is needed to stand beside each other when circumstances are at their hardest.
Naveen Srivastava, Indian ambassador to Nepal, has said that nearly 300 Indians have been missing in flash floods. “As a Foreign ministry, we are always ready to make these visits happen, and I do anticipate these visits to take place in 2026. Nearly 300 Indians are among over 400 foreigners missing after Nepal flash floods, Shisir Khanal said at NDTV’s ‘Anviksha’. The flash floods in Nepal — that have killed over 160 people — have changed the context in which ‘Anviksha’ is being held in Kathmandu, NDTV Editor-in-Chief Rahul Kanwal said this morning.
So, for the last several years, we have been doing work in that direction,” Naveen Srivastava, Indian ambassador to Nepal, said at NDTV ‘Anviksha’ India-Nepal Dialogue. “We have not been able to make contacts with them, partly because the communication networks are down and there is no electricity,” he told NDTV. Asked when will Prime Minister Balen Shah will visit India, Shisir Khanal said that there is a lot of anticipation of this high-level visit on on both sides. Both sides are working to make sure that these visits take place at the earliest,” he told NDTV. “Problems are obvious between two neighbours,” Shisir Khanal said when asked about the border row with India. I’m very happy that in the last few months, Nepal and India’s mechanisms have begun to function,” he said. He also said that there are “some issues” but they are not “as big as it’s often made out on narratives”. Shisir Khanal said the current government in Nepal is the “product of the Gen Z movement”, referring to the demonstrations last year that resulted in the collapse of the then KP Sharma’s government and fresh elections that led to victory of the incumbent Balen Shah government. “I have also personally been in contact with governments across the world,” he said. Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal expressed his gratitude to NDTV for launching ‘Anviksha’, saying the dialogue is a “first of its kind” in Kathmandu. Speaking on the occasion, he said that India stands with Nepal. NDTV World has launched its new dialogue series, “NDTV Anviksha: Ideas Across Borders”, in Nepal. We’ll also ask the larger questions this tragedy raises – about the growing vulnerability of the Himalayas, glacial lakes and flash floods, early-warning systems, and why an ecology that crosses borders demands solutions that cross borders too,” he said.
Today, that means listening to Nepal, understanding what it is going through, and standing beside its people in an hour of profound grief,” he added. “Anviksha was conceived as an attempt to understand countries beyond familiar narratives – their hopes and fears, their ambitions and anxieties, their happiness and their sorrow. The Kathmandu event, the first edition of the series, will focus on how Nepal sees itself, what it wants for its future, and how it views its place in South Asia and the wider world. The event in Kathmandu will focus on Nepal and its relationship with India, while also looking at the country’s politics, economy, society and future. The day-long dialogue will bring together politicians, diplomats, business leaders, technology experts, young entrepreneurs, athletes and cultural figures from India and Nepal.
NDTV World is set to launch its new dialogue series, “NDTV Anviksha: Ideas Across Borders”, in Nepal today.
