Nepal Protests LIVE Updates: Ex PM Jhalanath Khanal's Wife Dies As Protestors Set House On Fire

Jhalanath Khanal, the former Prime Minister of Nepal, lost his wife, Rabi Laxmi Chitrakar, after she suffered fatal injuries after protestors set their house ablaze.

(Source: NDTV)

Anti-corruption protests continued in Kathmandu, Nepal, as major changes to the political structure, including the resignation of the prime minister and president were effected by them.

(Source: IANS)

Former Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Ranjit Rae called Nepal's initial decision to ban social media applications "foolhardy" but argued that the major reasons run much deeper, attributing it to government corruption, scams and the priviliged decadence of Nepal's political elite.

He noted that social media videos from the children of these politicians who were termed nepo kids, were inciting outrage by showing off their posh lifestyles.

(Source: ANI)

Former Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri stated that unemployment in Nepal after the Covid pandemic was one of the key greivances that fueled the protests incited by the social media ban.

According tp him, the current situation regarding Nepal's political and civil unrest should be handled with empathy and accountability.

(Source: ANI)

President Ram Chandra Poudel has turned in his resignation amid the escalating upheaval in Nepal that began after a social media ban.