NEW DELHI, 03 April 2022, (TON): India and Nepal restored passenger rail services between them, as Kathmandu is increasingly wooed by China.
Nepal has traditionally done a balancing act between New Delhi and Beijing, but analysts believe Indian influence over Kathmandu has been dwindling as China pours heavy investment into the landlocked Himalayan country.
But Nepalese prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba made India his first foreign destination since he returned to power last year.
As part of a three-day visit, he met PM Narendra Modi and they virtually flagged off a passenger train connecting the eastern Indian state of Bihar with Nepal.
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