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spotlogo2.jpg (6318 bytes) VOL. 22, NO. 08, AUG 16 - AUG 22 2002.

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NAMING CEREMONY: The auspicious naming ceremony (Nwaran) was held on August 9 to mark the 11th day of the birth of His Royal Highness the Nava Yuvaraj. HRH is to be known as Nava Yuvaraj Hridayendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev. 

APPOINTED: General Pyar Jung Thapa, as the acting Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Royal Nepalese Army (RNA), by His Majesty the King. COAS General Prajwalla SJB Rana went on leave from August 9, one month prior to the date of his retirement in accordance with RNA convention. 

LEFT: Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), for New Delhi, India, along with UML leaders Bharat Mohan Adhikary and Jhal Nath Khanal, at the invitation of the government of India.

REMOVED: Gita Rana, from the post of president of All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), by the National Sports Council (NSC). 

APPOINTED: Karma Chhiring Sherpa, as the acting president of ANFA, by the NSC. 

ELECTED: Dr. Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha, as the chairman of the working committee of the IUCN-Nepal National Committee. Likewise, Arun Rijal, Astaman Maharjan, Kamala Dhungel, Dr. Madhav Gautam, Yogendra Chitrakar and Ukesh Raj Bhuju as members of the committee. 

RESIGNED: Dr. Shankar Kumar Shrestha, from the post of secretary of the National Human Rights Commission.


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