Glocal Teen Hero 2015 : In Search for Fantastic Teen

In strategic alliance with Ministry of Youth and Sports, Glocal Teen Hero 2015 is an event organized by Glocal Khabar. It is a designed platform for teenagers (aged 13-19) where their achievements outside of their school’s respective curriculum will be showcased.

Since most of the programs that has been initiated before have always mostly been focused on the “youth” who is usually the students enrolled in undergraduate, postgraduate or even higher level of studies, Glocal Khabar, an online English news portal, has taken this opportunity to provide them the stage for their recognition.

Selection Process
For this competition, six amazing teens (ages 13-19) will be selected for their achievements, initiations or contributions in any other field outside of their school’s or college’s curriculum. Their selections would be based on their applications with their résumé, the evidence and an essay on their accomplishment followed by an interview from the panel of judges. The deadline for applications is 25th of August, 2015 (www.teenhero.glocalkhabar.com). Among the six finalists, the fantastic 1 will be titled as “Glocal Teen Hero 2015”.

This event is Co-Sponsored by Honda with Mega Bank as the Bank Partner and Himalayan TV as the Live Broadcast Partner.

The panels of judges for Glocal Teen Hero 2015 are:

Mr. Anil Keshary Shah, Chief Executive Officer of Mega Bank

Hon. Gagan Thapa, Constituent Assembly Member

Mr. Narottam Aryal, Executive Director of King’s College

Mr. Saurabh Jyoti, Director of Jyoti Group

Ms. Sambriddhi Rai, Bureau Chief of M&S

The event will be conducted on September 1st, 2015, at Annapurna Hotel. The program will be live telecasted by Himalayan TV.

The sole purpose to organize this program is to motivate more of the other teenagers in our country to develop an entrepreneurial thinking for the betterment of our nation.

Eligibility Criteria for Glocal Teen Hero:
– Should be aged between 13-19 years
– Should be a Nepali Citizen
– Accomplished outstanding award or initiated in any field (music, arts, dance, martial arts, photography, leadership, volunteering, entrepreneurship, science and technology, etc)
– Initiated or innovated own ideas into action
– Achieved, initiated, contributed in any field outside of school/college curriculum
– Has made difference in the community locally, nationally or internationally
*You can nominate eligible candidate by providing us name, phone number and email address of the respective person.

To apply : http://teenhero.glocalkhabar.com/apply/
To nominate: http://teenhero.glocalkhabar.com/nominations/

For more information about application, event, sponsor and to volunteer for the program ,
contact: Alina Prajapati- 9808675895 Or via email: glocalkhabar@gmail.com
Or visit: www.teenhero.glocalkhabar.com

What happened to Greece?

The Economy crisis of Greece has made headlines in recent weeks catching the attention of the world. With the crisis in effect, many other countries had a negative impact which included drops in stock market. So how do we understand the problem of Greece?

This short video created by +BBC Newsbeat gives you a perfect illustration of what's been happening with Greece for the past decade. For those (including myself) who have no clue of why the crisis and wants to get updated, this 2 minute video presents a short explanation of when Greece became the member of +Eurozone. Then things went south and it had to keep borrowing money to save its economy. And the rest can be found in the following video.

+Bijesh Bajracharya is a startup blog writer.

"Everest"- The movie that's got Nepalese hyped up and every reason to watch.

Some good news for Nepali movie watchers. This newly released trailer of Everest will surely make you want more out of the movie.

Based on a true story, the trailer shows the breathtaking climb to the Everest, and struggle to reach back to the base. The cast starting with Jason Blarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson and Jake Gyllenhall heads on to this epic journey to reach the summit of Everest.

The trailer showcase the survival of character Jason Clarke who successfully summits Mt Everest but on the way back, he encounters a storm along with other climbers. When he is about to loose hope, the character played by Keira Knightley who is his wife in the movie, talks to him about not giving up and believing in hope. What happens next and who survives, you've got to watch the movie to find that out. The movie is set to release on September 18, 2015.

The official Everest Movie site describes the movie as:

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

The Movie looks adventurous but the lack of involvement of the locals "Sherpa" in the trailer might be a point of concern for some Nepalese viewers. Sherpa are well known for their skills in climbing Mt Everest. The trailer releases only a month after the massive 7.8 Richter scale earthquake that devastated Nepal. It also affected the Everest region (Sagarmatha in Nepali) killing several climbers. This is only the second major disaster after a year ago which killed a record highest climbers in Everest that stopped the climbing season for that year.

With the recent earthquake in Nepal taken into accounts, the film makers of Everest along with +Universal Pictures have joined in supporting the earthquake relief in Nepal. For more information about the movie click on EverestMovie.


+Bijesh Bajracharya is currently a student at +Minneapolis Community and Technical College and more of a creation enthusiastic. Further info can be found by clicking here.