Kathmandu: Nepal’s interim government, led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki, added new faces to her Cabinet on Sunday. The Prime Minister continues to hold several ministerial portfolios.

She inducted Sudha Gautam, a former Health Secretary, as Minister for Health and Population, and Bablu Gupta, a social activist, as Minister for Youth and Sports. Gupta is regarded as one of the prominent faces of the Gen Z movement. The duo took the oath of office before President Ram Chandra Poudel during a ceremony at the President’s Office.

Although two other names had been circulated for ministerial appointments, they were not included in Sunday’s expansion. A group of Gen Z leaders had urged Prime Minister Karki to appoint ministers from among Gen Z representatives, as most of the previously appoi

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