Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (Reuters File) On Sunday night, Nepal ’s House of Representatives passed by voice vote the Millennium Challenge Corporation Nepal Compact , a $500 million grant from the US to build power and road infrastructure projects. The biggest American financial pledge to Nepal so far, it was signed more than four years ago, but ratification was delayed by criticism that it undermined Nepal ’s sovereignty. The deal was ultimately approved with an 12-point explanatory note stating that it has no military or security component and nothing to do with the US strategy in the Indo-Pacific...