My City, Lifestyle, Travel, Health
Meet Kyuta: the 10-year-old, 85-kilo sumo in training
Meet Kyuta: the 10-year-old, 85-kilo sumo in training
Among the young sumo wrestlers lifting weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out. At 85 kilograms (187 lb), Kyuta is twice the size of the other children his age and is so dominant that he wrestles, and beats, boys five or six years older.
Jan 19, 2021
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
The conspired winter
The conspired winter
The silence mornings
Catnapped days
Chilled evenings and frozen nights
Muting the restless city
Cuddling with uncertainty.
Jan 19, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Social
Fifty years on, the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt
Fifty years on, the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt
Yassin Saeed remembers when the Nile’s annual flood drenched his village in the years before the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Now, former flood lands are green fields year-round.
Jan 19, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Writ petition filed against renewal of online media
Writ petition filed against renewal of online media
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court, demanding that it repeal the provision of renewal of online media every year. Journalists and advocates duo Leelanath Ghimire and Bishnu Giri 'Nischal' on Monday filed the writ petition against the annual renewal of the internet...
Jan 19, 2021
WORLD
Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration...
Jan 19, 2021
My City, Lifestyle, Social
California bill would ban intersex surgery for young kids
California bill would ban intersex surgery for young kids
A California lawmaker is trying again to ban some medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children until they are at least 6-years-old, hoping a narrower focus combined with new legislative leadership will be enough to get the first-of-its-kind legislation signed into law.
Jan 19, 2021
WORLD
In Photos: Rehearsing Joe Biden's inauguration
In Photos: Rehearsing Joe Biden's inauguration
Rehearsing Joe Biden's inauguration
Jan 19, 2021
WORLD
Pakistan approves Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
Pakistan approves Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for eme...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Pakistan on Monday approved the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, a government statement said, two days after AstraZeneca’s vaccine developed with Oxford University received a similar authorization.
Jan 19, 2021
OPINION
Remembering Osho on his Mahaparinirvana Day
Remembering Osho on his Mahaparinirvana Day
On the very first day Osho said, “All the Hindus say that the soul is immortal, but nobody has experienced it, it is only a concept, an idea borrowed from the scriptures. One enlightened person is enough to enlighten a whole village."
Jan 19, 2021
WORLD, Latest Updates
15 sleeping workers crushed to death by a truck in Gujarat
15 sleeping workers crushed to death by a truck in Gujarat
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: As many as 15 laborers who were sleeping near the road were crushed to death by a truck in Gujarat, India on Wednesday morning, according to Indian media reports.
Jan 19, 2021