Coronavirus
Delta increases COVID-19 risks for pregnant women; Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine antibodies gone...
Delta increases COVID-19 risks for pregnant women; Pfizer/Bi...
Oct 1: The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review.
Oct 03, 2021
POLITICS
Maoist Center to discuss on cabinet expansion today
Maoist Center to discuss on cabinet expansion today
KATHMANDU, Oct 3: The ruling CPN (Maoist Center) is scheduled to hold discussions in the standing committee (SC) meeting on Sunday regarding the leaders to be sent from the party to join the government as ministers.
Oct 03, 2021
Coronavirus
Global COVID-19 deaths hit 5 million as Delta variant sweeps the world
Global COVID-19 deaths hit 5 million as Delta variant sweeps...
Oct 3: Worldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain.
Oct 03, 2021
OPINION
Technology has not Defeated Geography
Technology has not Defeated Geography
Technology has eased human lives but not defeated geography. The case of repeated casualties from lightning and thunderstorm in the Siwalik/Churia range and fewer cases of such casualties in the mountainous region is an example of how despite the emergence of 21st century technology, it has not defe...
Oct 03, 2021
ECONOMY
NEA starts removing internet cables from utility poles
NEA starts removing internet cables from utility poles
KATHMANDU, Oct 3: The tussle between Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and internet service providers (ISPs) has once again hit the internet users after the state-owned power utility started removing internet transmission cables from the electricity poles throughout the country from Saturday.
Oct 03, 2021
ECONOMY
DDC hikes ghee price taking advantage of demand rise in festive season
DDC hikes ghee price taking advantage of demand rise in fest...
KATHMANDU, Oct 2: The state-owned Dairy Development Corporation (DDC) has hiked the price of ghee by Rs 100 per liter at a time when Dashain and Tihar, two of the major festivals of Hindus, are around the corner.
Oct 02, 2021
ECONOMY
Performance of Nepal’s manufacturing sector improved during mid-April and mid-July: CNI re...
Performance of Nepal’s manufacturing sector improved during...
KATHMANDU, Oct 2: Nepal’s manufacturing sector, which struggled for more than one year of the impacts of the coronavirus, was able to improve its performance in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year.
Oct 02, 2021
SOCIETY
Three herders surrounded by tigers rescued
Three herders surrounded by tigers rescued
NEPALGUNJ, Oct 1: As many as three locals of Sonari Rural Municipality-1, who were forced to seek refuge on a tree after being surrounded by three Royal Bengal tigers, have been rescued.
Oct 02, 2021
ECONOMY
Ncell’s free SIM bundled with attractive offers to senior citizens
Ncell’s free SIM bundled with attractive offers to senior ci...
KATHMANDU, Oct 2: Ncell Axiata Limited (previously Ncell Private Limited) has launched an attractive free SIM scheme bundled with attractive offers, focusing on senior citizens.
Oct 02, 2021
POLITICS
UML is not a party but just a faction led by Oli: Bhusal
UML is not a party but just a faction led by Oli: Bhusal
KATHMANDU, Oct 2: Beduram Bhusal, the general secretary of the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led CPN (Unified Socialist) has said that the CPN-UML is not a party but just ‘a small faction led by KP Sharma Oli’.
Oct 02, 2021