Feb 08, 2021

ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Latest Updates

Applications for new driving license exceed half a million

Applications for new driving license exceed half a million

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Number of individuals applying for a new driving license has exceeded 500,000. Service recipients filled up forms through transport management offices across the country.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Number of individuals applying for a new driving license has exceeded 500,000. Service recipients filled up forms through transport management offices across the country.

Feb 08, 2021

Feb 08, 2021

WORLD

Yellen: Biden’s plan could restore full employment by 2022

Yellen: Biden’s plan could restore full employment by 2022

WASHINGTON, Feb 8: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the country was still in a “deep hole” with millions of lost jobs but that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan could generate enough growth to restore full employment by next year.

WASHINGTON, Feb 8: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the country was still in a “deep hole” with millions of lost jobs but that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan could generate enough growth to restore full employment by next year.

Feb 08, 2021

Feb 08, 2021

WORLD

South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccine drive

South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccine drive

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 8: South Africa has suspended plans to inoculate its front-line health care workers with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after a small clinical trial suggested that it isn’t effective in preventing mild to moderate illness from the variant dominant in the country.

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 8: South Africa has suspended plans to inoculate its front-line health care workers with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after a small clinical trial suggested that it isn’t effective in preventing mild to moderate illness from the variant dominant in the country.

Feb 08, 2021

Feb 08, 2021

WORLD

Rescuers search for 125 missing after glacier burst in Indian Himalayas, many believed tra...

Rescuers search for 125 missing after glacier burst in India...

LUCKNOW, Feb 8: Hundreds of military personnel were deployed in the Indian Himalayas on Monday to help find at least 125 people unaccounted for after a part of a glacier broke away, setting off a torrent of water, rock and dust down a mountain valley.

LUCKNOW, Feb 8: Hundreds of military personnel were deployed in the Indian Himalayas on Monday to help find at least 125 people unaccounted for after a part of a glacier broke away, setting off a torrent of water, rock and dust down a mountain valley.

Feb 08, 2021

Feb 08, 2021

NEPAL, SOCIETY, DIASPORA

Nepali girl gang raped and murdered in Bihar

Nepali girl gang raped and murdered in Bihar

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: A 12-year-old Nepali girl was gang raped and murdered in Champaran District of Indian State of Bihar.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: A 12-year-old Nepali girl was gang raped and murdered in Champaran District of Indian State of Bihar.

Feb 08, 2021

Feb 08, 2021

SOCIETY, Latest Updates

‘Bhagarathi raped and choked to death’

‘Bhagarathi raped and choked to death’

BAITADI, Feb 8: Bhagarathi Bhatta, 17, of Chadepani of Dogadakedar Rural Municipality-7, was raped and then choked to death on Wednesday, according to reports.

BAITADI, Feb 8: Bhagarathi Bhatta, 17, of Chadepani of Dogadakedar Rural Municipality-7, was raped and then choked to death on Wednesday, according to reports.

Feb 08, 2021

Feb 08, 2021

OPINION

Should there be FDI in agriculture?

Should there be FDI in agriculture?

FDI flow in agriculture will increase competition and because of the sheer size of capital, it might create an unequal playing field for the domestic investors. This is where the current hue and cry is coming from.

FDI flow in agriculture will increase competition and because of the sheer size of capital, it might create an unequal playing field for the domestic investors. This is where the current hue and cry is coming from.

Feb 08, 2021

Feb 08, 2021

OPINION

How occupational hazards afflict health professionals

How occupational hazards afflict health professionals

Doctors, nurses and health staff have to face occupational hazards, including infectious diseases, contaminated puncture wounds, radiation, solvent and chemical exposures, and psychological stress among others.

Doctors, nurses and health staff have to face occupational hazards, including infectious diseases, contaminated puncture wounds, radiation, solvent and chemical exposures, and psychological stress among others.

Feb 08, 2021

Feb 08, 2021

ECONOMY

Nepal’s progress in industries, infrastructure and start-ups during 2016-2019 unsatisfacto...

Nepal’s progress in industries, infrastructure and start-ups...

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Nepal’s progress in industries, infrastructure and start-ups, production and distribution is slow against the government target, shows the progress report of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) unveiled by the National Planning Commission (NPC).

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Nepal’s progress in industries, infrastructure and start-ups, production and distribution is slow against the government target, shows the progress report of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) unveiled by the National Planning Commission (NPC).

Feb 08, 2021

Feb 07, 2021

WORLD

Timeline: The week since Myanmar's coup

Timeline: The week since Myanmar's coup

MYANMAR, Feb 7: Here is a timeline of events since Myanmar’s military took power in a coup on Monday, Feb. 1. Here is a timeline of events since Myanmar’s military took power in a coup on Monday, Feb. 1.

MYANMAR, Feb 7: Here is a timeline of events since Myanmar’s military took power in a coup on Monday, Feb. 1. Here is a timeline of events since Myanmar’s military took power in a coup on Monday, Feb. 1.

Feb 07, 2021