SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Serious COVID-19 linked syndrome in children reported
Serious COVID-19 linked syndrome in children reported
The syndrome has already killed a child, while almost a dozen are receiving treatment
Dec 27, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
China to leapfrog U.S. as world's biggest economy by 2028 - think tank
China to leapfrog U.S. as world's biggest economy by 2028 -...
LONDON, Dec 27: China will overtake the United States to become the world’s biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the COVID-19 pandemic, a think tank said.
Dec 27, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Canada records 1st cases of new virus variant
Canada records 1st cases of new virus variant
TORONTO, Dec 27: Officials in Canada’s most populous province have confirmed the first two known Canadian cases of of a more contagious variant of COVID-19 that was first identified in the United Kingdom.
Dec 27, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Europe rolls out vaccines in bid to leave pandemic behind
Europe rolls out vaccines in bid to leave pandemic behind
GERMANY, Dec 27: Europe launches a cross-border vaccination programme of unprecedented scale on Sunday as part of efforts to end a COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million lives around the world.
Dec 27, 2020
ECONOMY
Electricity imports from India reach 44 percent of the total consumption amid soaring dema...
Electricity imports from India reach 44 percent of the total...
KATHMANDU, Dec 26: Import of electricity from India has reached 44 percent of the total electricity consumption with a drop in production and a soaring demand for energy amid notable fall in temperature level.
Dec 27, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Province 1 CM Rai sacks Economic Affairs Minister Aangbo
Province 1 CM Rai sacks Economic Affairs Minister Aangbo
BIRATNAGAR, Dec 26: Amid formal split of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) at the center, Chief Minister of Province 1, Sherdhan Rai has sacked one of his Cabinet colleagues.
Dec 26, 2020
POLITICS
Beijing sending Vice Minister Guo Yezhou to Kathmandu as ruling NCP sees a vertical split
Beijing sending Vice Minister Guo Yezhou to Kathmandu as rul...
KATHMANDU, Dec 26: Amid the ongoing row within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) which saw a vertical split last week, China is sending a high-level delegation led by Vice Minister of International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Guo Yezhou to Kathmandu.
Dec 26, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Dramatic rise in COVID-19 related deaths in Sudur Paschim; 23 deaths in just a month
Dramatic rise in COVID-19 related deaths in Sudur Paschim; 2...
DHANGADI, Dec 19: A shocking picture of COVID19 related deaths has come to the fore in Sudur Paschim Province. Just in the Nepali month of Mangsir (mid Nov to mid Dec), 23 people lost their lives to COVID19 related complications. It is the maximum number of deaths within a month in the province whic...
Dec 26, 2020
WORLD
George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98
George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Br...
LONDON/MOSCOW, Dec 26: George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work for the Soviet Union humiliated the intelligence establishment when it was discovered at the height of the Cold War.
Dec 26, 2020
My City, Entertainment
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is surprise celebrity guest in Harry Styles' new music video
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is surprise celebrity guest in Harry St...
British singer Harry Styles has roped in "Fleabag" star Phoebe Waller-Bridge as a special guest for his upcoming music video.
Dec 26, 2020