SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Weak monitoring increases risk of COVID-19 transmission in public vehicles in Valley
Weak monitoring increases risk of COVID-19 transmission in p...
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: The local administrations of the federal capital of the country, the Kathmandu Valley, had decided to allow public passenger vehicles to ply the roads according to the odd-even rule by following health safety protocols and limiting the number of passengers to half the capacity. H...
Sep 29, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
DHN receives license to develop 70MW Dudhkoshi-2
DHN receives license to develop 70MW Dudhkoshi-2
SOLUKHUMBU, Sept 29: Dudhkoshi Hydropower Nepal (DHN) has received the license for developing the 70MW Dudhkoshi-2 hydel project.
Sep 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Russia to supply 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Nepal
Russia to supply 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Nepal
MOSCOW, Sept 29: Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday it had agreed to supply 25 million doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal via Trinity Pharmaceuticals, which it described as a private healthcare firm and key distributor there.
Sep 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
1,513 cases, 731 recoveries, and 10 fatalities linked to COVID-19 reported in Nepal in pas...
1,513 cases, 731 recoveries, and 10 fatalities linked to COV...
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Nepal witnessed 1,513 cases, 731 recoveries, and 10 fatalities linked to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) said on Tuesday afternoon.
Sep 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Kathmandu Valley records highest single-day spike of 934 new cases of COVID-19
Kathmandu Valley records highest single-day spike of 934 new...
The Valley’s COVID-19 death toll hits 137 and case tally crosses the 23,000 mark
Sep 29, 2020
WORLD
United Arab Emirates to launch spacecraft to moon in 2024
United Arab Emirates to launch spacecraft to moon in 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept 29: A top official in the United Arab Emirates said Tuesday his country plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024.
Sep 29, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
CIAA seizes municipality’s documents on charge of embezzling COVID-19 fund
CIAA seizes municipality’s documents on charge of embezzling...
KANCHANPUR, Sept 29: The Kanchanpur office of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has seized the documents of Patan Municipality Office in Baitadi district.
Sep 29, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Aviation mafia eyeing NAC’s ground handling income
Aviation mafia eyeing NAC’s ground handling income
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Ground handling is one of the good sources of income for Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC). The state-owned company has been paying up to Rs 700 million in royalties to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) and the government annually. But now the aviation mafia has set its...
Sep 29, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
India's Serum Institute to make an additional 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
India's Serum Institute to make an additional 100 million CO...
BENGALURU, Sept 29: Serum Institute of India said on Tuesday it would get a further $150 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the GAVI vaccines alliance to make an additional 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for India and other low- and middle-income countries next year.
Sep 29, 2020
WORLD
US, Australia, India ministers to meet in Japan next week
US, Australia, India ministers to meet in Japan next week
TOKYO, Sept 29: Top diplomats from the U.S., Australia and India plan to gather in Tokyo next week to discuss their common regional concerns, such as China’s increasingly assertive actions, in the first face-to-face ministerial meetings Japan will host since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Sep 29, 2020