WORLD, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
India’s virus caseload tops 3 million as disease moves south
India’s virus caseload tops 3 million as disease moves south
NEW DELHI, Aug 23: India’s coronavirus caseload topped 3 million on Sunday, with the country leading the world in new infections as the disease marched through impoverished rural areas in the north and the wealthier but older populations of the south.
Aug 23, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
South Korea reports biggest rise in coronavirus cases since March
South Korea reports biggest rise in coronavirus cases since...
SEOUL, Aug 23: South Korea reported its highest daily rise in novel coronavirus cases since early March on Sunday, as outbreaks continued to spread from a Seoul church and from political demonstrations its members had attended.
Aug 23, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Global coronavirus deaths exceed 800,000
Global coronavirus deaths exceed 800,000
LONDON, Aug 23: The global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 800,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil and India leading the rise in fatalities.
Aug 23, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Suture the wound, heal Nepal
Suture the wound, heal Nepal
Last Tuesday, the government of Nepal announced another round of lockdown—this time it's called prohibitory orders—to control the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug 23, 2020
SPORTS, Latest Updates
Sandeep continues his good run in CPL
Sandeep continues his good run in CPL
KATHMANDU, Aug 23: Nepali national cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane has made a very good beginning in the 2020 edition of the Caribbean Premier League, a T20 cricket tournament.
Aug 23, 2020
My City, Entertainment, Music
South Korea's BTS hopes 'Dynamite' blows away fans amid coronavirus gloom
South Korea's BTS hopes 'Dynamite' blows away fans amid coro...
South Korean boy band BTS said on Friday they hoped their new digital single “Dynamite” refreshes fans and helps them recharge their batteries as they cope with the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Aug 23, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Getting 10,000 ventilators is a pipe dream
Getting 10,000 ventilators is a pipe dream
Ventilators are used as a resort to save human lives. As a doctor, I feel that people should be given a choice of life till their last heart beat. If we don’t put tubes in the human throat and use machines, life stops there.
Aug 23, 2020
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
Dear Monsoon
Dear Monsoon
Dear Monsoon
From the first rain,
you would have been waiting
on the balcony
looking at the way
which, would have disguised
already into the jungle’s color.
in front of your village.
Aug 23, 2020
My City, Entertainment
How does coronavirus spread at a concert? Germans do a test
How does coronavirus spread at a concert? Germans do a test
Germany held a pop concert Saturday to see how those attending could spread coronavirus if they had it. German researchers studying COVID-19 packed part of a Leipzig arena with volunteers, collecting data in a “real life” simulation of a pop concert but one with strict health and safety controls.
Aug 23, 2020
My City, Entertainment
Movie theater trade group establishes COVID-19 protocols
Movie theater trade group establishes COVID-19 protocols
As movie theaters come back to life across the country, the National Association of Theater Owners is helping to take the guess work out of safe operating practices in the era of COVID-19.
Aug 23, 2020