WORLD
India found cybersecurity lapses at National Payments Corp in 2019 - government document
India found cybersecurity lapses at National Payments Corp i...
NEW DELHI, July 30: A government audit of India’s flagship payments processor last year found more than 40 security vulnerabilities including several it called “critical” and “high” risk, according to an internal government document seen by Reuters.
Jul 30, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Kathmandu Police created a “fake incident site” in 14-kg yellow metal case
Kathmandu Police created a “fake incident site” in 14-kg yel...
KATHMANDU, July 30: The Metropolitan Police Circle, Durbarmarg, on Tuesday created a ‘fake incident site’ to claim that 14 kg of a yellow metal was seized from Kamaladi region of Kathmandu, said an official at the Metropolitan Police Crime Division.
Jul 30, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
U.S. records a coronavirus death every minute as total surpasses 150,000
U.S. records a coronavirus death every minute as total surpa...
WASHINGTON DC, July 30: One person in the United States died about every minute from COVID-19 on Wednesday as the national death toll surpassed 150,000, the highest in the world
Jul 30, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NC nominates 479 members in senior politician assembly
NC nominates 479 members in senior politician assembly
KATHMANDU, July 30: The Nepali Congress has nominated 479 old cadres and leaders of different districts to the senior politician assembly of the party.
Jul 30, 2020
OPINION
Will the US and China go to war?
Will the US and China go to war?
Notions of liberal democracy and communism-socialism have long divided mankind into opposing ideological-social, political-economic governance models and world views. Both came together to defeat the menace of political populism, economic-tribal-territorial nationalism gripping Europe around the las...
Jul 30, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Homestay operators in dilemma whether to welcome tourists as COVID-19 pandemic continues t...
Homestay operators in dilemma whether to welcome tourists as...
POKHARA, July 30: Homestay service for tourists was an economic game changer for a lot of people in Pokhara as in many other parts of the country. But the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that hit across the world badly affected this business that started booming only a few years ago.
Jul 30, 2020
SPORTS
Pakistan's Umar Akmal gets ban halved to 18 months
Pakistan's Umar Akmal gets ban halved to 18 months
LAHORE, July 30: Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal’s three-year ban for an anti-corruption breach has been halved by an independent adjudicator, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Wednesday.
Jul 30, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Province 1 reports first COVID-19 death
Province 1 reports first COVID-19 death
DHARAN, July 30: One more patient has succumbed to COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) in Dharan.
Jul 30, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Supreme Court issues a show-cause order on tax rise on electric vehicles
Supreme Court issues a show-cause order on tax rise on elect...
KATHMANDU, July 30: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a show-cause order against the government decision to raise the taxes on electric vehicles.
Jul 30, 2020
SPORTS
Juve lose to Cagliari as Ronaldo's Golden Boot hopes fade
Juve lose to Cagliari as Ronaldo's Golden Boot hopes fade
CAGLIARI, July 30: Cristiano Ronaldo’s hopes of finishing the season as top scorer in Italy’s Serie A faded away on Wednesday as he failed to find the net when champions Juventus slumped to a shock 2-0 defeat away to Cagliari.
Jul 30, 2020