SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Two killed, 11 injured due to lightning
Two killed, 11 injured due to lightning
KATHMANDU, April 2: Two people died and eleven others sustained injuries in separate lightning incidents that occurred in Dhading and Rukum Paschim districts on Wednesday.
Apr 02, 2020
My City, Lifestyle, Health
Health benefits of walking barefoot
Health benefits of walking barefoot
Researches have shown that walking barefoot in the grass can help decrease anxiety and depression by 62 percent. It also increases the levels of endorphins in your body that helps you feel calm by relieving stress and pain.
Apr 02, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
NA plane lands in Brisbane carrying around 260 Australians from Nepal
NA plane lands in Brisbane carrying around 260 Australians f...
KATHMANDU, April 2: Nepal Airlines aircraft carrying around 260 Australians stranded in Nepal has landed at Brisbane Airport Thursday morning.
Apr 02, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
British Airways could suspend 36,000 employees - BBC
British Airways could suspend 36,000 employees - BBC
LONDON, April 2: IAG-owned British Airways (ICAG.L) is expected to announce a suspension of about 36,000 of its employees, BBC News reported on Wednesday.
Apr 02, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
More than 8,000 foreign-returnees enter Karnali
More than 8,000 foreign-returnees enter Karnali
SURKHET, April 2: Eight thousand six hundred and fifty people have come back home in Karnali Province from various foreign countries as of Wednesday, the Karnali Provincial Government, Ministry of Social Development said.
Apr 02, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
'Shoot them dead' - Philippine leader says won't tolerate lockdown violators
'Shoot them dead' - Philippine leader says won't tolerate lo...
MANILA, April 2: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot for causing trouble and said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that would not be tolerated.
Apr 02, 2020
SPORTS, Coronavirus
Wimbledon cancelled for the first time since World War Two
Wimbledon cancelled for the first time since World War Two
LONDON, April 2: The Wimbledon championships were cancelled for the first time since World War Two on Wednesday as the coronavirus pandemic struck another blue-riband sports event off the calendar and wiped out the entire tennis grasscourt season.
Apr 02, 2020
OPINION
Capitalism’s Triple Crisis
Capitalism’s Triple Crisis
LONDON – Capitalism is facing at least three major crises. A pandemic-induced health crisis has rapidly ignited an economic crisis with yet unknown consequences for financial stability, and all of this is playing out against the backdrop of a climate crisis that cannot be addressed by “business as u...
Apr 02, 2020
OPINION
Destigmatizing corona patients
Destigmatizing corona patients
While the discussion on the effects of Covid19 is taking place, stigmatization remains the least debated issue. Stigmatization began along with the outbreak and spread of this virus in China. People started to call it a “Chinese” disease and everything related to China became the subject of scorn. T...
Apr 02, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Most Americans huddle indoors as coronavirus deaths keep spiking
Most Americans huddle indoors as coronavirus deaths keep spi...
LOS ANGELES, April 2: Four new states imposed sweeping stay-at-home directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting over 80% of Americans under lockdown as the number of deaths and cases in the United States soared to new daily highs for the fourth day in a row.
Apr 02, 2020