KATHMANDU : Lalitpur Metropolitan City is to vaccinate 2,500 people with the second dose of the covishield vaccine on Wednesday. Out of the people who have already received the first dose of Covishield, 2,220 above 77 years and 280 people’s representatives of the concerned wards, employees, and health volunteers will be vaccinated from 10AM to […]
KATHMANDU : A new mutation of the Delta variant of COVID-19 (K417N) detected in Nepal is less fatal and dangerous than the Delta variant, according to experts and virologists. Of 48 swab samples collected across the country, nine tested positive for the K417N mutation of the Delta variant of COVID-19. So far, this mutant has […]
KATHMANDU : Pathao’s ride-sharing service, which was halted due to the prohibitory order, resumed on Tuesday after the government implemented an odd-even system on vehicles. Asheem Man Singh Basnyat, regional director of Pathao Nepal, said that the ride will be conducted according to the health safety standards set by the government. Issuing a statement on […]
NEW YORK : More than 8,500 children were used as soldiers last year in various conflicts across the world and nearly 2,700 others were killed, the United Nations said on Monday. U.N. chief Antonio Guterres’ annual report to the Security Council on children and armed conflict covers the killing, maiming and sexual abuse of children, […]
KATHMANDU : Winners of the Nepal America Film Festival 2021 that kicked off virtually on June 17 have been announced on Monday. The four-day long film festival had featured 30 films from more than 14 different countries, according to the organizers. Mannu: Sprouts of Endurance by Ramdas Kadavallur and So what if the Goats Die […]
KATHMANDU : The Embassy of India in Kathmandu on Monday organised the seventh International Day of Yoga today virtually as part of its ongoing celebration of India@75 ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’. The theme of the celebration this year amidst COVID-19 was “Be With Yoga, Be At Home” (Ghar Ghar ma Yog) encouraging people to practice […]
ROME: Matteo Pessina scored the only goal and Italy extended its unbeaten streak to a record-tying 30 matches with a 1-0 victory over Wales on Sunday at the European Championship. Pessina redirecting a free kick from Marco Verratti into the net late in the first half. Wales defender Ethan Ampadu was sent off with a […]
DUBAI : Western officials warned Tehran on Sunday that negotiations to revive its nuclear deal could not continue indefinitely, after the sides announced a break following the election of a new hardline president in Iran. Negotiations have been ongoing in Vienna since April to work out how Iran and the United States can both return […]
RANJHA : The situation is now normal in Banke, which had become an epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic during the second wave. Only 74 patients are being treated at the hospitals in the district. Tej Oli, a resource person at the District COVID-19 Crisis Management Center, Banke, said that only 13 people are originally from […]
SIRAHA : International criminal gangs from Nepal and India have allegedly been involved in the abduction and murder of 31-year-old Somnath Yadav of Jijhaul, Bariyarpatti Rural Municipality-5 along the Nepal-India border in Siraha. Of the seven arrested in connection with Yadav’s abduction and murder, three are in custody of Indian police and four are in […]