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Nepse ends in red for second consecutive day

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KATHMANDU : Stocks came under pressure since the beginning of Monday’s trading session. The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index fell around 56 points in the morning before recovering slightly. However, equities continued to falter further in the latter trading hours. At the close, Nepse finished 65.58 points lower at 2,506.62. The market continued to fell […]

Week-long lockdown in Banke from midnight Monday

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NEPALGUNJ : District Administration Office (DAO), Banke has decided to enforce a week-long lockdown in the district starting Monday midnight. During this period, all the activities except emergency services will remain closed in the district. The movement of people and vehicles has been restricted during the lockdown period, according to the Chief District Officer, Shiva […]

Virus ‘swallowing’ people in India; crematoriums overwhelmed

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NEW DELHI : With life-saving oxygen in short supply, family members in India are left on their own to ferry coronavirus patients from hospital to hospital in search of treatment as the country is engulfed in a devastating new surge of infections. Too often their efforts end in mourning. The stories are told on social […]

Valley DAOs suspend regular services for a week due to growing COVID-19 risk

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KATHMANDU: The district administration offices (DAOs) of the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley have decided to suspend all their regular services except emergency ones for a week in wake of the growing risk of COVID-19 infection. A meeting of the chief district officers (CDOs) of the three districts — Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur — […]

India reports record rise in coronavirus infections of 349,691

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NEW DELHI : India on Sunday reported a record daily rise of 349,691 new coronavirus infections, taking its overall tally to 16.96 million infections. A total of 2,767 people were reported dead on Sunday, according to health ministry data, taking total coronavirus fatalities to 192,311.

Govt mulls over subsidizing customs duty on import of oxygen gas cylinders

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KATHMANDU : The government is mulling over reducing the customs duty on the import of 20,000 units of oxygen gas cylinders, citing the possible shortage of the oxygen carrying vessels in wake of the rising COVID-19 cases. According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), it has forwarded a letter to the Ministry of […]

Hospitals overrun as India’s COVID-19 infections top global record for second day

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INDIA : People across India scrambled for life-saving oxygen supplies on Friday and patients lay dying outside hospitals as the capital recorded the equivalent of one death from COVID-19 every five minutes. For the second day running, the country’s overnight infection total was higher than ever recorded anywhere in the world since the pandemic began […]

UML takes action against four Karnali Province Assembly members

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KATHMANDU : The second meeting of the CPN-UML’s Tenth National General Convention Organising Committee held on Friday decided to take action against four members of the Karnali Province Assembly for defying the whip issued by the party during the voting process while Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur Shahi was trying to win the confidence of the […]

India’s posts world record daily COVID cases for second straight day

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INDIA : India recorded the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus cases for a second day in a row on Friday, while daily deaths from COVID-19 also jumped by a record. With 332,730 new cases, India’s total caseload has now passed 16 million. Deaths rose by 2,263 to reach a total of 186,920, according to […]

Weeklong lockdown in three wards of Sindhuli district

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SINDHULI : Dudhauli Municipality of Sindhuli district has decided to enforce a weeklong lockdown in three of its wards in order to contain the further spread of COVID-19. A meeting of the municipality office-bearers held on Thursday decided to enforce a weeklong lockdown in wards 1, 2 and 4 starting from Friday, according to Mayor […]