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Indian govt allows NEA to purchase electricity under free market mechanism through energy exchange market

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KATHMANDU : Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) can now access the Indian market to purchase electricity at competitive prices set by the free market, with the Indian government incorporating the power-utility authority of Nepal as a member of NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd, India. According to the NEA, India’s Ministry of Power notified the Nepali authority […]

Stock market sees increase in volumes as Nepse hits all time high

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KATHMANDU : The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) opened in green note and rose 39 points till mid-day. Then after the equity market witnessed some correction but still managed to trade in positive side of spectrum for the rest of the session. At the close, Nepse went up by 20.61 points on the first trading […]

Weekend curfew imposed in New Delhi after a sharp spike of COVID-19 cases

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Kathmandu : India’s national capital, New Delhi, has enforced weekend curfew after it registered a new high daily COVID-19 tally of 17, 282 cases on Wednesday. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced the curfew as a precautionary measure to contain further spread of COVID-19 on Thursday, according to Indian media reports. Kejriwal made the announcement after […]

Falgunanda Sukilumba Airport ready for operation

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ILAM : The Falgunanda Sukilumba Airport in the district headquarter of Ilam is ready for take-offs and landings. All the major works of airport construction have been completed. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has stated that the airport is now ready for operation. Binayak Bhattarai, engineer at the CAAN, said the work including […]

COVID infected woman dies in Biratnagar

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MORANG : A woman died while undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar on Thursday. A 46-year-old woman from Biratnagar, who was infected with the coronavirus, died at 4AM this morning, according to the hospital. The woman tested positive for COVID-19 at Nobel Hospital and was referred to Koshi Hospital for further treatment. […]

Increasing budget transfers raise concern over govt’s commitment to maintain fiscal discipline

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KATHMANDU : Three years ago in July 2018, the two-thirds majority government led by Prime Minister KP Oli announced that it would not make any budget transfer until the third or last trimester in order to maintain fiscal discipline. But the government has carried out budget transfers amounting to over Rs 97 billion in the […]

President decorates 633 persons for their contribution to different sectors of society

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KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari conferred various honours, decorations and medals on personalities contributing to different sectors of the nation. The head-of-state conferred the orders, decorations and medals on those personalities at an investiture function held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, Sheetal Niwas. These personalities could not be decorated at the earlier function on April 9. […]

Maharashtra imposes 15-day lockdown to slow COVID-19 spread

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MUMBAI : India’s richest state, Maharashtra, will be under lockdown from Wednesday night for 15 days to slow rising coronavirus infections, its chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Tuesday. Maharashtra, home to India’s financial capital Mumbai and the country’s most industrial state, has been the country’s worst hit state, accounting for about a quarter of […]

Stock market ends year at record levels

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KATHMANDU : On the last trading day of the year, the equity market advanced since the morning trading session. The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index rose almost 19 points by mid-day before correcting slightly. However, a steady rise in the latter trading hours pushed the index 23.23 points to settle at 2714.79. With the […]

Health ministry projects Nepal’s COVID-19 cases to surpass 600,000 with daily cases of more than 11,000 by next three months

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KATHMANDU : The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has projected Nepal’s COVID-19 case tally to surpass the 600,000 mark with a daily rise of more than 11,000 by the upcoming three months. Speaking at a press meet in the capital on Tuesday, Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi maintained that Nepal could witness a daily rise […]