Tokyo : Officials from Japan’s space agency said Tuesday they have found more than the anticipated amount of soil and gases inside a small capsule the country’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought back from a distant asteroid this month, a mission they praised as a milestone in planetary research. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said its staff […]
Kathmandu : Concerned officials have conceded the government of Nepal will not be able to bring Covid-19 vaccines, sufficient to meet the need, for its people anytime soon. Because the government is dependent on international assistance, they say the vaccines will be imported too little, too late. The government has hoped to bring the vaccines […]
Kathmandu: Indian police have launched a probe into an incident in which two adolescent girls from Nepal were found allegedly kept at a farm against their will and raped for nearly two months at a village named Pilibhit in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh, media reports said. The girls — aged 14 and 15 […]
Kathmandu : Two persons have died when a truck fell off the road in Banbhanjyang, Chandragiri municipality, on the western outskirts of Kathmandu, on Sunday night. The truck (Na 2 Ka 323) had fallen off around 150 metres down the road, killing Manish Karki and Man Kumar Majhi, residents of Sindhuli. Karki in his mid-20s […]
Kathmandu : The human development index (HDI) has improved in Nepal but with persisting risks.The HDI report prepared with the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme was made public by the National Planning Commission in Kathmandu on Sunday. It was jointly released by Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel and NPC Vice-chairman Pushpa Raj Kandel. […]
Lahan : A woman died and four other people sustained injuries in a clash between two groups that erupted while some people were fishing in a public pond at Bode Barsain Municipality in Saptari district on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Gangiyadevi Mandal, 45, of Bode Barsain-3. Similarly, four other people were […]
Kathmandu : The Nepal Airlines Corporation has started selling tickets for Kathmandu-Delhi flights that will begin this Thursday after a gap of nine months. The flights between capitals of Nepal and India were suspended since both the countries went on lockdown to control the coronavirus spread in March this year. Now, the neighbouring governments have […]
Kathmandu : Foreign Affairs Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has assured that the government will not give amnesty for those who are involved in serious human rights violation during the Maoist armed struggle while settling the cases through a transitional justice procedure. Speaking in an online meeting organised by the Accountability Watch Committee and the Conflict […]
Kathmandu – A total of 799 people infected with HIV/AIDS are taking regular Anti-retroviral Treatment in the district. The district has reported 994 people living with HIV/AIDS but only 799 are taking regular ART service. However, the number of infected is on the decline since the past few years in Doti, according to the District […]
The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday that it approved a Chinese coronavirus vaccine that is being tested in the country after preliminary data showed that it was 86 percent effective. The U.A.E.’s Ministry of Health and Prevention said it reviewed an interim analysis by Sinopharm, a Chinese state-owned vaccine maker, of data from late-stage clinical trials […]