SC postpones hearing on Mohammad Aftab Alam's case

The hearing was scheduled for Friday in joint-bench of Justices Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Nahakul Subedi.

It's time to hold discussions on COVID-19 booster dose in Nepal: Dr. Pun

Infectious disease expert Dr. Sher Bahadur Pun of Teku Hospital said, "Time has come to lobby for the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines as those who got inoculated in the first phase might require the booster dose."

100,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine to arrive Nepal next week

Dr. Sagar Dahal, chief of Immunisation Branch in the Department of Health Services, informed that 100,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines would be brought to Nepal from the United States of America next week.

FDA authorizes booster doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, says mix and match OK

The US Food and Drug Administration authorized booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines made by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Wednesday and also said any of the three authorized vaccines could be used as a booster in a "mix and match" approach.

Pfizer, BioNTech report high efficacy of COVID-19 booster shot in study

Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) on Thursday said a trial of 10,000 participants aged 16 or older showed 95.6 per cent effectiveness against the diseases, during a period when the Delta strain was prevalent.

470 new cases of COVID-19, 726 recoveries, eight fatalities in 24 hours

In 6,586 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 470 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) through its regular update.

Death toll of rain-induced disasters reach 99, 35 injured, 40 missing

The Nepal Police Headquarters has informed that as many as 99 people lost their lives in the rain-induced disasters caused by incessant rainfall in the last four days.

NCP (Maoist Centre) Standing Committee meeting concludes, various departments formed

The standing committee meeting of ruling coalition party NCP (Maoist Centre) has decided to form a 175-member contact committee.

Additional relief after detailed study of loss caused by flood, landslide: PM Deuba

Prime Minister Deuba had inspected the landslide-affected areas in Sudurpaschim Province on Thursday morning. Addressing the media at Surkhet Airport, he said that the rain-induced disasters had caused an irreparable loss in the country.

Additional relief will be provided after study: PM

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that additional relief will be provided after studying the damage caused by the incessant rains.