Antibiotic/Drug resistance A Common Problem Nowadays

Antibiotics are a type of medicine or antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. They are powerful drugs that are used to kill or limit the growth of bacteria. There are two types of drugs, First Line Drugs and Second Line Drugs. But nowadays we are facing the biggest public health challenges regarding antibiotic resistance. I, being a student of medical microbiology

Annual macroeconomic outlook 2020/21

Average consumer price inflation has come down to 3.6 per cent in the last Fiscal Year 2020/21 from 6.15 per cent a year earlier. The average consumer price inflation stood at 3.60 percent in 2020/21 compared to 6.15 percent in FY 2019/20, the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) said in its annual report on Macroeconomic Situation of the country published on Thursday.

42 Nepalis arrive in Delhi from Afghanistan

Eleven Nepalis reached New Delhi from Afghanistan on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), additional 45 Nepalis are stuck at the Kabul Airport.

Govt permits clinical trials of COVID-19 & cholera vaccines

The government on Thursday decided to allow clinical trials of two separate vaccines against the coronavirus and cholera in Nepal. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held at the official residence of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in Baluwatar Thursday allowed the trials of the vaccines. After the meeting, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and spokesperson for the government, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, said that the Cabinet had given permission to test the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine...

Kabul airport attack kills 60 Afghans, 13 US troops

Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. The attacks killed at least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops, Afghan and U.S. officials said.

Govt preparing to replace the budget of FY 2021/22

The government has started preparations for the Replacement Bill to replace the budget for the current fiscal year 2020/21 announced through ordinance by the previous KP Sharma Oli-led government. According to the Ministry of Finance (MoF), Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has begun the work on the Replacement Bill following the accreditation of NCP (Unified Socialist) and Democratic Socialist Party Nepal by the Election Commission of Nepal (ECN).

Grade XII exams after vaccinating students: Shrestha

State Minister for Health and Population Umesh Shrestha has said that the Grade XII examinations can be conducted from mid-September as the government has started administering vaccines against coronavirus to all examinees.

Work under way to develop Nepali tea

A century and a half after tea cultivation began in Nepal, scientists have begun work on the development of a Nepali variety of tea. According to the Tea and Coffee Extension Office of Fikkal, work has begun on developing a uniquely Nepali variety of tea by using the first tea plants planted in the country during the time of Jung Bahadur Rana. Indra Adhikari, head of the extension office, told The Rising Nepal that seven Tea and Coffee Extension Offices of Ilam and the Commercial Crop Research...

The Reconstruction Goal

The reconstruction of private homes and public structures such as schools and health facilities in dozens of quake-hit districts has been going on in a smooth manner despite the continuous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and political instability in the country. Founded on December 25, 2015 in the wake of the devastating Gorkha Earthquake, the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) initially had a five-year term to carry out the challenging task of crucial reconstruction. Based on the concept of...

Geopolitical Fallout Of Afghan Crisis

From the period of Mahabharata, Afghanistan remained an important political and social geography. We have many stories about this landmass mentioned in the Mahabharata war – which was precisely fought in the northern part of the Bharatbarsha – unlike the Ramayana – which mostly occurred in the South. That was long ago. Yet, in between, many more happened in the region. Later, Rudyard Kipling’s famous novel Kim was partly set around the history of what scholars call Great Game in Asia. In...