The Anatomy Of Authoritarianism

In any society less mobilised, modernised and democratised by political parties, civil society and cultural industries, the unflinching social foundation of caste, class and gender pyramid and patronage determine its political and social life. It poses difficulty for leadership to manage the modern polity which has lost its old authority while the modern one is less disposed to escape from deep political quagmire. Authoritarian leaders are the product of pushy and rigid c

The Key To Global Climate Success

Washington, DC – Recent advances in green technologies have made reaching net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 not only technically feasible but also economically worthwhile. Meeting this goal – which has started to anchor expectations now that an increasing number of countries have adopted it – is necessary to keep global warming well below 2° Celsius relative to pre-industrial levels. But countries must start rapidly reducing emissions now.

Understanding IoT

New media, like smartphones, computer-related appliances, the internet and various internet-based platforms like websites, apps, social media, are no longer new. They are giving way to newer and better media that are more interconnected. In fact, interconnectivity is the future as experts estimate that we have more than 50 billion devices around the world that are connected to the internet and each other. While a third of them are devices like smartphones, tablets, televisions, refrigerators and...

Parliament will decide fate of budget: FM Sharma

Finance Minister Janardan Sharma said on Friday that the parliament would decide the fate of the budget of the current Fiscal Year 2021/22. “The parliament will have its say on the budget. It will decide whether to accept it or replace some programmes with new ones,” he said while speaking at a programme organised at the Ministry of Finance (MoF) today. Former Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel had presented a budget of Rs. 1647 billion with the priority to the control and treatment of COVID-19,...

Liberated, but still awaiting rehabilitation

Daily-wage labour was the only way to survive after emancipation. It was the only way she could keep the stove burning and feed her family. But little did freed Kamaiya Ram Kumari Chaudhary know that working would cause her to lose her chance at rehabilitation.

T20 World Cup 2021: India and Pakistan to face off in Super 12s

India and Pakistan will meet in the Super 12s stage of the 2021 men's T20 World Cup, to be co-hosted by the UAE and Oman between October 17 and November 14.

China to provide additional 1.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine as grant

Hou Yanqi, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Nepal, conveyed this message to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba while she paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Deuba, according to a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

COVID-19 update: 2,006 new cases, 1,775 recoveries, 43 fatalities in 24 hours

In 9,613 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 2,006 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population on Friday through its regular update.

Vero Cell administering postponed in Kathmandu due to shortage of vaccine

The five-day campaign to administer the first dose of Vero Cell vaccine in the Kathmandu district has been postponed after three days of the campaign due to shortage of the vaccine.

Antigen tests of lawmakers being conducted (Photo Feature)

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, an antigen test of all the members of the Federal Parliament is being conducted today. The test that started at 11 am will last till 4 pm today, according to Laxmi Prasad Ojha, section officer of the federal parliament secretariat.