Fertiliser transportation eases after relaxation of prohibitory order

The supply of chemical fertilisers across the country has eased after the relaxation of the prohibitory order. The Agriculture Inputs Company Limited (AICL), the state-owned chemical fertiliser supplier, stated that there was no problem in the transportation of fertilisers after the prohibitory order was relaxed.

Sustainable Flood Management In Nepal

Flooding is one of the most tangible and distressing consequences of the climate crisis. It increasingly affects communities across the world. The toll on human suffering and economic costs is shocking. Over the last two decades, billions of people have been affected by floods and landslides. These disasters can lead to intergenerational poverty, migration, and geopolitical instability. In addition, it is vital that societies adapt and that governments prioritise, accelerate, and scale up their response...

Mining For Prosperity And Concerns For Environment

On January 10 2020, a 24-year-old environment rights defender was brutally murdered for protesting illegal river mining in Nepal. Sadly, threats and violence are not isolated incidents on mining activity. The environmental destruction by mining is rampant. But mini

Opportunities, Challenges And Strategies

Nowadays, we are virtually travelling around the globe sitting at home. The praxis of pedagogy has been shifted to virtual mode from the conventional physical mode of teaching and learning. Time and space have gone out of the stage; time has been fluid and space has become bigger and multiple. Webinars, online workshops, conferences and the use of mobile is excessive among students and teacher educators. Many students are doing their lessons in different subjects on a mobile phone at home. We have...

Talking About‘Winning Psychology’ In Sports

DN Ghising, the author of the under-review book, is a former karate player turned instructor. This is, in fact, a profile which shows he possesses enriched background and experiences about sports. In his book, he talks about sports exclusively from the viewpoint of winning psychology. So, the published book entitled, “Khel – Jeet Manobigyan” can be welcomed as a right publication from a right person. To relate this book to our national context, we need to ask ourselves a key question related...

Waning Crescent Moon Above Mercury

The night skies of this month would provide overwhelming opportunities to marvel at planets, constellations and stars that would be dramatically decorating the heavens. The fleet-footed planet Mercury would reach its greatest western elongation from the Sun on 04 July. This would be the best time to view Mercury. It would be emerging low in eastern sky shortly before the sunrise and be gliding from constellation Taurus (bull) towards Gemini (twins). The waning cr

TRIPS transition period for LDC extended till 2034

Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have agreed to extend the deadline for the WTO's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) till July 1, 2034.

EXPLAINER: How could the indictment hurt Trump’s company?

The criminal tax fraud charges unsealed against Donald Trump’s company Thursday are a blow to a business already reeling from canceled deals following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on hotels and clubs.

Over 60 tonne waste collected from Sagarmatha base camp

The Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) has collected a total of 60,039 kilograms, that is over 60 tonnes, of waste from the Sagarmatha Base Camp region this spring mountaineering season.

US hands over four raft boats to Nepali Army

The United States of America has provided four raft boats with Out Board Motor (OBM) to the Nepali Army during a programme held at Chhauni, Kathmandu. According to a press release issued by the Directorate of Public Relations and Information on Thursday, U.S. Embassy ODC (Office of Defense Cooperation) Chief Maj. Michael P. White handed over the rescue boats to Brigadier