Vaccine Inequality

It is said that history is written by the winners. Certainly, the world history is intertwined with records of the victorious. Even in science, technology and innovation, the winners take home the gold. In 1859 AD, Charles Darwin published, On the Origin of Species, which put forward the theory of evolution and eventually took the world by storm. History acknowledges and reveres Darwin but he wasn't the only one to discover the theory of evolution. Alfred Russel Wallace too had discovered the theory...

Like last year, SEE to be conducted internally

The government has decided to conduct the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) through internal evaluation like last year. A Cabinet meeting held on Monday decided to publish this year’s SEE result based on internal assessments because of the pandemic, said Krishna Gopal Shrestha Minister for Education Science and Technology (MoEST). Talking to The Rising Nepal on Tuesday, Minister Shrestha said conducting in-person examination is not possible as the situation is worse than the previous year,...

COVID-19 recovery rate increases, fatality declines

Recovery rate of COVID-19 increased to 80.2 per cent on Tuesday. With 6,896 recoveries recorded in the last 24 hours, recovery tally has reached 454,344. According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), among 17,147 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, 5,285 persons were found infected with COVID-19, informed the MoHP in its regular press briefing today.

MoHP directs hospitals to make public treatment fees within a week

The government Tuesday directed all the hospitals in the country to make public the fees they were charging to the COVID-19 patients within a week. Issuing a press sttaement today, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) directed all the government, private, community and all other types of hospitals to make public their fees within seven days of the notice. The MoHP notice has also asked the hospitals to make public the fees by categorising them according to types of services provided, cost...

Climbing season for Sagarmatha extended by 3 days

The spring mountaineering season for Sagarmatha has been extended by three days. Issuing a notice on Facebook, the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee informed that it, in coordination with the Department of Tourism (DoT) and the Expedition Operator’s Association (EoA), had decided to extend the closing date for the Khumbu Icefall Route for this climbing season to June 3, Thursday.

NAC plane brings in 800 thousand doses of anti COVID vaccine provided by China

Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) airplane has brought 800 thousand out of a million doses of anti-COVID Vero Cell vaccine provided by China as grant assistance to Nepal.

Tons of vegetables get ruined in field

According to the secretary of Federation of District Vegetable and Fruits Producer Cooperative, Chitwan, Ramchandra Regmi, bitter gourd is hardly selling at Rs. 5 a kg which was being sold at Rs 120 a kg a month earlier. Price of bean has fallen to Rs 10 a kg while its price was Rs 120. Similarly, the price has been continually declining.

Chair Thakur faction of JSP dismisses chair Yadav from party

Janata Samajwadi Party, Nepal (JSP) Chair Mahanth Thakur faction has dismissed another JSP Chair Updendra Yadav from the party, a few hours after the Yadav faction removed Thakur and other four leaders close to him from the party.

Former Chair of Bibeksheel Sajha Party Ujjwal Thapa no more

Former Chairperson of Bibeksheel Sajha Party Ujjwal Thapa has passed away. Thapa was admitted to Mediciti Hospital for treatment after he tested positive for COVID-19.

5,285 new cases of COVID-19, 6,898 recoveries, 68 fatalities in 24 hours

In 17,147 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 5,285 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population in its daily update.