China’s Yuan Longping dies; rice research helped feed world

Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, died Saturday at a hospital in the southern city of Changsha, the Xinhua News agency reported. He was 90.

KAHS deploys doctors, paramedics to seven districts, six local levels of Jumla

The Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) has deployed its doctors and health personnel in seven districts and several local levels of Jumla to improve and support the treatment of COVID-19 cases. Organising a press conference, KAHS spokesperson Dr. Ramesh Bhattarai informed that the teams of health personnel led by seniors were deployed in Mugu, Kalikot, Humla, Dolpa, Western Rukum and Banke. The KAHS officials informed that they have deployed the manpower in different parts so that there...

Likhu-4 hydel dam collapses

Dam of Likhu-4 Hydroelectricity Project got damaged during the testing on Friday morning. The dam of the 52.4-Megawatts (MW) project at Likhu River bordering Okhaldhunga and Ramechhap districts collapsed soon after water was sent to its channel on Thursday. About 90 per cent work of the project is completed. Civil works at the site are being handled by an India-based SSNR which has been constructing the dam, desilting chamber and other structures. Likewise, Nepali company South Asian Infrastructure...

PM Oli instructs EC officials for polls preparation

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has asked the Election Commission (EC) to make necessary preparations to conduct the mid-term polls on the stipulated dates. During the meeting held with the officials of the Election Commission at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar, he asked EC officials to make preparations for holding the House of Representatives polls scheduled for November 12 and 19.

A Timely Feasible Step

President Bidya Devi Bhandari on early Saturday dissolved the House of Representatives (HoR) and called for fresh general elections on November 12 and 19 on the recommendation of the government. The termination of the Lower House of Parliament came after the President repudiated the petitions of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress (NC) president Sher Bahadur Deuba that they submitted to form the government under their leadership. She termed the applications of bot

Politics Takes Dramatic Turn

Nepali politics has taken a dramatic turn again. Amidst the raging COVID-19 pandemic, the country has been thrust into the mid-term elections slated for November 12 and 19 this year. President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday night dissolved the House of Representatives (HoR) and called for the snap polls on the recommendation of the Cabinet. The HoR where the different communist parties jointly commanded near two-thirds majority was disbanded before completing its remaining more than one-and-a-half-year...

Vaccination Key To Containing COVID-19

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was unavoidable and the reason for this is that the country had not reached the level of herd immunity with only small percentages of the total population infected in the first wave. With slightly more than 1 per cent getting two shots of vaccine and about 6 per cent getting only one shot, there was a large section of society that was susceptible to the virus. People started becoming careless with the precautionary measures when the curve was coming down...

Follow Buddha's Teachings

The Buddha Jayanti is round the corner. This year, the event falls on May 26. Those loving peace, prosperity and humanity are going to celebrate the 2565th Buddha Jayanti with much fanfare and enthusiasm worldwide. Siddhartha Gautam was born as the Prince of Tilaurakot on Baishakh Shukla Purnima in the 6th century BC. He was son to King Suddhodhan and Queen Maya Devi. Although the exact date of birth of Siddhartha Gautam is still debated, some religious scriptures have mentioned that he was born...

US, Swiss medical support arrives

In response to the request of the government of Nepal amid resurging Covid-19 cases, the government of the United States of America has sent a plane load of medical supplies to fight the pandemic.

8,591 new cases, 8,848 recoveries and 129 fatalities from COVID-19 in 24 hours

In 19,357 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 8,591 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Health Ministry in its regular update.