Public Policies Fail To Deliver Results
Nepal's public policy formulation process has been said to be poorly conceptualised and haphazardly designed and can therefore be said to be flawed. It is alleged that the policy formulation is not informed by relevant knowledge and evidences, supported by a through scrutiny of disciplinary experts, and legitimated by the constructive engagement of stakeholders and owned up by the wider mass of civil society.
Gambling Our Future
Human beings are progressive by nature. They are constantly in search of advanced technologies that may eventually help us in the near future. During this process of advancement, some technologies may work perfectly while others can have longer lasting negative effects. So, as no one can behold the future, investing in such technologies is like a risky game of poker where our ideologies and strategies may work for or against us.
NIFRA proposes to establish power trading company
Nepal Infrastructure Bank Limited (NIFRA) has proposed to establish a power trading company to ease the energy trade. According to a statement issued by the bank on Wednesday, the company would be established with the participation of the government, bank and financial institutions and private sector companies. “To make the company technically capable and maintain professionalism as well as facilitate in arranging a large-scale investment in the future, government, private sector companies and...
Health materials of Spanish support arriving today
Spain is sending a consignment by a chartered flight on Thursday that will include ventilators, oxygen concentrators and PPEs, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in a statement on Wednesday.
New virus variants more contagious but vaccines work against them
The presence of new variants - B.1.617.2 and B.1.617.1 - of coronavirus has also been confirmed in Nepal. The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) informed that in the gene sequencing of 35 samples collected from various parts of the nation, the B.1.617.2 variant was detected in 34 samples and B.1.617.1 was detected in one.
"Chinese debt trap" rhetoric an attempt to mislead world through kindergarten mathematics
The researchers have documented 16 cases of debt restructuring worth 7.5 billion U.S. dollars in 10 African countries between 2000 and 2019, and found that China wrote off the accumulated arrears of at least 94 interest-free loans amounting to over 3.4 billion dollars.
8,064 new cases of COVID-19, 7,989 recoveries, 246 fatalities in 24 hours
With 8,064 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Wednesday, the nation's novel coronavirus tally has reached 480,418.
Seventeen more succumb to COVID-19 in Banke
An additional 17 people undergoing treatment for coronavirus infection in various hospitals in Banke district have died overnight yesterday. This number of Covid-19 patients succumbed to the infection at the Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj and the Teaching Hospital, Kohalpur since last night till the morning today.
'Tough days to meet oxygen demand in the Valley'
Aid of liquid oxygen by India and cylinders by China, has relaxed the dire situation. However, the new variant is likely exhaust the hospital resources of the valley.
'High infection rate on all age group: nature of new variant'
According to Dr Richa Nepal, Consultant Physician at the Department of Internal Medicine of Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, the new variant is more infectious and is affecting all the age-groups, so it invites many challenges than the first wave.
