Gautampur farmers produce black wheat

armer Ram Lal Mehta of Gautampur in Harinagar Rural Municipality-3 of Sunsari has started growing sugar-free black wheat, a new variety of crop. Mehta said that he was amazed to know that wheat is also available in many varieties.

Teku hospital to treat COVID-19 patients only

Patan Hospital has also been treating Corona patients since the pandemic hit the country, said Dr. Bishnu Prasad Sharma, former director of the Patan Academy of Health Sciences.

Second dose of Corona vaccine from April 20

Those who got first dose of the vaccine from January 27 to March 22 will get the second dose. The government had vaccinated 438,879 people in the first phase with the Covishield produced in India.

Kathmandu to get full amount, 170mln liter, of water from Melamchi from Apr. 18

Tiresh Khatri, executive director of Melamchi Water Supply Development Board, informed that full amount of water will be supplied to the system from April 18. As trial, 40 million liters of water was supplied in the system from March 28.

MoHP confirms 460 new cases of COVID-19, five fatalities

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 496 new infections were recorded in 4,386 RT-PCR tests and 57 cases were recorded via 57 antigen tests being done at health desks in various border points.

Bheri hospital overcrowded with Corona patients, 140 found infected in last 3 days

Tej Oli, Corona focal person of Banke district, said that problem has emerged as the corona ward of the Bheri Hospital has 20 beds, 10 ICUs and 10 ventilators, while there are 40 critical patients of COVID-19 admitted in the hospital.

Federal Govt expenditure up by 1.4 percent, revenue down by 10 percent

According to the NRB, aggregate expenditure of the federal government in the last eight months stood at Rs. 571.02 billion. In this, recurrent expenditure, capital expenditure and financial expenditure stood at Rs. 455.82 billion, Rs. 79.70 billion and Rs. 35.51 billion respectively.

India reels amid virus surge, affecting world vaccine supply

The Indian city of Pune is running out of ventilators as gasping coronavirus patients crowd its hospitals. Social media is full of people searching for beds, while relatives throng pharmacies looking for antiviral medicines that hospitals ran out of long ago.

Self-defense training to Darchula girls (Photo Feature)

Following the rise in violence and sexual abuse against women and girls, the local levels in Darchula have taken the initiative to provide self-defense training to girls.

Superstars do fake acting: Nawazuddin

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui said that aspiring actors need to make sure they have their unique style while entering showbiz, adding that if they intend to copy the superstars, they will not be liked by the audience.