Where Is Your SOUL?

A simple story with a deep meaning is the essence of the movie "Soul". A masterpiece that is sure to resonate with many considering the challenging year all of us experienced. The themes touched upon by the movie allows us to draw parallels with the personal lessons we have learnt being in a pandemic.

A Window To Know Your Country

Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, is not just a geographical location or a fountain of faith of about 10 per cent of the world population, it has also been a subject of politics and economy. Lumbini's true location was marked by a pillar erected by Ashoka, a Maurya Emperor in the third century, in Nepal's Rupandehi district. Although archaeological pieces of evidence and religious scriptures clearly stated the birthplace of Lord Buddha lies in Nepal, our immediate neighbour, India, deliberately...

Family Values : A Guide In Foreign Land

It is early morning, and I am struggling to wake up. One of the reasons for this struggle is I had a busy week in the laboratory and secondly, it is a Christmas week. Being a post-doctoral fellow in the research lab is fun and at times demanding. After wrapping up all the experiments lined up for the year, I took off from the lab for Christmas and New Year. So, I am looking back and analysing where I come from and where have I ended up. I am from Khajuri-Chanha VDC in Dhanusa-1, Nepal, and raised...

Musical programme to be held on Prithvi Jayanti

On the occasion of the 299th Prithvi Jayanti and National Unity Day, Nepal Academy of Music and Drama is going to organise a musical programme ‘Hamro Nidhi: Hamro Sanskriti’ with songs in various national languages ​​of Nepal on January 11. The chief guest of the musical programme will be Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal.

Bridge The Digital Gap

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to every sector- be it the economy or education or public health. The pandemic caused global public health crisis disrupting the entire socio-economic development process worldwide. As COVID-19 has already proved to be a stumbling block to economic growth and investment, the whole world may have to continue facing its fallouts in many years to come. The underdeveloped nations like Nepal will ha

Revive Arab Peace Initiative

With the change in the US administration following the electoral victory of Joe R. Biden, analysis has begun whether the moribund Middle East peace process would revive. There is optimism based on the President-elect’s commitment to working towards two-nation solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Oslo Peace Accord of 1993 culminated in the historic handshake between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, which laid foundation for neg

Need To Modernise Agriculture

It is ironic that farmers are always in the news for bad reasons. After the shortages of chemical fertilisers that hit hard the farmers, they grabbed the headlines with their protest against the sugar mill owners. News like this is not uncommon in our part of the world. Just a few weeks ago farmers in India marched towards New Delhi against the government’s agriculture policy. The condition of farmers is even worse in India where more than 10 thousand farmers committ

Enforce Tougher Rules To Curb Air Pollution

Come winter season, the Kathmandu Valley witnesses two major things: a fall in mercury level and an alarming rise in air pollution. On last Monday and Tuesday, the valley's air quality was in its worst condition and the capital ranked first among the 50 most polluted cities in the globe. According to news reports, the US Embassy's air quality monitor (AQM), which is placed at Phora Durbar, showed the PM 2.5 measurement to be 448 at noon of January 5. The air quality index (AQI) that reaches 300...

Kathmandu NC to take to street

Nepali Congress Kathmandu Working Committee (NCKWC) has decided to protest against the dissolution of the House of Representatives. A meeting of the NCKWC held on Wednesday decided that it would take to the street against the government move. After the meeting, NC Kathmandu chair Sabuj Baniya informed that the protest would be held in the capital on January 9 as per the plan prepared by the NCKWC.

Common entrance exams held in medical education

Medical Education Commission has recently completed common entrance examinations of the post graduate level. Although the common entrance examinations were in demand for long, the MEC managed to conduct the common entrance examinations for the first time this year. The MEC has conducted the entrance examinations of Doctor of Medicine, Master of Surgery, Master in Nursing (MN), Master of Pharmacy (MPH) and others on January 2, 3 and 4. The MEC published the results of MD\MS entrance exams on Wednesday...