Govt import of Covid-19 vaccine to suffice for 20 per cent population

The government in the first phase is preparing to achieve a vaccine against the coronavirus sufficient to 20 percent of the population. Currently different countries are going through the final phase trial of the Covid-19 vaccine. The Ministry of Health and Population has formed different eight sub-committees to handle the procedures relating to the purchase of vaccine and its administration. Chief of Child and Immunisation Section, Dr Jhalak Sharma Gautam, said preparations are going on to achieve...

Namrata Shrestha crowned Miss Nepal World 2020

Namrata Shrestha was announced the winner of Miss Nepal World 2020 at the grand finale held here on Saturday. Miss Nepal 2019 Anushka Shrestha crowned her successor Shrestha. Shrestha won the title beating other 20 contestants. Similarly, Supriya Shrestha won the title of Miss Nepal Earth 2020 while Sandhya Sharma was crowned Miss Nepal International 2020 and Shimal Kanaujiya Supranational 2020. Twenty-three-year-old Shrestha will represent Nepal in the Miss World 2021. A certified Kindergarten...

Nepal’s COVID-19 recovery rate reaches 93.4 %

Nepal continues to witness more recoveries compared to daily infection caseload in the recent days. A total of 2,206 COVID-19 patients recovered nationwide in the last 24 hours, compared to 1,024 new infections, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). With this, Nepal’s official national COVID-19 recovery tally has reached 224,053. The recovery rate now stands at 93.4 per cent. On the other hand, with 1,024 new cases from today Nepal’s official COVID-19 caseload reached 239,885,...

COVID-19 update: 1,024 new cases, 10 fatalities

With 1,024 new cases of novel coronavirus confirmed on Thursday, the national COVID-19 tally has reached 239,885.

COVID-19 relief: What’s on the table as Congress seeks deal

After numerous fits and starts and months of inaction, optimism is finally building in Washington for a COVID-19 aid bill that would offer relief for businesses, the unemployed, schools, and health care providers, among others struggling as caseloads are spiking.

Swar Samrat Narayan Gopal remembered

When Narayan Gopal’s name comes up, the songs such as Yeuta Manchheko Mayale, Yo Samjine Man chha, Timro Jasto Mutu, Malai Nasodha and Kehi Mitho Baat Gara among others begin playing in the back of our minds, which in itself is a testament to his impeccable voice and exquisite lyrics. His songs have been able to forge a special connection with countless Nepalis young and old rendering him as one of the immortals in music. While it has already been 30 years since his departure, his voice still...

Breaking The Culture Of Silence

Despite the legendary strength and drive of the Nepalis epitomised as valiant Gurkhas and gallant mountaineers, the prime trend of the Nepali political culture is what Paulo Freire calls the “culture of silence.” The “spiral of silence theory,” elaborated by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann tells “people who hold the views that they believe are not quite popular or widely held tend to keep quiet.” In this frame certain views are ignored or suppressed while the others are expressed in discourse,...

Digital Media In Social Science Curricula

Digital technologies have become pervasive and ubiquitous. Traditional news media organisations have moved to websites and apps, with people accessing news contents in digital forms. Social media platforms have become important to express thoughts and exhibit identities. IT companies and even news media organisations are collecting, storing and analysing users' data. These organisations are using these digital footprints to innovate. Due to the pandemic, the use of digital platforms like Zoom has...

Let’s Keep Our Tongues

Have you noticed? Speaking pure Nepali is hard. Try to express yourself, your emotions, your feelings, using just Nepali words. Almost impossible! Nepali is our de facto, previously de jure, national language, taught in schools and colleges all over the country and mandatory for government works. Yet, it is alarmingly declining among us. So, consider this and now try to imagine what the state of other languages must be. Let’s put things in perspective. According to the 2011 census, there are...

FMTC buys 7,000 quintals paddy

The Nepalgunj-based office of the Food Management and Trading Company has so far purchased above 7,000 quintals of paddy. Bharat Upadhyay, information officer at the Food Management and Trading Company, Nepalgunj, said that the company has started procurement of paddy since November 22, and it has purchased 7,100 quintals of paddy in 10 days at the government-fixed rate. He said that they are buying 600 to 800 quintals paddy on a daily basis.