‘Tired to the bone’: Hospitals overwhelmed with virus cases

The number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 in the U.S. has doubled in the past month and set new records every day this week. As of Tuesday, nearly 77,000 were hospitalized with the virus.

More than 500 active cases of COVID-19 in 14 districts, highest infection rate in Bagmati Province

Recording the highest number of infections, Bagmati Province has become the most affected Province from COVID-19.  Likewise, Karnali Province is the least affected Province.

Vegetable farming only in four ropani land: net saving two lakh rupees a year

"Happiness grows at heart as vegetables grow in the farm," he said, "When vegetables get sick, I feel I am unwell."

A person from Gulmi dies of COVID-19 while under treatment in Butwal

Dr. Bishnu Gautam, information officer of the hospital, said that the person was suffering from pneumonia and had tested positive for COVID-19 on November 8.

GOP increasingly accepts Trump’s defeat — but not in public

When Kamala Harris returned to the Senate this week for the first time as vice president-elect, her Republican colleagues offered their congratulations and Sen. Lindsey Graham greeted her with a fist bump.

Canine policing: More trustworthy than human

Central Police Dog Training School (CPDTS), Maharajgunj could not organise a special ceremony to worship dogs and show dog drills, which is organised every year on the day of Kukur Tihar, this year owing to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the general worship was held internally, said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dr. Deuti Gurung, the head of the Canine Division under the CPDTS. Although no special function was held this year, the Canine Division declared Jojo as the Dog of the Year...

Regulate Alcohol Sale

Much has been written about the negative effects of over alcohol consumption. Despite the fact that excessive alcoholic drink is detrimental to health, many people lush up on one pretext or another. They get drunk as a fiddler in the name of celebrating festivals, reunion with family and friends or toasting their achievements. Like smoking, alcoholic drink is considered bad on moral ground though there has been tradition of offering drinks to the visiting guests from abroad as a gesture of friendship....

A Proposal For Leadership Transfer

Both ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and opposition Nepali Congress (NC) are now going through severe internal crisis largely owing to their 'failed' leadership. Their leaders hardly discuss the matter of development, they often indulge in futile infighting for power, post and perks. Their disputes have entered into the personal level. Their blame game has turned nastier and is serious in nature. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, also NCP chairman, and another chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'...

Effective Governance To Overcome Challenges

The effectiveness in the governance of the state is said to have gradually declined in the country. The horizontal check and balance institutions within the government like judiciary and legislature, oversight constitutional bodies such as the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seem not functioning effectively. The federal parliament had been prorogued a few months back. And when it will convene next seems not very clear.

Living Off The Land

Before COVID-19 hit the world economy, and before new Zambian mining taxes in 2019 scared off a lot of international investors, the good times were rolling in Zambia’s mining regions. North-Western Province, one of the main mining regions, enjoyed an unprecedented boom. Some $7 billion was invested in the Lumwana, Kansanshi and Sentinel mines and associated infrastructure over a 10-year period. An estimated 20,000 workers flocked to jobs in gold and copper mines, according to a 2018 report by...