Kathmandu Valley reports 1,630 new cases of COVID-19

In 13, 446 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,630 cases of novel coronavirus infections, including 702 females and 928 males, were confirmed in the Kathmandu Valley itself.

COVID-19 update: 2,933 new cases, 3,150 recoveries, 24 deaths in last 24 hours

With 2,933 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection confirmed on Monday, Nepal's COVID-19 caseload has reached 176,500.

Commerical Kalij pheasant rearing starts with Rs. 50 million investment in Palpa

The Kalij pheasant rearing has started commercially in Palpa for the first time.

Panch Pokhari, one of nine high altitude wetland areas of world, becoming tourists choice (Photo Feature)

One of the nine high altitude wetland areas of the world, Panch Pokhari, located at an altitude of about 4,100 meter in Sindhupalchowk district, has in recent days become a choice for tourists.

Biden works to push Black turnout in campaign’s final days

Joe Biden was spending the final days of the presidential campaign appealing to Black supporters to vote in-person during a pandemic that has disproportionally affected their communities, betting that a strong turnout will boost his chances in states that could decide the election.

Khatri’s Tihar song hits the market

Popular folk singer Bishnu Khatri has made his song Lahure Ba Ko Aagani public targeting the upcoming Tihar festival. Targeting the festival of light, singer Khatri released the traditional Deusi Bhailo song through his own YouTube channel. The song depicts the role of a leader and a teacher and life of an old man (Lahure Baa).

Hazardous Highway

Infrastructure development projects, especially construction and maintenance of roads, are hardly accomplished on time in Nepal due mainly to weak project implementation and monitoring mechanisms. There has been a propensity among contractors not to timely move such vital projects ahead in one pretext or the other. This not only leads to unnecessary rise in the project costs but also causes inconveniences to general public. There is no denying the fact that policymakers and other authorities concerned...

Thunder In The Himalayas

India might not do anything beyond its legitimate core interests as an emerging power when it comes to dealing with its current arch-rival China. Trying to ruffle the feathers too obviously risks ruins that its current allies across the far seas in distant lands might not really regret. As things stand for at least the foreseeable future, its vulnerabilities heavily outweigh the undertakings that Beijing could consider as direct threats to its vital interests.

World Health Summit 2020 Advancing Science, Innovation And Policy

The World Health Summit is one of the important strategic forums for global health. This year, the summit recently took place as a fully digital conference in Berlin, Germany. This global forum offered a unique opportunity to bring together international experts from academia, public health, politics, private sector, civil society and policy makers to discuss a range of urgent global health issues and identify practical solutions for a healthier future. More importantly, the su

Safe So Far

Though India is hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, our small cluster of two Adivasi villages in West Bengal has not suffered infections yet. We do feel the economic impacts of course. The Santals are an Adivasi community with about 7.4 million people in Eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal. There are several villages in our district in West Bengal. We are using masks, social distancing and washing our hands regularly – which is a challenge, as our village homes do not have running water. The Hindu...