Record-breaking California wildfires surpass 4 million acres

In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the West Coast, California set a grim new record Sunday when officials announced that the wildfires of 2020 have now scorched a record 4 million acres — in a fire season that is far from over.

Nokia 2.4 with AI-powered camera launched in Nepal

HMD Global on Sunday launched Nokia 2 with advanced AI imaging features including night mode and portrait mode and large 6.5” HD+ screen. It has two-day battery life, modern essentials like fingerprint and face unlock, and three years of monthly security updates and two years of OS updates, meaning it’s ready for Android 11 and 12. With Night mode’s advanced image fusion and exposure stacking, the Nokia 2.4 allows to capture vibrant detail even in darker conditions. "Bring out your creativity...

Sequel of Darpanchhaya in the making

Darpan Chhaya was a super hit movie of 2001. The film broke all box office records of that time and became the highest earning Nepali film. It took four years to break the earning record set by this Tusli Ghimire’s film. Only Hami Tin Bhai in 2004 had broken its record. Although so many films have been produced over the years, with many of them becoming hits, Darpanchhaya is still considered to be an era-changing film. Its song “Lahanale Jurayo Ki” is still popular among the audience and...

Will audience visit halls for Laxmi Pooja?

Before allowing operation of cinema theatres and shooting of movies, teaser of the movie Laxmi Pooja has been made public by announcing its release date of October 23, targeting the upcoming Dashain festival. The teaser of the movie produced under the banner of Salon Salina Films has suspense and revenge flavour. Actors Jahanvi Basnet, Jaikishan Basnet, Salon Basnet, Riyasha Dahal, Nir Shah and others are featured in the teaser.

Minimise Mobility During Festivals

As the major Hindu festivals of Dashain, Tihar and Chhath are round the corner, people from Kathmandu and other cities across the country are planning to visit their hometowns to celebrate the festivals together with their families and relatives. With the COVID-19 infections increasing at an alarming rate in the Kathmandu Valley and other parts of the country, the upcoming festivals may prove to be disastrous if everyone does not take precautions rigorously. This year's festival season may become...

Crime And Punishment

Well into the COVID-19 pandemic, the British government spoke of a policy of granting visa to three million Hongkongers before hitches developed to check any follow-up action. Neither Britain nor its European allies shed any tears over the 110,000 Bhutanese nationals of Nepali origin who under the gaze of the Indian government fled Thimpu’s ethnic cleansing policy. Most of these refugees, representing one-sixth of that monarchy’s total population, were eventually resettled in various foreign...

Nepal's High Prospects As Remote Work Destination

Over the last few months, the growth of remote work has been phenomenal. Nowhere in the history of mankind, working from home has been so important for employees and employers, thanks to the information and collaboration technologies and the digital transformation of business processes to address COVID-19. The post COVID-19 research from LinkedIn shows dramatic increase in work from home across all the industry verticals. Business units across the organisations are innovating and acclimatising with...

Cancel Culture

The terms ‘cancel culture’ refers to the popular practice of withdrawing support for public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive. It is generally discussed as being performed on social media in the form of group shaming. When a determined collective of critics attack on someone's employment and reputation based on his/her opinion or an action alleged to be disgraceful is called cancellation. Despite the fact that cancel culture emerged...

2021 census not to count transgender people: TRC

The news reports that the national census of 2021 will be counting transgender people appear inaccurate, stated Trans Rights Collective (TRC). No question or topic seeming to account for transgender individuals could be found in the census questionnaire published in the Nepal Gazette on August 3, TRC said. The Collective, which is a loose network of young trans men and women, further said that trans women and men would include themselves under the categories of ‘women’ and ‘men’ respectively...

Doctors show solidarity to Dr. KC

Resident doctors of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Bir Hospital and BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences have started suspending all health services except for emergency and COVID-19 related for two hours a day from Sunday to express their solidarity with agitating Dr. Govinda KC. Resident doctors had been demanding that the government address the demands of Dr. KC since he started staging his 19th hunger strike. They have also been protesting against the lack of concern from...