Leaders to UN: If virus doesn’t kill us, climate change will

“We are already seeing a version of environmental Armageddon,” Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said, citing wildfires in the western U.S. and noting that the Greenland ice chunk was larger than a number of island nations.

Protecting, developinig ethnic minorities' languages in China

The party and the state have also established the National Publishing House, which publishes books and periodicals in a variety of minority languages.

With 10 new fatalities, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 477

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Sunday confirmed 10 COVID-19 related deaths. With this, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll has reached 477 and the death rate is at 0.65 per cent.

809 new cases of COVID-19 in Kathmandu Valley

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Sunday confirmed 809 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley. In 10,123 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 809 persons, 294 females and 515 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

COVID-19 update: 1,573 new cases, 885 recoveries, tally soars to 73,394

In 10,123 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,573 persons were found with the novel coronavirus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

CoAS Thapa in self-quarantine

CoAS Thapa is in self-quarantinie after a person working in the kitchen of the CoAS's residence tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Directorate of Public Relations and Information of the Nepali Army.

In lack of internet, radio, Tarakhola in Baglung starts regular school classes

Sabita Kumari KC, education officer of the rural municipality, informed that village education committee had decided to run schools adopting school health safety standards.

Mustang, district in the Himalayas, rich in sports infrastructure (Photo Feature)

Along with the richness of natural heritages, the Mustang district which lies in between the Himalayas is also rich in sports infrastructures. Despite the district lacking enough infrastructures for development, due to the effort of the locals, Thak sports and cultural fests are organised annually in the district, thereby adding the sports infrastructures.

An employee of Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital dies of COVID-19 while under treatment

The employee, a male aged 47, a permanent resident of Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City-9, was getting treatment at Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kohalpur, according to Naresh Shrestha, Corona focal person of Banke district.

Trump taps ‘eminently qualified’ Barrett for Supreme Court

President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that he hopes will provide a needed boost to his reelection effort.