How To Remain Resilient Despite Stress

A bit of stress can be good for your mental and physical wellbeing, but too much can lead to anxiety, depression and other health problems. It can also make you age faster. So learning to become more stress-resilient is important if you’re not in a hurry to grow old fast.

The Fiesta To Boost Travel

This year’s Maghe Sankranti, also known as Makar Sakranti, was celebrated across Nepal on Saturday. This is the festival that promotes travel among people. In Tharuhat, the festival is quite popular as Maghi. This is a main harvest festival.

Maghe Sankranti being observed today   

Maghe Sankranti or Makar Sankranti is being celebrated throughout the country today. It is being observed by taking holy dips in rivers and ponds, worshiping at various temples and savouring delicacies like ghee, yam, khichadi and sweets like Chaku and sweets made of sesame and molasses.    

MoHP to extend contract period of essential health workers

In view of the spike in the cases of COVID-19 on a daily basis, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has decided to manage adequate number of human resources for the health institutions.

Nepali envoy in US urged to attract investment

The Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) has urged the proposed Ambassador to the United States of America, Shridhar Khatri, to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) in Nepal, assist in technology transfer, promote exports and emphasize on tourism promotion.

Govt to allow private sector to trade electricity: Bhusal

The government is readying to allow the private sector to trade electricity abroad within a month and a half. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal has said that a procedure is being prepared to allow the private sector to trade electricity and the work will be completed within one-and-a-half months.

Deal reached to resolve medical education issues

A meeting of medical education stakeholders held at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) on Friday decided to resolve the problems facing medical education. A statement issued by the ministry after the meeting stated that they reached an agreement to resolve the problems. The meeting was held between representatives of Medical Education Commission, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu University, Kathmandu Medical College, Nobel Medical College, guardians and students regarding the...

WHO recommends two new drugs for COVID-19 patients

The drug baricitinib, a type of drug known as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, is strongly recommended for the patients with severe or critical COVID-19 in combination with corticosteroids, said a WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts in The BMJ today. Issuing a press statement on Friday, the WHO stated that their strong recommendation was based on moderate certainty evidence that it improves survival and reduces the need for ventilation,...

Public Space Makes Authority Responsible

A responsible regime undertakes the duty to perform its popular and constitutional mandate and international obligations. A flourishing democracy calls for not only the promotion of individual rights but also social responsibilities to enhance and nurture the common good of society. In the common good, each person has equal stake, the weak and the poor have more because they have less private resources and agencies to defend themselves. The critical eyes and voices of public sphere where people associate,...

Strained Supply Chain Hurts Economy

Pre-pandemic “just in time” manufacturing, a model pioneered by Toyota at the end of World War II, has exposed the global economy to inevitable shock. As new variants of COVID-19 emerge every six months, the pandemic is seemingly becoming endemic even though a remarkable progress has been made in vaccination. An unequal allocation of vaccines, however, has undermined global efforts to contain this viral disease.