Ministry urges precautions regarding fire, heater use

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has urged all to take adequate precautionary measures while performing activities like burning fires, turning on heaters and using geysers to keep the body or room warm to stay away from suffocation and other unpleasant incidents.

Weather to improve from today

The Department of Metrology and Hydrology (DHM) has predicted partly cloudy weather throughout the country on Friday. Currently, the country is under the influence of western disturbance but it will be getting weaker from Friday morning.

Rain Of Hope, Hazards

Normal life across Nepal has remained affected by rains since Tuesday night. Mountainous and hilly regions have also recorded snowfalls, triggering a sharp fall in temperatures. Even the hills surrounding the Kathmandu Valley have witnessed light snowfall. The winter rains and snowfalls have increased cold, forcing people to light outdoor fire in order to keep themselves warm. As per the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DHM), the Kathmandu Valley recorded 37.4 mm of rain in 24 hours on Wednesday...

Attaining Victory Over COVID-19

Omicron’s rapid and sudden emergence highlights the uncertainties in the pandemic’s trajectory. The spread of a more contagious variant of the virus makes it almost certain that we have to learn to live with this. While the scientific research continues to study the mutations and effective vaccines to prevent them, the eradication of the disease due to COVID-19 doesn’t appear possible in the foreseeable future. This pessimism is reinforced by uneven global allocation of vaccines. Over 70 per...

National Security And Software Vulnerability

Software systems are inherently complex. The vulnerability of the software systems in critical infrastructure is a national security concern. To build a software application, thousands of lines of code are written by the software developers. Many of the codes are open source - managed by communities and the code and applications are provided free of cost with some licensing requirements. Codes written by private corporations and government entities are proprietar

Struggling Hard To Realise Resolutions

I do not remember when all of this began, but I have been pretty serious about making resolutions for a long time now. The urge to draft a rough resolution comes strong right around the New Year every year. And now that only a day is left, this desire is unbearable. Making resolutions has become a religion for me and I feel empty and unproductive without doing it. While saying this, I would like to show a big difference between making resolutions and actually materialising them. I might be jotting...

Students denied entry in classes by Nobel Medical College

The new batch of MBBS students at Biratnagar-based Nobel Medical College have been prohibited to attend classes after they denied paying the extra fess demanded by the college. The Nobel Medical College (NMC) has been demanding an extra amount of Rs. 1 million from the students going beyond the fee ceiling set by the government. The classes of the first year MBBS students was scheduled to start from December 5 but the demand for extra fees has upset the schedule. The students have already deposited...

Hotels in Antu, Kanyam booked for New Year

Tourists are flocking to the top tourist destinations in Ilam district to celebrate the New Year 2022. Hotels and homestays in Kanyam and Antu are booked by the tourists for the New Year celebration. According to the hotels, the bookings are made by the domestic as well as Indian tourists.

Liverpool lose for 2nd time in EPL, big blow to title hopes

Losses for Liverpool are about as rare as penalty misses by Mohamed Salah. Both happened on Tuesday and, even at the halfway stage of the season, it could cost Jürgen Klopp's team the Premier League title.

Anti-human rights incidents drop   

Chitwan district has witnessed decline in the spate of anti-human rights incidents.     The information was shared at an annual pre-review of 'Human Rights Year Book, 2022' organized by Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) on Wednesday.