Calibration flight at Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport next month

The calibration flight at the Gautam Buddha International Airport is being held by the end of January. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) informed that due to the delay in arrival of foreign technicians, testing of internal equipment is being done currently and the calibration flight is likely to take place after one and a half months.

Vaccination campaign for children aged 12 to 17 years begins from today

The government is launching the next phase of vaccination campaign with Pfizer vaccine from Sunday. The Ministry of Health and Population is going to conduct the Pfizer vaccination campaign from December 19, 2021 to January 6, 2022. The inoculation campaign targets to vaccinate children of 12 to 17 years of age. According to the ministry, the Pfizer vaccination campaign is being conducted in eight districts of Bagmati, six districts of Karnali and one district of Sudurshchim province. Similarly,...

Monitor Glacier Retreat

Climate change has put the world at the receiving end. Man-made factors such as increasing industrialisation, exploitation of the environment, growth of population, and rapid urbanisation are the leading causes of adverse climate impacts that have left adverse impacts on our environment and ecosystems. Climate change, an outcome of environmental degradation, has led to major environmental accidents. The rise in temperature, natural calamities, loss of habitats, and difficulties in availing safe drinking...

Reversing Pandemic’s Education Losses

As the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches, classrooms remain fully or partially closed for as many as 647 million schoolchildren around the world. Even where schools have reopened, many students continue to lag behind.

Stay Away From Risky Drinking

Many people assume that the occasional beer or a glass of wine or a peg of whiskey on special occasions is safe and does not pose much cause for concern. However, drinking any amount of alcohol is not safe and leads to unwanted health co

My Daughter’s Name Was Perfect

I have a suggestion and I’m not sure you’re going to like it,” my wife said, one evening in 2016. I knew what was coming. My wife isn’t someone prone to suggesting we suddenly up sticks and move to Arkansas, or begin new careers in mime artistry. And we’d been talking about names for our imminent first child. Girls’ names had been a particular problem: we’d ended up with a rotating cast of names from Mad Men – Peggys and Bettys and the like – but weren’t fully convinced. I braced...

Yomari Punhi today

Indigenous Newa communities of Kathmandu and adjoining cities are to celebrate Yomari Punhi, one of the most popular festivals among their communities, on Sunday, worshipping Goddess Annapurna and eating Yomari (a rice flour delicacy). Yomari Punhi is a Newari festival marking the end of the ric

Sindhuli quake victims not getting govt grant

The earthquake victims of Sindhuli, who constructed their personal houses, have not received the tranche of the grant provided by the government since mid-July this year. The officials at the district’s Project Implementation Unit (Building and Residence) informed that the victims have not received the tranche for the current fiscal year. “We completed the construction of our houses and provided necessary documents to the engineer. But we have not received the installment of the grant. The...

Bailey bridge comes into operation in Sunkoshi

The Department of Roads has constructed a temporary Bailey bridge over the Sunkoshi River under the Gaighat-Diktel Road section. The department has fixed the Bailey bridge as previous years to operate for about six months after the water level in the Sunkoksi River diminished.

115 trafficked victims rescued

A 22-year-old girl, who was being trafficked to India, was rescued from Gaddachauki along the Nepal-India border. According to Shanti Punarsthapan Griha (SPG), a woman of Tribeni Municipality-5 of Bajura was rescued from the Nepal-India border.