E-passports For Security

Nepal has finally introduced e-passports that ensure greater security than the Machine Readable Passports (MRPs). Senior culture expert Satya Mohan Joshi has become the first person to receive the biometric passport. On Wednesday, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Narayan Khadka launched the e-passport by handing over the document to the 102-year-old Joshi. Having received the digital passport, Joshi handed over his old passport to the Department of Passport to keep it at the latter’s museum. It...

Mixed Signals Of Climate Conference

The two-week long conference of the parties to UNFCCCUN (Framework Convention on Climate Change) at Glasgow has ended with mixed results. On some grounds, the agreement has raised hope that countries are becoming serious about curtailing greenhouse gas emissions. But on several areas, disappointment still prevails because pledges are falling far shorter than is actually required. Climate crisis has assumed alarming proportions as

Iran's Nuclear Choices And Ours

Negotiations between Iran and the United States on Iran’s nuclear activities are set to resume on November 29. But while many will welcome this development, they should bear in mind that the talks are unlikely to succeed. And even if they do, any agreement will not resolve Iran’s push for regional primacy – or for nuclear weapons.

Glasgow Summit Not Cool Enough

When Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg was asked to assess the recently held COP26, she called the summit to be a complete ‘blah, blah, blah’. And I could not help but agree a little on her comment. It’s not just this summit but most international agreements on environmental and climate change (that have taken place so far) have achieved very little, while major problems continue to persist.

NC’s provincial level convention in 61 districts today

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Dutch reach World Cup, Turkey, Ukraine into play-offs

The Netherlands clinched the final automatic place in European qualifying for the 2022 World Cup as late goals from Steven Bergwijn and Memphis Depay sealed a 2-0 win over Norway on Tuesday, with Turkey and Ukraine grabbing play-off spots.

Mero Dance Cup, Mero Voice Cup to be held in USA

Two new singing and dancing television reality shows have been announced amid a press conference at the capital Tuesday evening.

Nepali women claim maiden T20I series

Saraswati Kumari picked four wickets and Captain Rubina Chhetry smashed a half-century as Nepal women cricket team claimed their first Twenty20 International Series against Qatar 2-0 in Doha on Wednesday.

‘Red Notice,’ ‘Squid Game’ top Netflix hours-watched metric

Netflix on Tuesday rolled out a new website that measures its most-viewed films and series by the amount of hours users spend watching them. The results? People are watching “Squid Game” and the new action-adventure film “Red Notice” maybe even more than you would have guessed.

Schools close as smog-laden India capital considers lockdown

Authorities closed schools indefinitely and shut down some coal-burning power plants Wednesday to reduce air pollution in India’s smog-shrouded capital and neighboring states, as the country weighs an unprecedented and more far-reaching step: a lockdown in New Delhi.