China-US Pact Renews Hope On Climate

On the early morning of Nov. 9, 2016, I was woken up by a string of news alerts on my phone: Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States. I rushed to the conference site of COP22, in Marrakech, Morocco, where I was reporting on the ongoing UN climate meeting. Taken by surprise, climate groups and NGOs threw up press conferences that day, knowing that the newly elected president is a climate change denier. They called on people to maintain the efforts in fighting climate change...

Over 16 million doses of COVID vaccines administered

Nepal has received 22,572,930 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 as of Wednesday. The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) said that 13,020,000 doses of vaccines were purchased and another 9,552,930 doses were received as grants from various nations. Speaking at a media briefing today, Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, spokesperson for the MoHP, informed that 368,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine were received by the ministry on Wednesday. These vaccines were received under COVAX facility from the...

EXPLAINER: Europe lacks natural gas. Is it Russia’s fault?

Europe is short of natural gas — dangerously short. A cold winter could mean a severe crunch, and utility bills are headed higher, burdening ordinary people and weighing on the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

After record low, monarch butterflies return to California

The number wintering along California’s central coast is bouncing back after the population, whose presence is often a good indicator of ecosystem health, reached an all-time low last year. Experts pin their decline on climate change, habitat destruction and lack of food due to drought.

Swiss pip Italy for World Cup ticket as Kane fires England to Qatar

European champions Italy missed out on automatic qualification for next year's World Cup after being held to a goalless draw by Northern Ireland in Belfast on Monday, ceding top spot in Group C to Switzerland who beat Bulgaria 4-0.

Aarya Shrestha wins Miss Little Newa Nepal

Aarya Shrestha, 10, of Samakhushi has won the title of Miss Little Newa: Nepal 1141 beauty pageant held in the capital on Saturday.

Got married to my everything: Rajkummar Rao

Bollywood actors Rajkummar Rao and Patralekhaa are now a married couple after dating each other for over a decade. The two lovebirds tied-the-knot in Chandigarh on Monday and Rajkummar said that he got married to his everything.

Minister Rijal emphasises inter-ministerial coordination

Minister for Defence Dr. Minendra Rijal has said that inter-ministerial coordination, cooperation and collaboration is essential for the timely completion of national pride projects with assurance of quality. Delivering concluding remarks after the meeting of the first quarterly progress review of the current fiscal year 2021/22 and Ministerial Development Action Committee (MDAC) on Monday, Minister Dr. Rijal directed the participating representatives from various ministries to act responsibly considering...

Licence application to be closed during office hours

People wishing to apply for a driver’s licence will now only be able to do so outside of office hours. Issuing a press release on Monday, Spokesperson for the Department of Transport Management (DoTM) Dr. Lok Nath Bhusal informed that the online application system would not be operational from 10 am to 5 pm. “We decided to shut the system down during office hours because the excessive load was impacting other licence-related services provided by the DoTM,” Bhusal said in the release. The...

Heed prevention, treatment of influenza: Doctors

The weekly bulletins by the Epidemiological and Disease Control Division (EDCD) showed that around 1,600 cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) have been reported from across the country since October.