Work on Bandipur Cable Car in full swing

Work to connect the towers of Bandipur Cable Car in Tanahun district is moving in full swing. Ram Chandra Sharma, chairman of Bandipur Cable Car and Tourism Limited, the main construction company, said connection work of four of the 12 towers of the Cable Car to be built from Thuldhunga of Bandipur Rural Municipality-4 to Bandipur has been completed.

Value Premises Of Democratic Regime

The democratic regime embraced by the Constitution of Nepal, 2015 promises 31 rights for citizens, including liberty, work, labour, food, education, health, equality, social justice, social protection, social security and private property. It entitles them to full citizenship and a social wage -- minimum wage, education, job and health insurance, training opportunity, vacation facility, retirement and disability benefits, etc. These are great social levellers and essential virtues to ensure the livelihood...

Mosquitoes Might Be Attracted To Fixed Colours

There’s no question that finding yourself covered in mosquito bites quickly takes the shine off a pleasant summer evening. But mosquitoes are more than a nuisance. They’re also the deadliest creatures on Earth, owing to the diseases they spread.

Report on cyber security challenges submitted to Home Minister

The government has prepared a study report on cyber security challenges and effective cyber-crime control. The study committee headed by Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) Dr. Bhisma Kumar Bhusal submitted the report to Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand on Thursday. The study report has been prepared with an action plan on the existing cyber security challenges and measures to make the cyber-crime control more effective. As per the decision of a Secretary level of the Ministry...

Nurturing Care For Children

Offering adequate nurturing care to small children for their age-appropriate development and early stimulation in a responsible manner remains incredibly important in their physical, cognitive, social, emotional and linguistic development. Studies carried out in the field of Early Childhood Development (ECD) suggest that a human brain develops at its fastest rate the younger the human is. A three-year-old child's brain is twice as active as an adult's. In a three-year-old child, neurons form new...

What Is Multitasking?

Time, an illusion entity, has a rather indefinite way of working itself. The more we think we are approaching something, the further we seem to get from it. A very simple example of this can be lifecycle of human beings - it starts with us being completely dependent and ends in dependency too. Our parents who once could support us lose their independence to us as we gain our independence from them gradually. Although it may not seem likely, everything around us works in circles.

The Five Brothers

Rana Prime Minister Chandra Sumshere had five sons from his first wife, Lok Bhakta Devi. From 1901 until 1950, these sons were the shadow players of Nepali politics and were a power base themselves. Chandra did not enroll his sons to Durbar School and taught them under private tutors inside the Singha Durbar. All of them had excellent English, which they wrote, spoke and read with adequate fluency. The three brothers- Keshar, Singha and Krishna were married to sisters of King Tribhuvan. The five...

Music Tradition Of Mithila

Maithili is the language of songs and music. Vidyapati is the pioneer poet in making Maithili a prominent language of music and song. Vidyapati (1360-1448) is the foremost poet who made it so popular. Vidyapati Nanyadev (1097) of Karnat dynasty, who made Simraungarh his capital, was well versed in music. He wrote ‘Sarswati Hridyalankar’, which is the testimony of his musical knowledge and taste.

Mantras To Maintain Post-Pandemic Resilience

One of the influential writers and TV presenter, Fareed Zakaria, has come up with another riveting book, "Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World." As the title suggests, the book presents ten lessons for us to negotiate the post-pandemic situation. The word, 'lesson', also suggests the learning and experience we had in the past, which can be useful to cope with the future. Similarly, we are still amid the pandemic, which reflects our present situation.

Peace Of Mind And Nature

World peace is a state of no war, no killing, and particularly, is a state where people have peace of mind and they don't suffer from diseases. The coronavirus pandemic has unsettled our world in recent years, leaving thousands of people dead. Absence of pandemics also guides us towards peaceful state.