Care Economy Growing Fast

As the pandemic progresses care economy has become more and more vital for the human race. However, it is not much debated nor given attention to. The economy in general has been hit hard by the pandemic. The poorest and the working class have been affected and hit hard having a negative impact on economic growth and livelihood opportunities.

Indian Farmers Want Agrarian Crisis To End

In 19 November 2021, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the three contentious farm laws, after thousands of farmers had been camping at Delhi border points in a protest of unprecedented scale since November 2020. Modi admitted the failure in convincing the farmers and appealed to them to call off their year-long protest. In his speech, he said: ‘I apologise to you, my countrymen, that despite my government’s good intentions, there may have been some lack in our Tapasya...

Social Anxiety

In the times when social distancing is the norm, a feeling of dread keeps looming blaringly. It has certainly affected the social lives of people globally. The gregarious ones missed their social ambience while the quiet ones became even quieter in the lack of social environment. People became attuned to physical distances which they tried to soothe with the help of technology.

Light rains predicted with cold spell till Saturday

People in Kathmandu felt colder Tuesday afternoon as the cloud covered the sky. People who were basking in the sun in the morning were seen making fire to keep themselves warm in the late afternoon. The minimum temperature in Kathmandu was recorded at 4.4 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) has predicted that the weather will remain cold until Saturday.

Provision of immunisation card affects service recipients

The Ministry of Home Affairs has made it mandatory to produce vaccination certificates, or a photo of it, to enter public facilities and access government services in response to the rising cases of coronavirus. The decision of limiting the use of public amenities and avail government services to those who have been vaccinated has encouraged more people to get jabbed.

DJs replace musical bands at weddings in Madhes

Wedding bands, colloquially known as Band Baja, are a good source of income for many Chamar families of Madhes. These families, who work in other’s fields all year, celebrate the arrival of wedding season because it allows them to earn a little extra cash by playing musical instruments. However, with people these days preferring to hire Disco Jockeys (DJs), Band Bajas have begun going out of fashion.

PM urges NTV for upgrading its capacity

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has extended his best wishes to Nepal Television (NTV) and urged it to update its technological capacity and programme production to keep abreast with the time. Greeting the pioneer broadcaster on the occasion of its 37th anniversary on Monday, PM Deuba acknowledged the special place NTV occupied in the history of Nepali broadcasting and broadcast journalism and praised it for representing all the groups, communities and regions of the nation in its coverage.

Suryodaya Municipality makes strides in education sector

Suryodaya Municipality of Ilam has made huge progress in education sector in a short period. The municipality which is rich in tourism has also launched different campaigns to improve the quality of education and materialise its plans.

Potato production, prices decline in Sarlahi

Potato production in Sarlahi has declined significantly this year due to a short supply of fertiliser. Farmers, who have been cultivating potatoes commercially, have said that the production has decreased by half due to unavailability of chemical fertilisers in time.

SEZ industrialists mired in conflict over export provision

Industrialists and authorities of the SEZ (Special Economic Zone), in Bhairahawa, have entangled in conflict over the provision of export. The provision requires industries operating there to export 60 per cent of their total products in the international market, but industries like Shakti Minerals have failed to comply with the requirement.