COVID-19: Impact On Agriculture And Way Forward

COVID-19 has left no sectors untouched and agriculture is not an exception to this. The coronavirus, being a new virus to the world, the countries around the globe struggled much to find the strategies to control it as it popped up for the first time in human history. Along with contract tracing, testing, and quarantining, the lockdown has been one of the promising ways to save the countries from its scourge. As lockdown is continuing and has brought myriad adverse effects in human lives, this essay...

Pandemic: What Can We Do?

The world is currently going through one of the worst possible humanitarian crises, the biggest of our generation. Not even a single one of us could have predicted or somehow prevented this crisis. Every part of the world has faced an adverse effect due to the outbreak of COVID – 19.

Boosting Financial And Digital Literacy

Financial literacy is simply an ability to understand financial matters such as earning, budgeting, saving, investing etc. It is a way of developing financial knowledge and skills, and apply them for effective financial management. It includes personal as well as organizational financial management skills such as how to make income, how to budget, how to track expense, how to save and how to invest effectively along with understanding the time value of money. Peop

Insurance Business: An Opportunity To Rise

Insurance is a term that signifies a contract between two parties. These parties may be individuals, groups or organisations that have to perform under terms and conditions prescribed by the concerned companies with a certain premium.

Art Of Writing

As a writer, I am always enthralled by great works of literature. Literature can enrich lives as they impart sagacious wisdom from the ancient world to current times. As a part of collective humanity, literature evokes the most profound humane elements.

Useful Publication For Tourism Study

The word 'development' carries a multi-dimensional meaning. It is that word that has been beckoning us towards a condition where we have to march on, try to find the best meaning of life and do our best for betterment. The experiences of human civilization also tell us that 'development is an unending process. We keep doing, we sometimes even fall; but for sure we learn. In essence, this comprehensive process is called development. So, to come to the context of the development of Nepal, we must...

Tokyo Olympics: Will It Be Held?

Olympics are now just over two months away and calls to ditch the Games in the face of the pandemic are getting louder by the day. So why isn't Japan talking about cancelling the Games? The answer as it turns out, is not that simple.

Karnali Province unveils policy and programmes

Chief of the Karnali Province Govinda Prasad Kalauni on Saturday unveiled the provincial government’s policy and programmes for the fiscal year 2021/22 at a meeting of the Provincial Assembly. The policy and programmes mainly focus on prevention of and response to COVID-19 this year and has given continuity to the past programmes. The provincial government has stated that saving lives of the people is the top priority of the government.

99 species of reptiles, amphibians recorded in Chure range

At least 99 species of herpetofauna (reptiles and amphibians) were recorded from the entire Chure Range of Nepal. That accounts for 55 per cent of the total herpetofauna recorded in the country. A study titled “Amphibians and Reptiles of Chure Range of Nepal” carried out by President Chure Terai-Madesh Conservation Development Board and National Trust for Conservation Nepal (NTNC) revealed that among the 99 species of herpetofauna, 24 species were amphibians belonging to six families and 75...

Agony Of A COVID-19 Survivor

As I sit before my computer, a viral message was spreading in our Messenger groups regarding an advertisement on 'matrimony', where a girl was seeking a life partner, mentioning herself as one vaccinated with the double shots of Covishield.

Social Media Drawbacks

Social media refers to internet-based, interactive, long-lasting platforms for mass personal communication that enable great perceptions of interactions among users and derive meaning primarily from user-generated data. Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter are the widely used, intimate social media platforms at present. It surely has many advantages, which

Foreign Policy In Changed Context

Foreign Policy, as the name suggests, is a policy adopted by a nation in its external dealings. It is the substance of foreign relations. It includes the bundle of principles and practices regulating state behaviour. It is, therefore, the external behaviour of states.

Amar Singh Thapa A Great National Hero

Great people reside in the hearts of the millions around the world. Amar Singh Thapa, who was born at Siranchok of Gorkha, embraced a mission to expand Nepal from the Tista River in the east to the Ravi River in the west. His enviable deeds in expanding the natio

Thinking Positive During Pandemic

Our inner feelings have their bearings on our overall personality. Positive vibes inside us make an impact on our external behaviour and has its reflection on our individual image. Our thinking is a very important aspect of our whole life, happiness and well-being.

A Handy Manual For Lawmakers

The book introduced here is a precious gift by Basant Acharya and Yamuna Aryal at a time when there has been a growing need of such a material especially to guide the lawmakers at the federal, Pradesh and local level in the process and skills of law making. This reviewer is well aware of Basantajee's industriousness and thoroughness to search, collect and use the relevant documents and evidences to produce works of contemporary use and relevance. His previous comprehensive work on Mediation(Melmilap)...

Rare Uranium: Multipronged Use

Uranium was discovered in 1789 by German scientist Martin Heinrich Klaproth in the mineral pitchblende. It was isolated shortly after, but its radioactive properties were not recognized until 1896 by Henri Becquerel. On a scale arranged according to the increasing mass of their nuclei, uranium is among the heaviest of all the naturally occurring elements (hydrogen is the lightest). Uranium is 18.7 times as dense as water. Like other elements, uranium occurs in several slightly differing forms known...

Bhanubhakta Zoological Park is sanctuary for 177 species of birds

One hundred and seventy-seven species of birds have been sighted in Bhanubhakta Zoological Park at Byas Municipality in Tanahun district during both summer and winter seasons. In the summer season, the park is a playground for some 144 species of birds and other species are found in winter. A recent seven-day bird monitoring observed 124 bird species in the park during this summertime. "We have listed 124 species of birds during the short-term monitoring of the summer season. We are very happy...

Stay Positive, Spiritually Strong

Positive thinking develops antibody and boosts the immunity system in our body, especially at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conquering the second wave of the pandemic is more challenging compared to the challenges we had faced when the first wave of the pandemic had spread.

Culture Connectivity In Nepal

Culture gives us the necessary light. It gives us a sense of purpose in human existence. It embodies values that bind society together. Culture is a kind of lens through which we are capable of knowing and remembering the past that is our heritage. It is revealing the broader horizons of the past and illuminating the future, not in details, but in showing the direction in which the society is moving. To live without a cultural memory is not to live at all. In the words of William Harrell Mallock...

Quaint Customs Of Ranas

The 104-year Rana rule gave rise to a lot of quaint customs and strange traditions, which although may sound anachronistic, and at times, laughable in today’s perspective, were quite invaluable in those days. Some of such customs and practices are given here for the readers' perusal: