Major Planets to Offer Scenic Sights

This month's night skies offer scenic sights of the close congregation of major planets in the eastern sky before sunrise. The elusive planet Mercury would be fleeting fancifully against the backdrop of stars belonging to constellations Pisces (fishes), Aires (ram) and Taurus (bull). It would be lost in solar glare, due to its proximity to the Sun. However, it could be glimpsed from the middle of the month low in the western evening sky after sundown.

Evolution Of Weapons

How vengeful are sometimes the historical events when inventions that shake the whole world suddenly turn against their inventors? Much like what happened to the French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, who in 1789 demonstrated the execution machine named after him that was used for beheading.

Importance Of Group And Team Works

A group is defined as two or more interacting and interdependent individuals, who come together to achieve particular goals. Members of a group relate to each other in the same way and are united by common ties, beliefs and perceptions on a relatively sustained and structured basis. Robert Kreitner said: “A group can be defined as two or more freely interacting individuals who share a common identity or purpose.”

In Memory Of Mother And Father

Naturally, there are many memories in life, but most of them hold only a little or no importance. But, there are a few memories, which leave a deep impact and are hard to forget. What will be the conclusion if we relate this context to painful incidences like death? The book entitled Smritika Ti Dinharu (Recalling Memories from the Past) by Lekha Nath Gautam talks a lot about it. Author Gautam, who is a teacher by profession, attaches high importance to family values. However, such values do not...

Dealing With 'Test Anxiety'

As the current Nepali year is drawing to its closer, students find themselves under the academic pressure and need to fulfill several obligations. With the start of New Year arrives the examination season. Students like me are seen collecting materials, going through the syllabus, and gathering the arsenal for the main battle. The hassle is real and the effort required is monumental. Especially in these trying times of online classes, where the students learned a majority of the content through...

Former PM Chand honoured

Former Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand has been feted on the occasion of his 84th birthday. Nepali Literature and Culture Foundation, Kailali, honoured leader Chand for his contribution to social upliftment through literature by awarding him the Maniram Bagmaya Prize of the Nepali year of 2075 on Tuesday. The Prize carries a purse of Rs. 100,000

Petition filed demanding Paul’s bail

Actor Paul Shah, who has been remanded in custody for trial on charge of raping a minor, has filed a petition in the Pokhara High Court seeking release on bail. The lawyers of the actor lodged the petition against the order of District Court Tanahun on Tuesday. According to Kamala Mohan Wagle, senior advocate of Paul, the petitioner has demanded that he should be released on bail. According to Wagle, the petition was filed under Section 73 (9) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 2074 BS. Advocate...

Chiso Ashtray has added more responsibility: Divya Dev

Actor Divya Dev has come into the limelight following the release of Chiso Ashtray in the halls since March 18. Even though film critics hailed the movie, it failed to become a box office success. However, its lead actor Divya Dev has succeeded to impress both the audience and filmmakers from his acting. Critics have lauded his work claiming that the industry has got a skilled actor.

Sustainable Tourism

Nepal dubbed as a mystic Shangrila tucked behind the facades of the Himalayas is well exposed to the paraphernalia of tourism. The notion of tourism peeped into its virgin and pristine dales and valleys in the 50s especially after climbing Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Since then Nepal has remained the most sought-after exotic destination of southeast Asia. Decades after the red carpet was rolled out for tourism, deleterious and pernicious side effects slowly seeped...

Choosing Between Equity And Debt

A business organisation needs money to run itself. Financial activity is required to stimulate the growth of the business. But not every organisation has enough funding to run, grow, or launch a new product. Financing your business is a crucial part of when you want to start, expand or explore new opportunities for your business.

Epilepsy Reducing Treatment Gap Essential

Epilepsy in Nepal is a big health issue due to the high treatment gap with the widespread use of traditional healers. The treatment gap is found due to poor understanding of epilepsy among patients and poor access to health specialists.

Strategic Autonomy In Foreign Policy

Globalisation and geopolitics are two separate phenomena but they have combined to complicate the domestic politics and foreign relations of small states. Globalisation has accelerated the movements of capital, technology, goods, people, values and cultures across the globe. This sort of transformative change was never seen before in the history of mankind. It has offered both opportunities and challenges to the nations. For small nations like Nepal, globalisation has enabled them to benefit from...

Nepali Tea Struggle To Stay Afloat

The tea industry in Nepal has been struggling to find a niche market at regional and global levels. Even though the cultivating of tea in the country reached 150 years, Nepal has not been able to reap handsome benefits from the total amount of tea produced and sold. Evenl today, numerous problems regarding standardisation continue to exist. The lack of ethical certification, high cost of labelling and branding and hiring labourers, and even high cost of farming, failure to gain export potential owing...

Top Four Battle In Premier League

The 2021-22 Premier League season has reached the business end of the campaign and the ‘run-in’ is going to be wild up and down the league. Focusing on the top four battle, there are so many teams scrapping for fourth place. With Manchester City and Liverpool battling for the title, plus Chelsea sitting semi-comfortably in third, the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham, Wolves, and West Ham are battling it out to finish in the top four, while Wolves have an outside chance.

Minister Ale invites Bollywood Actor Salman Khan to Nepal

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale has invited Bollywood actor Salman Khan to Nepal. He invited the Indian actor through a video conference held in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Minister Ale also urged the actor to help in the promotion of Nepali tourism.

Govt will provide electricity to all: Minister Bhusal

Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal has said that the government was formed by forming a five-party alliance to safeguard the constitution, nationality and the federal republic.

Limiting Working Hours

People have numerous financial needs. They require money to fulfil their needs. Works allow them to eke out livelihoods that support their individual and family needs. Every capable adult should seek employment or engage in some kind of business. Jobs are necessary but when one works for long hours without taking proper rest, it can degrade their efficiency as well as their mental and physical health, which cannot remain sound for a long period. Many Nepalese workers are facing this common problem...

Travelling for Rejuvenation, Learning

“The world is a book and those who don’t travel read only one page.” -Saint Augustine. Travelling not only makes us relaxed but also helps us rejuvenate. Once we are rejuvenated, we feel blissful- shedding off the mundane routine of a hectic life. As St. Augustine said, “Many people travel to explore the world and watch new things.” The advancement in technology and transportation has facilitated the people in embarking on travels of all hues and stripes.

Crisis Management

The world is currently encountering crises, from an individual to an international level. Differences in opinions, agitations and aggressions, jealousy, losses, bankruptcy, death and destruction, poverty and famine, among others, are the major crises that the world is currently facing.

Public Toilets How To Keep Them Clean

In the midnight of December 24, 2021, a medical emergency came knocking at our door. A serious call on the night of our yearly Kul Pooja and a day before the Christmas made even a questioner like yours truly wonder if the high heavens were indeed angry with this lesser mortal for his failure to propitiate them.