Saturday, 27 April 2024 10:07 PM
OR
Login using
Australia to halve arrivals from overseas, offers COVID-19 exit roadmap
Published On: July 2, 2021 10:24 AM NPT By: Reuters
SYDNEY, July 2: Australia will halve the number of arrivals from overseas as its coronavirus hotel quarantine system creaks under pressure from outbreaks of the highly transmissible Delta variant, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday.
Xi takes firm line as China Communist Party marks centenary
Published On: July 1, 2021 01:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING , July 1: China will not allow itself to be bullied and anyone who tries will face “broken heads and bloodshed in front of the iron Great Wall of the 1.4 billion Chinese people,” President Xi Jinping said at a mass gathering Thursday to mark the centenary of the ruling Communist Party.
Death toll rises to 18 nearly a week after Florida condo collapse
Published On: July 1, 2021 11:59 AM NPT By: Reuters
SURFSIDE, July 1: Six more bodies have been found in the ruins of a Miami-area condominium tower, officials said on Wednesday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 18 nearly a week after the building collapsed.
Joy and scepticism as Myanmar frees hundreds held since coup
Published On: July 1, 2021 09:31 AM NPT By: Reuters
MYANMAR, July 1: Myanmar freed more than 2,000 detainees on Wednesday, among them journalists and others who the ruling military said had been held on incitement charges for taking part in protests, local media reported.
World Bank says will boost COVID-19 vaccine funding to $20 bln
Published On: July 1, 2021 08:26 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 30: The World Bank on Wednesday pledged to boost available funding for COVID-19 vaccine purchases and deployment to $20 billion from a previous target of $12 billion, citing a sharp increase in overall financing demand from developing countries.
Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 12 with 149 missing
Published On: June 30, 2021 09:42 AM NPT By: Reuters
SURFSIDE, June 30: Search-and-rescue efforts stretched through a sixth day on Tuesday at the site of a collapsed Florida condominium complex where at least a dozen people died and 149 more remained missing amid fading hopes of finding anyone else alive.
Explainer: Are Chinese COVID-19 shots effective against the Delta variant?
Published On: June 29, 2021 12:48 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, June 29: Many countries from China to Indonesia and Brazil rely heavily on Chinese vaccines to inoculate their people against COVID-19, but there are growing concerns about whether they provide enough protection against the Delta variant, first identified in India.
Undeclared conflict? America's battles with Iran-backed militia escalate, again
Published On: June 29, 2021 10:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 29: U.S. President Joe Biden's latest strikes against Iran-backed militia in Syria and Iraq were not the first nor likely the last of his young presidency.
U.S. carries out air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria
Published On: June 28, 2021 12:45 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 27: The United States said on Sunday it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this time in response to drone attacks by the militia against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq.
Five dead, 156 still missing in Florida building collapse as searchers race against time
Published On: June 27, 2021 02:05 PM NPT By: Reuters
SURFSIDE, Fla., June 27, June 27: Searchers worked early on Sunday to find more than 150 missing residents amid the rubble of a Florida condo building that collapsed three days ago as questions arose about the tower's structural integrity.
Trending
West Indies 'A' sets Nepal a target of 205 runs
7 hours ago
-1200x560-wm_20240427144118.jpg)
Just In
- Sunkoshi-Marin Diversion Project’s tunnel construction nears completion, breakthrough scheduled for May 8
- Govt tightens security arrangement for Third Investment Summit 2024
- Pesticide residue found in vegetables in Nepalgunj
- Aam Janata Party and Samajwadi Jana Ekata Party merge
- 1,600 participants confirmed for Nepal Investment Summit
- Ilam-2 by-elections held peacefully, vote count likely to start tonight
- NEA schedules five-day power cut across Kathmandu Valley for underground cable installation
- Hundreds of passengers including foreign tourists in distress as poor visibility halts flights to and from PRIA