Asia becomes second region to exceed 10 million coronavirus cases

Published On: October 24, 2020 06:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

INDIA, Oct 24: Asia surpassed 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the second-heaviest regional toll in the world, according to a Reuters tally, as cases continue to mount in India despite a slowdown and sharp declines elsewhere.

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: Kathmandu Valley recorded 1,110 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Nepal’s COVID-19 case tally hits 155,233 as death toll stands at 842

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: The much-anticipated clean-feed policy in television broadcasting systems in Nepal has been implemented starting Friday midnight.

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: Today marks the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations (UN), a global organization founded in the aftermath of the Second World War. Owing to its inception to establish peace, the first sentence of the preamble of the UN charter, which contains 111 articles in 19 chapters, says, ''We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime brought untold sorrow to mankind.''

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: Nepali Hindus are observing Maha Ashtami, the eighth day of the ten-day-long Bada Dashain festival, on Saturday, by worshipping goddess Durga Bhawani.

Coronavirus-related death toll in Banke rises to 31

Published On: October 24, 2020 10:00 AM NPT By: Republica

BANKE, Oct 24: The coronavirus-related death toll in Banke has jumped to 31 as a 50-year-old man from Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan city-1, Dhamboji, died of coronavirus on Friday night.

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: Former Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai and his spouse Hisila Yami have tested positive for coronavirus.

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has decided not to offer tika to the general public on Bijaya Dashami, the tenth day of Dashain, this year.

LONDON, Oct 23: Researchers called on Friday for more research into using blood from recovered COVID-19 patients - or so-called convalescent plasma - as a potential treatment, after a small trial of hospitalised patients in India found it was of no benefit.