Another Brazil cabinet member tests positive

Published On: July 30, 2020 11:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BRASILIA, Brazil, July 30: The fifth member of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s Cabinet has tested positive for the coronavirus.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, July 30: The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built — a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers — blasted off for the red planet Thursday as part of an ambitious, long-range project to bring the first Martian rock samples back to Earth to be analyzed for evidence of ancient life.

KATHMANDU, July 30: The parliamentary Industry, Commerce, Labor and Consumer Welfare committee on Thursday formed a taskforce to investigate the controversial network marketing businesses that have recently been granted licenses by the Department of Commerce, Supply and Consumer Protection.

KATHMANDU, July 30: The Nepal Police Headquarters has removed Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ranjan Dahal from the post of chief of the Metropolitan Police Circle, Durbarmarg.

KATHMANDU, July 30: Model and actress Paramita Rana is once again in the spotlight for wrong reasons. On Thursday, hundreds of Nepalis took to their social media accounts to rebuke Rana for her ‘sadist’ reply to a comment on one of her Tiktok videos.

China, India can't live without each other, says Chinese envoy

Published On: July 30, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

DELHI, July 30: China warned on Thursday that a “forced decoupling” of its economy with India, following a Himalayan border clash last month that killed 20 Indian soldiers, would hurt both countries.

KATHMANDU, July 30: Bank and financial institutions (BFI) will now have to make public the details of borrowers who benefit from the refinance facility and subsidized interest loan schemes.

Kathmandu Valley records 45 new cases of COVID-19

Published On: July 30, 2020 06:35 PM NPT By: Kunga Hyolmo

KATHMANDU, July 30: Kathmandu Valley has recorded 45 new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

DHANGADHI, July 30: Kanchanpur District Court has acquitted eight police personnel including then chief of Kanchapur District Police SP Dilliraj Bista accused of destroying evidence associated to the rape and subsequent murder of Nirmala Panta.

KATHMANDU, July 30: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed three more COVID-19 deaths on Thursday.