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VIDEO: NRB Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari presents monetary policy
Published On: July 17, 2020 03:40 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, July 17: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari presented the monetary policy for current fiscal year 2020/21 earlier on Friday afternoon.
NRB unveiling monetary policy today, loan repayment holiday to be extended
Published On: July 17, 2020 01:01 PM NPT By: Republica
NRB Governor Adhikari releasing the first monetary policy after his appointment as the head of the central bank
Those found guilty in caste-discrimination cases have never been awarded maximum sentence as per the law
Published On: July 17, 2020 01:00 PM NPT By: Anjali Subedi
KATHMANDU, July 17: Prakash Nepali, lawyer and a lecturer, is not shocked by these numbers: 16 Dalits were killed by non-Dalits in the last decade alone. The latest tragedy in Rukum makes the toll 20, he said. Nepali said that 75 untouchability-related cases have been registered since the Caste-Based Discrimination and Untouchability Act, 2068 was promulgated in 2011. However, not a single case has been established as an untouchability offence, deserving a maximum punishment to the guilty. “Zero percent success in providing justice to Dalits,” said Nepali.
Brigadier General Paudel appointed as Nepal Army’s new spokesperson
Published On: July 17, 2020 12:49 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, July 17: Nepal Army has appointed Brigadier General Santosh Ballav Paudel as its new spokesperson after the incumbent spokesperson Bigyan Dev Pandey was appointed as the Acting Divisional Commander of the Mid-Western Division of the national army.
NCP Standing Committee meeting deferred till 3 pm as PM Oli and Dahal discuss ways to resolve intra-party disputes
Published On: July 17, 2020 12:24 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, July 17: The Standing Committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) scheduled for 11 am has been deferred till 3 pm as Prime Minister K P Oli and Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal have decided to hold further discussions to resolve the intra-party disputes.
India tops a million coronavirus cases as pandemic hits villages
Published On: July 17, 2020 12:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
MUMBAI, July 17: India on Friday became the third country in the world to record more than one million coronavirus cases, behind only the United States and Brazil, as infections spread further out into the countryside and smaller towns.
Monsoon floods, landslides kill at least 221 in South Asia
Published On: July 17, 2020 11:28 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, July 17: Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 221 people across South Asia over the past month, officials said Friday.
U.S. shatters coronavirus record with over 77,000 cases in a day
Published On: July 17, 2020 10:45 AM NPT By: Reuters
NEW YORK, July 17: The United States shattered its daily record for coronavirus infections on Thursday, reporting more than 77,000 new cases as the number of deaths in a 24-hour period rose by nearly 1,000, according to a Reuters tally.
COVID-19 patient dies at BPKIHS
Published On: July 17, 2020 09:48 AM NPT By: Mithilesh Yadav
DHARAN, July 17: A COVID-19 patient undergoing treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Science (BPKIHS) died on Thursday night.
Russia trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine data, say UK, U.S. and Canada
Published On: July 17, 2020 09:10 AM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON/OTTAWA, July 17: Hackers backed by the Russian state are trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world, Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said on Thursday.
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