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Health ministry projects 40,000 COVID-19 cases by mid-July
Published On: June 18, 2020 11:41 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, June 18: The Ministry of Health and Population has projected that Nepal will have reported 40,000 cases of novel coronavirus by the end of Nepali month of Ashar (mid-July). The ministry has prepared guidelines, in a bid to make necessary preparations.
Record 79.5 million displaced at year-end despite COVID slowing exodus - UN
Published On: June 18, 2020 11:40 AM NPT By: Reuters
GENEVA , June 18: Nearly 80 million people worldwide, or 1% of humanity, were uprooted at the end of 2019 after fleeing wars or persecution, a record figure capping a “tumultuous” decade of displacement, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Bowing to pressure from industrialists, ERC scraps dedicated and trunk line clauses
Published On: June 18, 2020 10:05 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, June 18: The Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) has scrapped the provision of dedicated and trunk lines, bowing to the pressure from the industrialists.
ERC sets a limit on how much house owners can charge tenants for electricity
Published On: June 18, 2020 09:40 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, June 18: In a bid to end the culture of house owners charging their tenants an exorbitant amount in electricity bills, the Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) has enforced a rule that a house owners can charge their tenants only up to the upper ceiling of electricity tariff fixed by Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).
Manang reports first COVID-19 case, 42 new cases in Gandaki
Published On: June 18, 2020 09:20 AM NPT By: Santosh Pokharel
POKHARA, June 18: Mountain district Manang has reported the first ever case of novel coronavirus disease on Thursday.
Why are Chinese and Indian troops fighting in a remote Himalayan valley?
Published On: June 17, 2020 06:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
DELHI, June 17: The Indian army says at least 20 of its soldiers were killed after hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops at a disputed border site on Monday night, the deadliest clash in decades.
Proposed changes in Medical Education Regulation draw flak as this disproportionately favors govt doctors to pursue MD courses
Published On: June 17, 2020 03:30 PM NPT By: Ashim Neupane
KATHMANDU, June 17: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) is planning to endorse a controversial Medical Education Regulation that allocates 50 percent seats to the doctors working at the government-run hospitals to pursue doctor of medicine (MD) courses.
China says it agrees with India to peacefully solve tensions
Published On: June 17, 2020 02:55 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, June 17: China says it has agreed with India to peacefully resolve their Himalayan border tensions following the most violent confrontations in decades.
South Korea provides 50,000 RT-PCR test kits worth USD 765,000 to Nepal
Published On: June 17, 2020 01:25 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, June 17: South Korean government has provided some 40,000 complete sets of RT-PCR test kits to Nepal to help conduct mass testing of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.
DOI to exempt all additional charges for foreigners with any visa type valid up to March 21
Published On: June 17, 2020 12:45 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, June 17: The Department of Immigration (DOI) has decided to exempt all kinds of charges for foreign nationals with any visa type valid up to March 21 and departing home within June 21.
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