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Shock of the epidemic is temporary

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Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia, acting with a high sense of responsibility to the health of the Chinese people and the people around the world, the Chinese government has taken the most comprehensive and rigorous control measures, including extending the Spring Festival holidays...
Feb 15, 2020
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A win-win for Nijgadh?

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The scare created by a coffee spill in the cockpit happens to be the interesting story for this week. Two A350s experienced uncommanded in-flight shutdown of one of the engines after spillage on the centre pedestal that housed “start and control” engine functions. Happening within three months, the...
Feb 15, 2020
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Save the pangolins

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Pangolin, the world’s most trafficked mammal, is shy and nocturnal in nature. It curls-up and becomes stationary when it sees other animals, humans or any objects. Usually at dark, because of its peculiar behaviors, there have been increased incidents of pangolins being stumped by heavy vehicles lik...
Feb 15, 2020
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Intelligence and Nepal’s foreign policy

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Continued neglect of intelligence in foreign policy formulating process has helped foreign intrigues to, what BP Koirala warned in 1976, make “Nepal a center of international conspiracy”
Feb 13, 2020
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Immunization for better health

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Why do parents choose not to vaccinate their children against measles and rubella? Why do they fail to complete the second dose?
Feb 13, 2020
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Giving a rose?

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Throughout the long history of floral definitions one thing is certain. People from the archaic period to today have viewed flowers through a romantic lens
Feb 13, 2020
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Investing in infrastructure

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An international expert on transport and highway engineering, after making a visit to major road infrastructures in Nepal, commented that there is no single stretch of road in Nepal that is worth of calling a highway. According to this expert, there are certain parameters for any road to be called h...
Feb 12, 2020
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Boosting tourism

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Visit Nepal 2020 mega campaign kicked off with fanfare in December last year. It ended as a one-time ritual, just as unattended plantation of vegetation at Tinkune and blacktopping a few kilometers of already passable roads in rapidity, spending millions of rupees like water to impress Chinese Presi...
Feb 12, 2020
OPINION

Potential of AI Localism

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NEW YORK – Every new technology rides a wave from hype to dismay. But even by the usual standards, artificial intelligence has had a turbulent run. Is AI a society-renewing hero or a jobs-destroying villain? As always, the truth is not so categorical.
Feb 12, 2020
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Investment climate: Good or bad?

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Nepal needs to take advantage of emerging favorable investment climate to boost private investment from both domestic and foreign investors for accomplishing its target
Feb 11, 2020