POLITICS
Issues of climate change impact on Himalayas discussed in High Level Meeting of COP29
Issues of climate change impact on Himalayas discussed in Hi...
BAKU (AZERBAIJAN), Nov 16: Discussions have been held on the impact of climate change in the Himalayas during the High Level Meeting of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) under way here.
Nov 16, 2024
SOCIETY
Eight die of dengue in Gandaki province
Eight die of dengue in Gandaki province
GANDAKI, Nov 16: Gandaki province has reported 18,339 dengue cases in the last 10 months. The Ministry of Health of the provincial government stated that eight people died due to the infection. The first casualty of dengue was a 48-year-old man from Tanahun who died on July 25, 2024.
Nov 16, 2024
POLITICS
Lawmakers Thapa and Gautam urge authorities to control hike in airfare
Lawmakers Thapa and Gautam urge authorities to control hike...
KATHMANDU, Nov 16: Lawmakers Gagan Thapaand Sanjay Gautam from the Nepali Congress (NC) have urged the concerned authorities to take necessary steps in controlling the exorbitant increase in international airfares.
Nov 16, 2024
POLITICS
Fund for responding to climate-induced loss and damage must mark a radical departure: Dr W...
Fund for responding to climate-induced loss and damage must...
Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 16: Member of the Federal Parliament of Nepal and Vice-Chair of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Dr Swarnim Wagle, has called for a bold departure in the way external finance is channeled to avert, minimize and address loss and damage associated with the adverse impacts of c...
Nov 16, 2024
WORLD
Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest ever White House press secretary
Trump names Karoline Leavitt as youngest ever White House pr...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla: President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Karoline Leavitt, his campaign press secretary, to serve as his White House press secretary.
Nov 16, 2024
ECONOMY
NOC hikes price of diesel and kerosene
NOC hikes price of diesel and kerosene
KATHMANDU, Nov 16: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has increased the price of diesel and kerosene.
Nov 16, 2024
BLOG
On Love and Marriage: Dostoyevsky, BP Koirala, Virginia Woolf and Proust
On Love and Marriage: Dostoyevsky, BP Koirala, Virginia Wool...
Emily Brontë, in Wuthering Heights expresses the pain of missing presence, the yearnings and stinging memories of her lover and loneliness; “I knew I would love you the moment I saw you, and I would have loved you forever had you stayed. But you left me with nothing but memori...
Nov 16, 2024
POLITICS
Home Minister assures impartial by-election
Home Minister assures impartial by-election
KATHMANDU, Nov 16: Minister for Home Affairs, Ramesh Lekhak, has assured that the upcoming local-level by-elections will be held in an impartial and free environment.
Nov 16, 2024
OPINION
Why is Nepal's climate concern not being heard on the global stage?
Why is Nepal's climate concern not being heard on the global...
Nepal’s participation in the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku, Azerbaijan, which began on 11 November 2024, has drawn global attention to the country’s climate challenges.
Nov 16, 2024
WORLD
10 newborn babies dead, 16 injured after fire breaks out at Jhansi medical college in Utta...
10 newborn babies dead, 16 injured after fire breaks out at...
JHANSI, Nov 16: At least 10 newborn babies were killed, 16 were injured, and 37 others were rescued after a fire broke out in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi on Friday night, police said.
Nov 16, 2024