SPORTS
Drug tests for gamers as soccer's eWorld Cup jackpot climbs
Drug tests for gamers as soccer's eWorld Cup jackpot climbs
LONDON, Aug 4: The players finished their soccer matches and huddled waiting to discover who would have to undergo doping tests. The random draw completed, two men went off to provide urine samples.
Aug 04, 2018
Lifestyle
Selfies are apparently driving cosmetic surgery requests
Selfies are apparently driving cosmetic surgery requests
Thanks to apps like Snapchat and Instagram introducing various filters that we can apply during our selfies to make ourselves look silly, look beautiful, and so on, it seems to have created a side-effect which is that it is apparently driving requests from teens for cosmetic surgery that will make t...
Aug 04, 2018
Lifestyle
Broadway performers plan protest outside the White House
Broadway performers plan protest outside the White House
NEW YORK, Aug 4: Rosie O’Donnell and cast members from some of Broadway’s biggest musicals plan to serenade President Donald Trump on Monday — but from outside the White House in protest.
Aug 04, 2018
Lifestyle
The Algonquin Hotel throws a ‘purrty,’ feline fashion show
The Algonquin Hotel throws a ‘purrty,’ feline fashion show
NEW YORK, Aug 4: The “meowdels” wore couture and the crowd was cat-tastic at The Algonquin Hotel’s annual feline fashion show, presided over by the historic Times Square establishment’s 12th resident cat, a ginger boy with a theatrical name, Hamlet VIII.
Aug 04, 2018
SOCIETY
172 wild animals killed in three years
172 wild animals killed in three years
BANKE, Aug 4: Protection and conservation of wildlife continues to become a challenge in Banke national park with the East-West highway and the Sikta irrigation project canal passing through the park.
Aug 04, 2018
SOCIETY
No vehicular movement on Rasuwagadhi border before Aug 16
No vehicular movement on Rasuwagadhi border before Aug 16
RASUWA, Aug 4: Vehicular movement at Rasuwagadhi, the international business border with China has been halted for the month of Shrawan. The bridge at Ghattekhola in Gosainkunda rural municipality-2 has been damaged due to a landslide.
Aug 04, 2018
SOCIETY
Three decades on, Babai Irrigation Project still incomplete
Three decades on, Babai Irrigation Project still incomplete
BARDIYA, Aug 4: At a time when the failure of an ambitious national pride project – Sikta Irrigation Project – has been drawing the headlines, another important project, Bheri-Babai Irrigation Project, shares a similar fate. Even after three decades, it has shown no real progress except for some wor...
Aug 04, 2018
ECONOMY, WORLD
India to Impose Increased Tariffs on US Import Goods in Fall
India to Impose Increased Tariffs on US Import Goods in Fall
INDIA, Aug 4: Indian authorities decided in June to increase import levy from August 4 on some US goods, including almonds, walnuts and apples, however, the move was later delayed.
Aug 04, 2018
WORLD
Hot, dusty and on fire: Portugal's heatwave breaks records
Hot, dusty and on fire: Portugal's heatwave breaks records
PORTUGAL, Aug 4: Eight places in Portugal broke local temperature records as a wave of heat from North Africa swept across the Iberian peninsula — and officials predicted the scorching temperatures could get even worse over the weekend.
Aug 04, 2018
SOCIETY
Narayangadh-Mugling road obstructed
Narayangadh-Mugling road obstructed
RATNANAGAR, Aug 4: The Narayagadh-Mugling road has been obstructed due to a landslide at Ghumaune in ward no. 29 of Bharatpur metropolis.
Aug 04, 2018