WORLD, Coronavirus
COVID-19 spreads to rural India, villages ill-equipped to fight it
COVID-19 spreads to rural India, villages ill-equipped to fi...
INDIA, May 7: Hopes that India’s rampaging second wave of COVID-19 is peaking were set back on Thursday as record daily infections and deaths were reported and as the virus spread from cities to villages that were poorly equipped to cope.
May 07, 2021
SOCIETY
91 journalists under FNJ Corporate Province have coronavirus
91 journalists under FNJ Corporate Province have coronavirus
KATHMANDU, May 7: 91 journalists associated with the Federation of Nepalis Journalists (FNJ) have so far contracted the coronavirus.
May 07, 2021
ECONOMY, SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Oxygen cylinder shortage worsens, hospitals gasp for air
Oxygen cylinder shortage worsens, hospitals gasp for air
Industrialists say if the government provides cylinders, they will supply sufficient oxygen.
May 07, 2021
WORLD
At least 25 dead during Brazilian police raid in Rio
At least 25 dead during Brazilian police raid in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 7: Police targeting drug traffickers raided a slum in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday and at least one officer and two dozen others died after being shot, authorities said.
May 07, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
UML leader Nepal calls on President Bhandari after holding a meeting with NC President Deu...
UML leader Nepal calls on President Bhandari after holding a...
KATHMANDU, May 6: A senior leader of the CPN-UML, Madhav Kumar Nepal has called on President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
May 06, 2021
My City, Entertainment, Movies
Netflix series signals racial breakthrough in Italian TV
Netflix series signals racial breakthrough in Italian TV
The Netflix series “Zero,” which premiered globally last month, is the first Italian TV production to feature a predominantly Black cast, a bright spot in an otherwise bleak Italian television landscape where the persistent use of racist language and imagery is sparking new protests.
May 06, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
COVID spreading in rural India; record daily rises in infections, deaths
COVID spreading in rural India; record daily rises in infect...
NEW DELHI, May 6: Hopes that India’s deadly second wave of COVID-19 was about to peak were swept away on Thursday as it posted record daily infections and deaths and as the virus spread from cities to villages across the world’s second-most populous nation.
May 06, 2021
Latest Updates, Coronavirus
COVID-19 in Nepal: Not only infection number, but also recovery number is on the rise
COVID-19 in Nepal: Not only infection number, but also recov...
KATHMANDU, May 6: Nepal has been witnessing a massive surge in new coronavirus cases as the second wave of the infectious disease started ravaging the Himalayan country since mid-April.
May 06, 2021
ECONOMY
Stocks cap week with a 12 point drop
Stocks cap week with a 12 point drop
KATHMANDU, May 6: Stocks opened Thursday’s session in green but gave up early gains quickly as the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index fell around 18 points in the morning. A recovery pushed the index close to the opening mark, but the market failed to climb towards positive territory. Stocks came un...
May 06, 2021
ECONOMY
Govt to suspend issuing new work permits for foreign employment from Friday
Govt to suspend issuing new work permits for foreign employm...
KATHMANDU, May 6: The Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) has decided to suspend issuing work permits to foreign job seekers with effect from Friday.
May 06, 2021