POLITICS, Latest Updates
Dahal-Nepal faction of NCP set to register no confidence motion against Province 1 Chief...
Dahal-Nepal faction of NCP set to register no confidence mo...
KATHMANDU, Dec 27: The Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal led-faction of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is registering a vote of no confidence motion against Sherdan Rai, the Chief Minister of Province 1 today.
Dec 27, 2020
ECONOMY
Tourist count begins after 10 months
Tourist count begins after 10 months
Illam, Dec 27: Data collection of tourist arrival in Ilam has begun after a hiatus of 10 months. The Tourist Information Centre registers the arrival of tourists at Jorkalash in the border of Jhapa and Ilam district.
Dec 27, 2020
WORLD
Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as Trump rages
Unemployment benefits for millions in limbo as Trump rages
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec 27: Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday unless President Donald Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.
Dec 27, 2020
WORLD
Indian farmers agree to meet government over contentious farm laws
Indian farmers agree to meet government over contentious far...
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NEW DELHI, Dec 27: Leaders of Indian farmers’ unions have agreed to meet ministers on Tuesday, possibly paving the way for a seventh round of talks with the government which has so far failed to mollify growers who say three new agricultural laws threaten their livelihoods.
Dec 27, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Serious COVID-19 linked syndrome in children reported
Serious COVID-19 linked syndrome in children reported
The syndrome has already killed a child, while almost a dozen are receiving treatment
Dec 27, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
China to leapfrog U.S. as world's biggest economy by 2028 - think tank
China to leapfrog U.S. as world's biggest economy by 2028 -...
LONDON, Dec 27: China will overtake the United States to become the world’s biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the COVID-19 pandemic, a think tank said.
Dec 27, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Canada records 1st cases of new virus variant
Canada records 1st cases of new virus variant
TORONTO, Dec 27: Officials in Canada’s most populous province have confirmed the first two known Canadian cases of of a more contagious variant of COVID-19 that was first identified in the United Kingdom.
Dec 27, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
Europe rolls out vaccines in bid to leave pandemic behind
Europe rolls out vaccines in bid to leave pandemic behind
GERMANY, Dec 27: Europe launches a cross-border vaccination programme of unprecedented scale on Sunday as part of efforts to end a COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million lives around the world.
Dec 27, 2020
ECONOMY
Electricity imports from India reach 44 percent of the total consumption amid soaring dema...
Electricity imports from India reach 44 percent of the total...
KATHMANDU, Dec 26: Import of electricity from India has reached 44 percent of the total electricity consumption with a drop in production and a soaring demand for energy amid notable fall in temperature level.
Dec 27, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Province 1 CM Rai sacks Economic Affairs Minister Aangbo
Province 1 CM Rai sacks Economic Affairs Minister Aangbo
BIRATNAGAR, Dec 26: Amid formal split of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) at the center, Chief Minister of Province 1, Sherdhan Rai has sacked one of his Cabinet colleagues.
Dec 26, 2020