SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Partly to generally cloudy weather forecast in most places
Partly to generally cloudy weather forecast in most places
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The weather will be partly to generally cloudy in most places of the country today due to the influence of the low pressure system, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said.
Jan 16, 2021
SOCIETY
Five held with homemade guns, endangered animal organs from Shey-Phoksundo National Park
Five held with homemade guns, endangered animal organs from...
DOLPA, Jan 16: Five persons were arrested with illegal possession of homemade guns and endangered animal organs from the Muh area of the Shey-Phoksundo National Park.
Jan 16, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
India starts world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive
India starts world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive
NEW DELHI, Jan 16: India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway.
Jan 16, 2021
SPORTS
Prince climbs to third place in junior badminton world ranking
Prince climbs to third place in junior badminton world ranki...
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Nepal's young shuttler Prince Dahal has taken a big leap in the junior badminton world ranking. Dahal has climbed to the third place in the ranking published on Friday by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). He was in seventh place in the previous ranking.
Jan 16, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Nepali Congress staging protests against House dissolution in all 753 local units of govt...
Nepali Congress staging protests against House dissolution i...
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The opposition Nepali Congress (NC), is staging a nationwide protest against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) in all 753 local units of the government on Saturday.
Jan 16, 2021
WORLD
Indonesia quake kills at least 42, injures hundreds
Indonesia quake kills at least 42, injures hundreds
JAKARTA, Jan 16: A powerful earthquake killed at least 42 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi on Friday, trapping several under rubble and unleashing dozens of aftershocks as authorities warned of more quakes that could trigger a tsunami.
Jan 16, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Power outage in 21 places of Kathmandu Valley today (With a list of places to face power c...
Power outage in 21 places of Kathmandu Valley today (With a...
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: As many as 21 places in Kathmandu Valley will face power cuts on Saturday, according to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).
Jan 16, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
‘This is not a game’: Global virus death toll hits 2 million
‘This is not a game’: Global virus death toll hits 2 million
MEXICO CITY, Jan 16: The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 2 million Friday, crossing the threshold amid a vaccine rollout so immense but so uneven that in some countries there is real hope of vanquishing the outbreak, while in other, less-developed parts of the world, it seems a far-off dream.
Jan 16, 2021
NEPAL, POLITICS, Latest Updates
Nepal-India JC meeting focuses on bilateral ties, COVID-19 response and territorial disput...
Nepal-India JC meeting focuses on bilateral ties, COVID-19 r...
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The Sixth Meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission (JC) held in New Delhi on Friday mainly focused on enhancing bilateral ties between two nations, their COVID-19 responses and the recent territorial disputes.
Jan 16, 2021
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Petitioners' call for full bench rejected, Constitutional bench to decide fate of dissolve...
Petitioners' call for full bench rejected, Constitutional be...
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: While rejecting the call of petitioners to take the case to full bench, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the hearing on the writ petitions filed against the dissolution of House of Representative (HoR) would be conducted by the constitutional bench itself.
Jan 16, 2021