WORLD, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
U.S. marks 160,000 COVID-19 deaths as relief talks fail in Washington
U.S. marks 160,000 COVID-19 deaths as relief talks fail in W...
NEW YORK, Aug 8: More than 160,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States, a Reuters tally showed on Friday, as President Donald Trump said he would unilaterally grant financial relief to Americans after talks with congressional Democrats stalled.
Aug 08, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
Landslide kills 15 in southern India, more than 50 feared trapped
Landslide kills 15 in southern India, more than 50 feared tr...
KOCHI, India, Aug 8: A landslide caused by torrential rains killed at least 15 tea garden workers in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Friday, and rescue workers were searching for more than 50 people thought to be trapped under soil and debris, officials said.
Aug 08, 2020
WORLD
Air India repatriation flight crash-lands, at least 17 killed
Air India repatriation flight crash-lands, at least 17 kille...
KOZHIKODE,INDIA, Aug 8: At least 17 people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Air India Express passenger plane repatriating Indians stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic overshot the runway in heavy rain near the southern city of Kozhikode on Friday, officials said.
Aug 08, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
WHO appeals for $15 million aid for Lebanon after Beirut blast
WHO appeals for $15 million aid for Lebanon after Beirut bla...
CAIRO, Aug 7: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is appealing for $15 million to cover emergency health needs in Lebanon following the Beirut port explosion that hit amid an economic crisis and rising coronavirus cases.
Aug 07, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
US adds 1.8 million jobs in a sign that hiring has slowed
US adds 1.8 million jobs in a sign that hiring has slowed
WASHINGTON, Aug 7: The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus is stalling hiring and slowing an economic rebound.
Aug 07, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Buddha Air says restricting people from traveling is violation of fundamental rights, lowe...
Buddha Air says restricting people from traveling is violati...
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: Buddha Air has said restricting people in need to travel is a violation one of their fundamental rights.
Aug 07, 2020
ECONOMY, PHOTO FEATURE/Video, Latest Updates
World’s second highest bungee jump spot in Parbat all set to come into operation (with pho...
World’s second highest bungee jump spot in Parbat all set to...
POKHARA, Aug 7: A newly-developed bungee jumping spot in Parbat is all set to kick off its operation. The 282-meter high bungee spot is said to be the second highest in the world and the highest in Asia.
Aug 07, 2020
SPORTS, Latest Updates
Pope posts 62 but England labour in first test against Pakistan
Pope posts 62 but England labour in first test against Pakis...
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, Aug 7: Ollie Pope scored a second successive half-century but could not push on as England moved to 159 for five at lunch on day three of the first test against Pakistan at Old Trafford on Friday.
Aug 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
ICJ urges Nepal to bring law and policy reform to achieve human rights accountability and...
ICJ urges Nepal to bring law and policy reform to achieve hu...
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has urged Nepal to undertake substantial reforms in order to ensure that wide-ranging constitutional and political restructuring of recent years will allow the country to deliver on human rights accountability and access to justice for...
Aug 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Nepal's coronavirus death toll reaches 70
Nepal's coronavirus death toll reaches 70
KATHMANDU, Aug 7: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has reported five more COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the country's coronavirus death toll to 70.
Aug 07, 2020