SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Guru Purnima being observed today
Guru Purnima being observed today
KATHMANDU, July 5: Vyas Jyanti, which is popularly known as Guru Purnima, is being observed across the country, paying homage to teachers and gurus on Sunday.
Jul 05, 2020
Latest Updates, Coronavirus
WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases, up more than 212,000
WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus case...
GENEVA, July 5: The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Saturday, with the total rising by 212,326 in 24 hours.
Jul 05, 2020
WORLD, Coronavirus
U.S. CDC reports 2,789,678 coronavirus cases, 129,305 deaths
U.S. CDC reports 2,789,678 coronavirus cases, 129,305 deaths
NEW YORK, July 5: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its count of coronavirus cases and deaths to 57,718 new cases and 661 deaths on Saturday, taking the total to 2,789,678 cases and 129,305 deaths.
Jul 05, 2020
Latest Updates, Coronavirus
WHO halts hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs in COVID trials after failure to reduce death
WHO halts hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs in COVID trials afte...
GENEVA, July 5: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 after they failed to reduce mortality.
Jul 05, 2020
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Does COVID-19 transmit from the dead body of an infected person? Health ministry says ‘no’
Does COVID-19 transmit from the dead body of an infected per...
KATHMANDU, July 4: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) claimed that COVID-19 does not transmit from the dead body of an infected person.
Jul 05, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Haphazard road construction and repair in towns and villages
Haphazard road construction and repair in towns and villages
LAHAN, JANAKPUR, BARA, July 5: Though the government vows to carry out development projects sensibly every year, the authorities are yet to take a break from their yearly routine of constructing and widening roads in a rush in Asar (mid-June to mid-July), the last month of the Nepali fiscal year. A...
Jul 05, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NCP is facing grave crisis, PM Oli tells Cabinet ministers
NCP is facing grave crisis, PM Oli tells Cabinet ministers
KATHMANDU, July 5: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said on Saturday that the ruling Nepal Communist Party is facing a grave crisis while indicating that the party may split soon.
Jul 05, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Only 200,000 locusts intact with the swarm in Nepal
Only 200,000 locusts intact with the swarm in Nepal
KATHMANDU, July 4: Though nearly eight million locusts had entered Nepal, the number that is still intact with the swarm has dropped down to 200,000, according to the Locust Information Center at Plant Quarantine and Pesticide Management Center (PQPMC).
Jul 05, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
MCC headquarters positive about extending deadline for ratification of the deal, says Fina...
MCC headquarters positive about extending deadline for ratif...
KATHMANDU, July 4: At a time when the fate of the US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is hanging in balance, Finance Minister Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada on Saturday said that the government has received positive response from the MCC headquarters in terms of extending the deadline for MCC ratificat...
Jul 04, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
272 COVID-19 patients recovered in last 24 hours
272 COVID-19 patients recovered in last 24 hours
KATHMANDU, July 4: The Ministry of Health and Population has reported the recovery of 272 COVID-19 patients in past 24 hours.
Jul 04, 2020