WORLD, Coronavirus
India lifts restrictions on 24 drug exports amid coronavirus
India lifts restrictions on 24 drug exports amid coronavirus
NEW DELHI, April 7: India, the world’s main supplier of generic drugs, has lifted restrictions on the export of 24 pharmaceutical ingredients and medicines made from them, the government said in a statement.
Apr 07, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Nationwide lockdown extended until April 15
Nationwide lockdown extended until April 15
KATHMANDU, April 7: The government on Monday extended the COVID-19 lockdown for a third week -- until April 15. All services provided by the government except for emergency ones remain suspended and people remain confined inside their homes. Also the operation of domestic and international flights r...
Apr 07, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
House session prorogued amid COVID-19 pandemic
House session prorogued amid COVID-19 pandemic
KATHMANDU, April 7: The government has decided to prorogue the winter session of parliament, which was inactive since the last two weeks due to the fear of coronavirus (Covid-19).
Apr 07, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Tourism Minister asks NAC to hold payment of commission to the agent
Tourism Minister asks NAC to hold payment of commission to t...
KATHMANDU, April 7: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has directed NAC to not make the payment of commission to the agent involved in (Nepal Airlines Corporation) NAC's chartered flight to Australia.
Apr 07, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
India temporarily allows Nepali traders to import goods without submitting original docume...
India temporarily allows Nepali traders to import goods with...
KATHMANDU, April 7: India has agreed to allow movement of Nepal-bound goods through its customs without requiring original documents, citing the hardship that the traders have been facing due to the nationwide lockdown enforced in the two countries.
Apr 07, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Poultry sector hit hard
Poultry sector hit hard
CHITWAN, April 7: The nationwide lockdown enforced by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19 has caused mixed impacts on agriculture sector of Chitwan. While vegetables farming is gradually recovering after the initial setback of the lockdown, poultry sector has suffered the most.
Apr 07, 2020
OPINION
Life under lockdown
Life under lockdown
It is not an understatement to say that the COVID-19 virus has changed the world. The whole world is in panic and disorder right now. The fact that we don’t know when this will come to an end is even scarier to contemplate. The majority of the countries across the globe are in lockdown. People are t...
Apr 07, 2020
OPINION
World is changing
World is changing
The casualty figures show no sign of stopping anytime soon. With the number of COVID-19 infected and deceased going up by the day, governments across Europe and North America are scrambling to put measures in place. At the same time, talks of how the world will look like after the containment of the...
Apr 07, 2020
Coronavirus
UK's Johnson fights worsening coronavirus symptoms in intensive care
UK's Johnson fights worsening coronavirus symptoms in intens...
LONDON, April 7: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was being treated for worsening coronavirus symptoms in an intensive care unit on Tuesday, with his foreign minister deputizing for him as the nation tackles the COVID-19 crisis.
Apr 07, 2020
Editorial
Slow, unsteady
Slow, unsteady
Nepal’s response to the threat of coronavirus has been too slow from the very beginning. Come to think of it, the threat of alarm about this deadly virus was raised as early as late December, 2019 when cases appeared in China. By January, it was known to everyone in Nepal and the world about the rap...
Apr 07, 2020