Lifestyle
First tourist to the moon is Japanese fashion magnate Maezawa
First tourist to the moon is Japanese fashion magnate Maezaw...
HAWTHORNE, Sept 18: SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space transportation company, on Monday named its first private passenger as Japanese businessman Yusaku Maezawa, the founder and chief executive of online fashion retailer Zozo.
Sep 18, 2018
WORLD
Karbala to Kashmir: Brief history of ‘Azadari’
Karbala to Kashmir: Brief history of ‘Azadari’
TEHRAN, Sept 18: It’s that time of year again when the campaigners of truth and justice, cutting across ethno-sectarian and ideological lines, rally to pay homage to the ‘master of the martyrs’, a 7th century revolutionary historical figure who redefined the ideas of resistance and resilience on the...
Sep 18, 2018
SOCIETY
Nexus between officials, smugglers abetting deforestation
Nexus between officials, smugglers abetting deforestation
NEPALGUNJ, Sept 18: Locals allege that there has been massive deforestation in the Kohalpur area due to the nexus between timber smugglers and forest department officials.
Sep 18, 2018
WORLD
U.S. to sharply limit refugee flows to 30,000 in 2019
U.S. to sharply limit refugee flows to 30,000 in 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept 18: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States would cap the number of refugees allowed into the country at 30,000 for fiscal-year 2019, a sharp drop from a limit of 45,000 it set for 2018.
Sep 18, 2018
WORLD
Russia registered rocket launches from French frigate in the Mediterranean on Monday
Russia registered rocket launches from French frigate in the...
MOSCOW, Sept 18: Russian defence ministry said that Russian airspace controls means have detected several missile launches from French frigate in the Mediterranean late on Monday.
Sep 18, 2018
ECONOMY
Hotels in Annapurna region gear to expand as tourists soar
Hotels in Annapurna region gear to expand as tourists soar
POKHARA, Sept 18: Hotels along the Annapurna area are expanding to accommodate more tourists in the region.
Sep 18, 2018
SOCIETY
School guardians set up fund to run school
School guardians set up fund to run school
ROLPA, Sept 18: Guardians of Saraswati basic school in Ghuswang of Sunachahari rural municipality-1 have set up a fund of Rs. 5.1 million in order to upgrade the standard of the school. The school is presently running in temporary huts on a river bank.
Sep 18, 2018
SPORTS
Argentina slaps football fans with 2-year ban over ‘sexist’ video with Russian women at Wo...
Argentina slaps football fans with 2-year ban over ‘sexist’...
ARGENTINA, Sept 18: The Argentinian authorities have slapped two-year stadium bans on four football fans over incidents from the World Cup in Russia, including when three of the men were filmed asking Russian women to repeat crude phrases in Spanish.
Sep 18, 2018
WORLD
Experts, advocates call on Canadian PM to declare Rohingya crisis genocide
Experts, advocates call on Canadian PM to declare Rohingya c...
OTTAWA, Sept 18: More than 100 legal experts, civil-society organizations and human-rights advocates are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government to declare the violent campaign against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar genocide.
Sep 18, 2018
SOCIETY
Hotel capacity to increase in the Annapurna region
Hotel capacity to increase in the Annapurna region
POKHARA, Sept 18: The capacity of hotels operating inside the Annapurna area is being expanded to address the increased flow of domestic as well as foreign tourists to the region.
Sep 18, 2018