- by Republica
Pokhara Metropolitan City (PMC) is going to implement a system to better manage its physical assets, focusing on roads and drainage in the initial phase, under the World Bank-funded Nepal Urban Government and Infrastructure Project (NUGIP).
- by Associated Press
Elon Musk said Saturday his planned $44 billion takeover of Twitter should move forward if the company can confirm some details about how it measures whether user accounts are ‘spam bots’ or real people.
- by Associated Press
Twitter denied in a court filing that it had deprived its would-be acquirer, billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, of necessary information or misrepresented details about its business. Musk originally made those charges to justify his attempt to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social platform, which he later claimed was infested with much larger numbers of “spam bots” and fake accounts than Twitter had disclosed.
- by Republica
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan has awarded the Foreign Minister’s Commendation for FY 2022 to the Japanese Universities Alumni Association, Nepal (JUAAN).
- by Agencies
Passengers aboard Sunday’s Hawaiian Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu got more than complimentary lunch — they were treated to a familiar, and famous, face behind the flight attendant cart.
- by Republica
The Delegation of the European Union to Nepal in collaboration with the Erasmus Mundus Association Nepal has organized a Pre-Departure Orientation (PDO) for the new scholarship recipients of Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) batch 2022-2024 on August 4.
- by Saroj Wagle
Have you ever heard about the metaverse? It is a set of technologies that allow for persistent, digital representations connected to aspects of the real world, like people, places, and things. Firstly, let us briefly understand the history of ‘metaverse’ by the term itself. The first use of the term ‘metaverse’ was in the 1992 science fiction novel “Snow Crash”, by Neal Stephenson, which described a single virtual world separate from the physical world. Other books, video games and content expanded on this concept, creating virtual worlds in “Ready Player One,” (which called its shared VR reality “the OASIS”), “The Matrix”, and “Second Life”, to name a few examples.
- by Agencies
Dev Patel stepped up to become a real-life hero as reports reveal that he tried to stop a violent altercation that broke out outside a convenience store in Adelaide, Australia. As reported by 7News about the incident, a man and a woman were fighting in the street and in a convenience store when the man was stabbed. He is expected to survive.
- by Republica
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the change of Cartwheel Galaxy that has resulted after a high speed collision which occurred about 440 million years ago, along with two neighboring galaxies against a backdrop of many other galaxies.
- by Manawi Shah
There are simple ways that you can do every day in order to help our environment. All these things are easy to accomplish on a day to day basis, and perhaps you can encourage your friends and family to do the same. The smallest of these changes create the biggest of effects on the environment. Good luck.
- by BBC
BBC reports, Brazilian twins who were joined at the head have been successfully separated with the help of virtual reality. Three-year-olds Bernardo and Arthur Lima underwent surgeries in Rio de Janeiro, with direction from Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
- by Republica
Janaki Technology Pvt Ltd has been provided with the award of innovation in emerging sectors of the province by the Government of Madhesh Province, Ministry of Finance on August 1, Sunday.
- by Republica
The semi finalists of the beauty pageant organized by Umanga Creation Pvt Ltd ‘Oriflame Miss Universe Nepal 2022’ have been announced.
- by Reuters
South Koreans may soon be able to carry a device inside their own bodies in the form of a bespoke tattoo that automatically alerts them to potential health problems, if a science team's project bears fruit.
- by Republica
Kedar Ghimire aka Maagne Buda has apologized over the rising controversy created due to the trailer video of episode 10 from his directorial debut comedy show, ‘comedy hub’.
- by Agencies
Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay is facing backlash on TikTok from some users after posting a video in which he appeared to select a lamb to slaughter for a meal.
- by Republica
Nepali pop singer Sanjya Shrestha has urged the authorities to stop the broadcast of Nepali comedy television show ‘Comedy Hub’ directed by Kedar Ghimire, popularly known as ‘Maagne Buda’.
- by Manawi Shah
Menstruation still continues to be a taboo in Nepal, despite several ill practices being outlawed by the Supreme Court of Nepal in 2005. In spite of many protests, the ill practices for this moment still remain in the country, more extreme than in the West. Better known in Nepal as, ‘Chhaupadi’ (menstrual shed), this menstrual taboo has caused women and girls to be exposed to health risks, and disengage from family activities, and daily routines. If you may not be aware of the term ‘Chhaupadi’, it originated from the western parts of the country, sprouting through superstitions and myths. People from some Far-West districts believe that menstruation causes women to be impure temporarily.
- by Reuters
Astronomers have observed the most massive known example of an object called a neutron star, one classified as a "black widow" that got particularly hefty by gobbling up most of the mass of a stellar companion trapped in an unhappy cosmic marriage.
- by Republica
Three Nepali sister climbers, who have reached the summit of Mt Everest, have set a Guinness World Record for the most sisters to climb Everest together.