- by Republica
Balen Shah, the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and a judge of the reality rap show ‘Nephop Ko Shreepech’, handed over the crown which was awarded to the winner of the show to Bajracharya Guru ( Buddhist master).
- by Samiksha Shrestha
Apart from these initiatives, planning and warning of the District Administration Office (DAOs), health experts and the government, are the youths aware about this serious issue? Samiksha Shrestha of My City (Republica) talked to a few youths involved in different sectors of Kathmandu and Lalitpur metropolitan cities to find out how aware youths are about the spread of this disease and do they know the preventive measures and what to do if they get infected? Excerpts:
- by Associated Press
A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon, the latest step in NASA’s plan to land astronauts on the lunar surface again.
- by Republica
In recent years, the movement for the sexual and gender minorities’ rights has given legal recognition as "others" to them apart from men and women. But ironically, society has not yet been able to accept these 'others'. In sexploration episode 2 titled ‘Media Representation of Queer Community’ hosted by Nishma Choudhary, Angel Lama, who is also Miss Pink 2018 and Ankit Khadgi attended as the guests
- by Republica
“In comparison to the laws against sexual violation globally, Nepal’s law has been considered weak,” said Subin Mulmi, an activist and advocate, in the first episode of a podcast ‘Sexploration’ which was released on May 27, 2022. The topic of episode 1 of the podcast was based on Rape, Statutory Rape, Marital Rape and Consent where Kriti Adhikari hosted the program attended by the guest Subin Mulmi, who is also a human rights lawyer and researcher. Sexploration is a podcast organized by Radio Nagarik 96.5 that aims to explore the issues of sexual and reproductive health rights.
- by Republica
British climber Adriana Brownlee ascended the Nanga Parbat on July 2, Saturday along with her guide Geljie Sherpa.
- by Republica
Jyoti KC has been officially certified as an analogue astronaut after completing her analogue astronaut training.
- by Reuters
A study of bone loss in 17 astronauts who flew aboard the International Space Station is providing a fuller understanding of the effects of space travel on the human body and steps that can mitigate it, crucial knowledge ahead of potential ambitious future missions.
- by Associated Press
Companies selling shampoo, food and other products wrapped in plastic have a decade to cut down on their use of the polluting material if they want their wares on California store shelves.
- by Associated Press
India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as part of a federal plan to phase out the ubiquitous material in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people.
- by Republica
Thames International College is organizing Thames Assemblage 2022 which will be held at The Taragaon Museum on July 7 and 8, 2022. The event will gather leading experts, practitioners, intellectuals, and students to deliberate on various issues and ideas through interdisciplinary lenses, as relevant to the dynamic environment we live in.
- by Reuters
A small town Mexican mayor married his alligator bride in a colorful ceremony as traditional music rang out and revelers danced while imploring the indigenous leader to seal the nuptials with a kiss.
- by Republica
The online nomination for the seventh edition of the ICT award organized by Living with ICT in collaboration with other national and international organizations has started today. The ICT award is the award in the field of information and communication technology that was started in 2016 and is given away every year.
- by Reuters
Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) has cut plans to hire engineers by at least 30% this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday, as he warned them to brace for a deep economic downturn.
- by Reuters
Vodafone (VOD.L) is working with Google to extend the battery life of a smartwatch by reducing the "chatter" between the device and the network, a bigger drain of energy than screen brightness and other settings targeted by low power modes.
- by Reuters
An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft has acquired imagery data covering all of Mars, including visuals of its south pole, after circling the planet more than 1,300 times since early last year, state media reported on Wednesday.
- by Reuters
Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp (6723.T) and India's Tata Motors (TAMO.NS) have formed a strategic partnership to design, develop and make semiconductor solutions, the firms said on Wednesday.
- by Reuters
Tesla (TSLA.O) has shuttered its office in San Mateo, California and laid off roughly 200 employees working on its Autopilot driver-assistant system there, one of the people told Reuters, in a move seen as accelerating cost-cutting.
- by Republica
Telugu short film ‘Manasanamaha’, directed by Deepak Reddy, has set foot in the Guinness Book of World Records.
- by Republica
The digital arm of Ambani’s Reliance Industries ‘Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd’ has announced that Mukesh Ambani is resigning from the post of director of the Reliance Jio Industry on Tuesday.