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Published On: February 3, 2019 06:00 PM NPT By: Republica | @RepublicaNepal

Govt, Dahal's stand on Venezuelan crisis detrimental to national interests says NC

Major opposition Nepali Congress has concluded that the recent statements made by the government and Chairman of Nepal Communist Party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal on the ongoing crisis of Venezuela were "insensitive" and "immature" and "detrimental to country's national interests".

PHC seeks complaint against proposed chiefs of constitutional bodies

The Parliamentary Hearing Committee has sought for complaints against the five chairpersons of constitutional bodies despite discontent from the Nepali Congress, the main opposition. Nepali Congress had handed over a note of dissent against the PHC’s decision to recommend five chairpersons in its absence.

Gangster Raju Gorkhali arrested for extorting higher rent price

The Metropolitan Police Crime Division has arrested gangster Raju Gorkhali from New Baneshwor. Gorkhali was arrested after a complaint was lodged against him from businessmen working in Kathmandu Mall, according to SSP Dhiraj Pratap Singh, chief of the Division.

Youths more vulnerable to cyber crimes

The Metropolitan Crime Division of Nepal Police received 926 complaints relating to cyber crime to date in the current fiscal year. The cyber crimes are the criminal activities carried out with the use of computers and the internet.

Nearly 50 percent of Americans have heart-related disease, study finds

According to the new study from the American Heart Association, 121.5 million Americans, or roughly 48.5 percent, have heart or blood vessel disease as of 2016. In 2017, the AHA and American College of Cardiology updated its guidelines to define high blood pressure as showing higher than 130/80, down from the original 140/90.

Venezuela’s Guaido urges military defections amid protests

Venezuela’s opposition leader called on more members of the military to abandon the country’s socialist government following Saturday’s defection of a high-ranking general, while President Nicolas Maduro proposed holding early National Assembly elections that could potentially oust his challenger.