SOCIETY

200 Nepalis waiting to return home across the border

200 Nepalis waiting to return home across the border

BANIYANI, April 26: More than 200 Nepali citizens are currently living near the bordering region of Jhapa waiting to ret...

BANIYANI, April 26: More than 200 Nepali citizens are currently living near the bordering region of Jhapa waiting to ret...

Apr 26, 2020

My City

Vidya Balan pledges to donate 1000 PPE kits to healthcare staff in India

Vidya Balan pledges to donate 1000 PPE kits to healthcare staff in India

Actor Vidya Balan has decided to donate 1000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to the frontline healthcare staff...

Actor Vidya Balan has decided to donate 1000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to the frontline healthcare staff...

Apr 26, 2020

WORLD

India, Pakistan ease restrictions for some small businesses amid lockdown

India, Pakistan ease restrictions for some small businesses amid lockdown

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, April 25:  The Indian government allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighbourhoods and residen...

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, April 25:  The Indian government allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighbourhoods and residen...

Apr 25, 2020

WORLD

Mortality rates drop sharply in parts of India, bucking coronavirus trend

Mortality rates drop sharply in parts of India, bucking coronavirus trend

MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD, India, April 23: Parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in the number of deaths at a time when fu...

MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD, India, April 23: Parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in the number of deaths at a time when fu...

Apr 24, 2020

SOCIETY

181 people from Nepalgunj’s quarantine sent home after 21 days

181 people from Nepalgunj’s quarantine sent home after 21 days

NEPALGUNJ, April 24: 181 Nepalis who were kept in a temporary quarantine set up near Nepal-India border have been sent h...

NEPALGUNJ, April 24: 181 Nepalis who were kept in a temporary quarantine set up near Nepal-India border have been sent h...

Apr 24, 2020

OPINION

China leads

China leads

While hundreds of millions of people are put under strict quarantine measures across the world, China, which was the epi...

While hundreds of millions of people are put under strict quarantine measures across the world, China, which was the epi...

Apr 24, 2020

Coronavirus

Locked-down Indian economy in its worst quarter since mid-1990s

Locked-down Indian economy in its worst quarter since mid-1990s

BENGALURU, April 23: The Indian economy is likely to suffer its worst quarter since the mid-1990s, hit by the ongoing lo...

BENGALURU, April 23: The Indian economy is likely to suffer its worst quarter since the mid-1990s, hit by the ongoing lo...

Apr 23, 2020

WORLD

South Asia coronavirus cases top 37,000, headache for governments eyeing lockdown end

South Asia coronavirus cases top 37,000, headache for governments eyeing lockdown end

NEW DELHI, April 23: South Asia’s coronavirus infections have crossed 37,000, with more than half in India, official dat...

NEW DELHI, April 23: South Asia’s coronavirus infections have crossed 37,000, with more than half in India, official dat...

Apr 23, 2020

SOCIETY

India gifts 23 tonnes of essential medicines to Nepal to fight COVID-19

India gifts 23 tonnes of essential medicines to Nepal to fight COVID-19

KATHMANDU, April 22: As part of ongoing bilateral cooperation between India and Nepal to fight COVID-19 Pandemic, Ambass...

KATHMANDU, April 22: As part of ongoing bilateral cooperation between India and Nepal to fight COVID-19 Pandemic, Ambass...

Apr 22, 2020

SOCIETY

Photos: Painting Rato Machhindranath

Photos: Painting Rato Machhindranath

KATHMANDU, April 22: Rato Machhindranath is worshipped as the god of rain. According to legends, it is believed to have...

KATHMANDU, April 22: Rato Machhindranath is worshipped as the god of rain. According to legends, it is believed to have...

Apr 22, 2020