November 8, 2023 09:30 am
An emergency requires an extraordinary response in any field. This emergency arises due to natural or man-made disasters. Although 80 percent of natural disasters occur in the world, Nepal experiences all types of natural disasters except volcanic activity.
August 23, 2023 16:14 pm
KASUR, Aug 23: Around 100,000 people have been evacuated from flooded villages in Pakistan's Punjab province, emergency services said on Wednesday.
July 22, 2022 13:30 pm
Kangana Ranaut has revealed that Anupan Kher will star alongside her in the movie ‘Emergency’ through her social media handle on July 22, Friday.
February 22, 2021 07:34 am
NEW YORK, Feb 22: Federal aviation regulators are ordering United Airlines to step up inspections of all Boeing 777s equipped with the type of engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over Denver Saturday. United says it is temporarily removing those aircraft from service.
March 31, 2020 15:28 pm
JAKARTA, March 31: Indonesian President Joko Widodo declared a national public health emergency over the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday and announced measures to help people with lower incomes.
December 19, 2019 14:31 pm
SYDNEY, DEC 19: Australia’s most populous state declared its second emergency in as many months on Thursday as extreme heat and strong winds stoked more than 100 bushfires, including three major blazes on Sydney’s doorstep.
July 18, 2019 08:40 am
GENEVA, July 18: The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people.
April 23, 2019 12:30 pm
COLOMBO, April 23: Sri Lankans woke to emergency law on Tuesday as authorities searched for those behind suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels that killed 290 people at the weekend, with the focus turning to militants with links to foreign groups.
February 28, 2019 10:54 am
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: All international and domestic flights operations across Pakistan stand suspended on Thursday, country's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said.
February 15, 2019 19:53 pm
WASHINGTON, Feb 15: Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise that would avert a second painful government shutdown.
July 18, 2018 16:26 pm
KATHMANDU, July 18: Nepal Medical Association (NMA) has decided to shut down health services except for emergency in all public and private hospitals across the country on Thursday.
July 5, 2018 13:24 pm
SURKHET, July 5: Senior orthopedic surgeon Prof Dr Govinda KC has been admitted to the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences in Jumla after his health started deteriorating.
March 31, 2018 20:33 pm
KATHMANDU, March 31: A Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) Airbus 320 bound for Kathmandu from Dubai had to be diverted from its course and make an emergency landing at Indira Ghandi International Airport on Friday.
March 18, 2018 16:42 pm
MALE (Reuters) - Police in the Maldives arrested at least 139 opposition protesters, its spokesman said on Saturday, as they attempted to defy orders under the state of emergency and march into the high-security zone in capital Male.
March 14, 2018 20:00 pm
KATHMANDU, March 13: Judicial Council (JC) has called an emergency meeting following the controversy that cropped up after newly elected Bidya Devi Bhandari was sworn in as President by ‘ousted’ Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli.
March 6, 2018 15:10 pm
COLOMBO, Mar 6: Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency for 10 days to rein in the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after Buddhists and Muslims clashed in the Indian Ocean island’s central district of Kandy.
February 6, 2018 10:11 am
Accidents are not something people invite, they are unavoidable. They can result in various levels of injuries and if not looked after correctly, can be fatal for the victim. In case of an accident rather than being a bystander, if one knows how to deal with the injury/illness, they can save lives.
December 21, 2017 02:30 am
POKHARA, Dec 21: A local group of Pokhara organized awareness programs on security measures that need to rehearsal held during emergency situations at the city's schools.
November 22, 2017 17:11 pm
KATHMANDU, Nov 22: The South Asian Regional conference on General Practice and Emergency Medicine is taking place in the capital from November 25 to 26.
November 20, 2017 05:30 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The government has said it is ready to provide necessary health services at the polling booths in the upcoming federal parliament and provincial assembly elections scheduled for November 26 and December 7.
November 9, 2017 17:59 pm
NEW DELHI, Nov 9: The Indian capital declared a pollution emergency and banned the entry of trucks and construction activity as toxic smog hung over the city for a third day on Thursday and air quality worsened by the hour.
October 9, 2017 10:57 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 9: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has called an emergency central work execution committee meeting at 11 am today to discuss its participation in the incumbent government led by the Nepali Congress.
September 11, 2017 19:12 pm
KATHMANDU, September 11: The UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has announced US$4.8 million new humanitarian funding to help address urgent needs amongst flood affected communities in the Terai.
September 4, 2017 13:16 pm
NEW YORK , Septmeber 4: The U.N. Security Council is holding its second emergency meeting in a week about North Korea on Monday after a powerful nuclear test explosion added another layer of urgency for diplomats wrestling with what to do about the North’s persistent weapons programs.
August 20, 2017 22:12 pm
KATHMANDU, Aug 20: Japan has decided to provide emergency relief goods such as blankets and plastic sheets to flood-affected people in Nepal.
August 15, 2017 15:30 pm
KATHMANDU, August 15: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has summoned an emergency meeting of the central working committee (CWC) for August 18.
August 15, 2017 13:56 pm
KATHMANDU, Aug 15: Chinese government has announced a donation of one million US dollar as emergency fund, expressing its sadness over loss of lives and properties in the floods and landslides in Nepal.
August 13, 2017 16:46 pm
KATHMANDU, August 13: An emergency cabinet meeting has been called at 5 this evening.
June 23, 2017 20:45 pm
KATHMANDU, June 23: An emergency mock drill on a plane crash rescue operation was conducted at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu on Friday.
May 27, 2017 00:10 am
KATHMANDU, May 27: The representatives from government and different foreign aid agencies have committed to working together on better emergency preparedness during crises in Nepal.
May 25, 2017 15:30 pm
KATHMANDU, May 25: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) and the World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday met at the Humanitarian Staging Area (HSA) to discuss sustainable methods to work together on better preparedness for crises.
May 21, 2017 18:46 pm
KATHMANDU, May 21: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has called an emergency meeting of its Central Executive Committee on Monday.
April 6, 2017 20:24 pm
KATHMANDU, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Home Affairs Bimalendra Nidhi has called an emergency meeting with the ministers in the government representing the Nepali Congress.
March 30, 2017 10:21 am
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March 29, 2017 13:50 pm
KATHMANDU, March 29: Nepal Civil Aviation Authority(NCAA) has conducted an emergency simulation by setting fire to the Biratnagar Airport(BA) in a risk-free manner on Wednesday.
March 7, 2017 15:14 pm
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 7: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Mogadishu Tuesday to start of what he calls an emergency visit to Somalia to highlight the country's famine crisis.
March 6, 2017 19:02 pm
KATHMANDU, March 6: The United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) has called an emergency meeting following the death of its cadre on Monday.
February 22, 2017 14:02 pm
KAVRE, Feb 22: All but emergency services have remained closed at health institutions in Kavre District for the past four days after the health workers began sit-in protest.
January 27, 2017 14:39 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: A Nepal Army helicopter with President Bidya Devi Bhandari on board has made an emergency landing near Arjun khola, Bhaluwang, in Dang district Friday morning.
January 23, 2017 12:57 pm
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 23: Kuwait's national oil company has declared a state of emergency over an oil leak in one of its southwestern oil fields.
December 6, 2016 08:57 am
HETAUDA, Dec 6: Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Indra Bahadur Baniya has said that a technicians' team would be mobilised to carry out feasibility study for the construction of an emergency landing airport in Makwanpur.
November 30, 2016 00:50 am
KATHMANDU, Nov 30: After the talks between the government and Dr Govinda KC's team ended inconclusively Tuesday, various medical organizations have threatened to launch stringent protests from Wednesday.
October 6, 2016 01:10 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Resident doctors at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) have decided to boycott all the hospital services except emergency from Thursday.
September 26, 2016 17:08 pm
KATHMANDU, Sept 26: An aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) that flew from New Delhi has made an emergency landing at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday afternoon.
August 31, 2016 15:30 pm
IRELAND, Aug 31: Sixteen people have been injured after turbulence prompted a transatlantic flight to make an emergency landing in the Republic of Ireland.
August 18, 2016 17:53 pm
ISTANBUL, Aug 18: A Qatar Airways passenger jet made an emergency landing at Istanbul's main airport shortly after takeoff Thursday following a fire in one of its engines, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
August 11, 2016 16:57 pm
NUWAKOT, Aug 11: A helicopter of Mountain Air with four passengers on board made an emergency landing at Mahadev Phant of the district following a glitch in its engine.
August 9, 2016 10:02 am
GORKHA, Aug 9: Nineteen-year-old nursing mother Preeti Gurung, who lost her life during Monday’s chopper crash in Nuwakot, was receiving treatment at Sirdibas health post in Gorkha since the last three days.
July 18, 2016 00:00 am
KATHMANDU, July 17: The medical condition of Dr Govinda KC, who is on a fast-unto-death since the last eight days, worsened further on Sunday, doctors attending to him said.
July 4, 2016 11:50 am
SYDNEY, July 4: A United Airlines flight from Sydney to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing at Sydney Airport on Monday after striking a bird, an airline official said.