World Cancer Day being observed today

February 4, 2024 11:15 am

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: The World Cancer Day is being observed today by organizing a variety of awareness programs against cancer.

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Today, World AIDS Day is being celebrated in Nepal with various programs. The theme for this year's World AIDS Day, observed on December 1st annually, is ‘To end AIDS, Let Communities Lead.’

BIRENDRANAGAR, Jan 27: As many as 118 people were killed in road accidents in Karnali in the last six months. According to the Karnali Province Police Office, 118 people were killed and 515 injured in 203 road accidents in different districts of Karnali.

JUMLA, March 10: The government's aggressive campaign against Chhaupadi, a tradition of keeping women in separate huts during their periods, has fallen weak in Karnali. The campaign that started over two months ago has fizzled out as families largely continued with the ill practice despite used awareness programs and forceful demolition of sheds.

KATHMANDU, Nov 15: Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology initiated a program on Wednesday to create awareness regarding the effects of diabetes on eyes and ways to prevent them as the country marked the World Diabetes Day.