Dec 11: Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery.

SINGAPORE, Nov 19: The first known COVID-19 case was a market vendor in the Chinese city of Wuhan, not an accountant who appeared to have no link to the market but whose case contributed to speculation the virus could have leaked from a lab, according to a U.S. study.

GENEVA/ZURICH, March 31: Data was withheld from World Health Organization investigators who travelled to China to research the origins of the coronavirus epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday.

A couple of days back, we were watching a documentary on the Buddha. The narrator was describing how the Buddha challenged the hierarchy based on caste. Since my daughter has no knowledge around the caste system, she was stunned to find that the religion/culture that she was born into divides people up right at birth.

June 21 marks the beginning of summer solstice, which is the longest day of the year and is also celebrated as Fete de la Musique or World Music Day.

KHUTAUNA, (Bihar), April 28: Two blue boards reading ‘Pahadi Tola’ hang on both sides of the entrance gate of Khutauna City in Madhuwani district of Bihar State of India. Everyone who comes across the board with this message – Pahadi Tola-15 - becomes inquisitive.

KATHMANDU, April 22: Parag Pathak, an economics professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) born to  Nepali emigrant parents, has been awarded the John Bates Clark Medal.

KATHMANDU, Oct 16: There was a hullabaloo in the party office of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) after a woman was found enlisted in the close list of candidates under proportional representation category.

KATHMANDU, August 1: Four different working papers on 'Various Aspects of Nepali Philosophy' were presented at a programme organised at Nepal Academy on Monday.

KATHMANDU, May 9: A British of Nepali origin is set to file candidacy for the snap parliamentary election in UK.

If we are not calm and get caught up in desire, anger, greed or fear, we then take ourselves away from Atma, the true self