January 2021 – Page 10

43 climbers receive winter expedition permit

Photo Courtesy: Nepal Tourism Board

Kathmandu: Tourism activities, which have been halted for a long time, are gradually resuming in the country. In this context, the permission for mountaineering has also increased. According to the Department of Tourism, a total of nine teams have taken permission to climb the mountain in the winter season till Sunday. Forty-three climbers from nine… Continue reading 43 climbers receive winter expedition permit

Government allow to open movie halls

Photo Courtesy: QFX cinemas

Kathmandu: The government has given permission to open a movie hall. The government has given permission to operate movie halls which were closed since last year. A meeting with Prime Minister KP Oli and members of the Council of Ministers on Sunday decided to open a cinema hall, media reported quoting Aakash Adhikari, president of… Continue reading Government allow to open movie halls

Application demand for setting up IT labs in colleges

Kathmandu: Bagmati Pradesh has demanded applications for setting up IT labs in its subordinate community campuses. To improve the quality of community campuses, the state is going to set up an IT lab / science laboratory. This program was launched by the state in the previous fiscal year as well. Therefore, it has been mentioned… Continue reading Application demand for setting up IT labs in colleges

Number of active covid cases reach 4,373 in Nepal

Kathmandu: Another 488 people have been confirmed infected with the corona virus in Nepal on Monday. At the same time, the number of infected people has reached 265,268. As of Monday, 4,373 people are actively infected in Nepal. Similarly, 237 people are in quarantine. Similarly, 527 people have been released in the last 24 hours.… Continue reading Number of active covid cases reach 4,373 in Nepal

Bird flu spread across India

File Photo Photo Courtesy: Reuters

Kathmandu: Outbreaks of bird flu have been on the rise in India . At least nine states in India have been infected with bird flu, while some are yet to be tested. Bird flu has also been confirmed in Delhi and Maharashtra, according to Indian media. The Ghazipur Wholesale Poultry Market in New Delhi has… Continue reading Bird flu spread across India

Trial of COVID-19 blood plasma finds no benefit in severely ill patients

FILE PHOTO: Blood collection specialist Kathryn Severson holds a bag of convalescent plasma from a recovered coronavirus patient at the Central Seattle Donor Center of Bloodworks Northwest during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global outbreak, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. September 2, 2020. Photo Courtesy: Reuters

LONDON (Reuters): An international trial testing convalescent blood plasma on COVID-19 patients with moderate and severe illness has halted enrolment of severely ill COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care after it found no benefit, trial investigators said on Monday. “There was no evidence of harm associated with the administration of convalescent plasma” (and) the trial is… Continue reading Trial of COVID-19 blood plasma finds no benefit in severely ill patients

UK ramps up vaccine rollout, targets every adult by autumn

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 file photo, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson watches as nurse Rebecca Cathersides administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Lyn Wheeler at Guy's Hospital in London. Britain races to vaccinate more than 15 million people by mid-February, and in an effort to ensure vaccines get to the right places at the right times, along with the syringes, alcohol swabs and protective equipment needed to administer them, the government has called in the army. Photo Courtesy: AP

LONDON (AP): Britain’s health secretary said Sunday that every adult in the country will be offered a COVID-19 vaccine by the autumn as the U.K. ramps up its mass vaccination program amid a huge surge of infections and hospital admissions. More than 600,000 people age 80 and over will begin receiving invitations this week to… Continue reading UK ramps up vaccine rollout, targets every adult by autumn

Indonesian divers find parts of plane wreckage in Java Sea

An investigator of Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee inspects parts of Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 that crashed in the waters off Java Island, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Indonesian rescuers pulled out body parts, pieces of clothing and scraps of metal from the Java Sea early Sunday morning, a day after the Boeing 737-500 with dozens of people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, officials said.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP): Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Sunday, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after taking off from Indonesia’s capital. The head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency, Bagus Puruhito,… Continue reading Indonesian divers find parts of plane wreckage in Java Sea

New Zealand central bank says data system hacked

FILE - In this May 8, 2019, file photo, New Zealand's Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr speaks to the media in Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand's central bank said, Sunday Jan. 10, 2021, that one of its data systems has been breached by an unidentified hacker who has potentially accessed commercially and personally sensitive information. Photo Courtesy: AP

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP): New Zealand’s central bank said Sunday that one of its data systems has been breached by an unidentified hacker who potentially accessed commercially and personally sensitive information. A third party file sharing service used by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to share and store sensitive information had been illegally accessed,… Continue reading New Zealand central bank says data system hacked

2nd GOP senator now urges Trump to resign over Capitol riot

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., speaks during a Congressional Oversight Commission hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday Dec. 10, 2020 (Alex Wong/Pool via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP): Two Republican senators now say President Donald Trump should resign as support for the drive to impeach him a second time is gaining momentum in his final days in office after the deadly riot at the Capitol by a violent mob of Trump supporters. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania on Sunday joined Alaska… Continue reading 2nd GOP senator now urges Trump to resign over Capitol riot