SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP): Raphael Warnock’s roots showed little promise of a future that led to the U.S. Senate. He grew up in Savannah in the Kayton Homes public housing project, the second youngest of 12 children. His mother as a teenager had worked as a sharecropper picking cotton and tobacco. His father was a preacher… Continue reading ‘Only in America’: Warnock’s rise from poverty to US senator
Month: January 2021
Air pollution has decreased in Kathmandu, risk remains in Janakpur, Biratnagar and Hetauda
Kathmandu: The level of air pollution in Kathmandu has come down on Wednesday. With the change in the weather, the level of air pollution in cities including Kathmandu had risen to deadly level on Monday and Tuesday. With the improvement in the weather, the amount of air pollution has also decreased, according to the Department… Continue reading Air pollution has decreased in Kathmandu, risk remains in Janakpur, Biratnagar and Hetauda
Govt directs to intensify security check at border as bird flu found in India
Kathmandu: The government has urged to be on high alert in the Nepal-India border area after bird flu was confirmed in four states of India. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has instructed the subordinate quarantine offices to keep a close watch on the trade of livestock and livestock products entering Nepal from India.… Continue reading Govt directs to intensify security check at border as bird flu found in India
Judge Karki announces not to look into dispute over dissolution of Parliament
Kathmandu: Judge Harikrishna Karki has announced that he will not sit in the constitutional bench hearing the dissolution of the parliament. Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JBR had appointed Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Anil Kumar Sinha and Tej Bahadur KC in the constitutional bench headed by him for hearing the writ petitions filed against the dissolution of… Continue reading Judge Karki announces not to look into dispute over dissolution of Parliament
6-point letter to Sports Minister
Kathmandu: Nepal National and International Sportsmen’s Association (NNIPA) has handed over a letter to Youth and Sports Minister Dawa Lama Tamang. A team of NNIPA led by Chairman Deepak Shrestha reached the Ministry on Wednesday and handed over a letter to Minister Tamang. The association has submitted a letter containing various six-point demands. These include… Continue reading 6-point letter to Sports Minister
Several U.S. states sue regulator over ‘true lender’ rule
NEW YORK (Reuters): Seven U.S. states and Washington, D.C. on Tuesday sued the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, seeking to void a rule they said could encourage predatory lending by depriving them of their ability to enforce state laws against exploitative interest rates. The complaint filed in Manhattan federal court seeks to… Continue reading Several U.S. states sue regulator over ‘true lender’ rule
Larry King, hospitalized with COVID, moved out of ICU
LOS ANGELES (AP): Veteran talk show host Larry King, suffering from COVID-19, has been moved out of the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital and is breathing on his own, a spokesman said on Monday. King was moved to the ICU on New Year’s Eve and was receiving oxygen but is now breathing… Continue reading Larry King, hospitalized with COVID, moved out of ICU
TENNIS ’21: COVID questions key; Djokovic, Nadal eye records
(AP): When the 2020 men’s tennis season ended at the ATP Finals, Rafael Nadal captured a common sentiment that still holds true as the 2021 tennis season is set to begin this week. “The world is suffering a lot, so we are very lucky that we can play tennis,” Nadal said in London in November.… Continue reading TENNIS ’21: COVID questions key; Djokovic, Nadal eye records
UK hospitals stagger under toll from the new virus variant
LONDON (AP): England’s National Health Service is accustomed to tough winters — and caring for people on overcrowded wards sometimes means moving patients into the corridor. But this is different. Now some are lucky just to get medical help as they wait in an ambulance in the parking lot. Pressure on the nation’s hospitals forced… Continue reading UK hospitals stagger under toll from the new virus variant
Four categories for the Pulsar Sports Awards are public
Kathmandu: Nominations of four categories under the 17th edition of ‘NSJF Pulsar Sports Award’ to be organized by Nepal Sports Journalists have been made public on Tuesday. As every year, the forum has made public the nominations of men, women, young players and coaches of the year. Bikesh Kuthu of football, Gopichandra Parki of athletics,… Continue reading Four categories for the Pulsar Sports Awards are public