HAN demands to prioritize tourism revival on the upcoming budget

Kathmandu: Hoteliers have called for a comprehensive tourism revival plan to protect and promote the industry. Entrepreneurs have demanded a special address from the budget saying that the hotel industry, which was hit by the global epidemic of covid-19, has been disrupted due to the new Corona variant. As this business, which has a direct… Continue reading HAN demands to prioritize tourism revival on the upcoming budget

Additional budget of Rs 1.41 billion for 41 hospitals to add ICUs and ventilators

Kathmandu: The government has started sending budgets to other hospitals for special treatment equipment after the hospital’s budget was criticized for focusing only on accessible leaders and ministers’ home districts. The Ministry of Finance has agreed to provide a budget of Rs 1.41 billion for 41 hospitals to provide additional pediatric ICUs and ICU ventilators… Continue reading Additional budget of Rs 1.41 billion for 41 hospitals to add ICUs and ventilators

Chinese President announces to give 1 million doses of vaccine to Nepal

File Photo Photo Courtesy: Chinese Ambassador Hou Yanqi

Kathmandu: Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced to provide vaccinese to Nepal to fight against corona virus. In a telephone conversation between the Presidents of Nepal and China on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that one million doses of vaccine would be given. After a telephone conversation between the two presidents , Chinese Ambassador… Continue reading Chinese President announces to give 1 million doses of vaccine to Nepal

More people recovered than diagnosed with covid in last 24 hours

Kathmandu: There are more people in Nepal today who are cured than those who are infected with the corona virus. In the last 24 hours, 6,714 people across the country have been confirmed infected with the corona virus while 6,716 have been cured. At present, the recovery rate has reached 76.9 percent. The number of… Continue reading More people recovered than diagnosed with covid in last 24 hours

Cyclone Yaas: Severe storm makes landfall on India coast

Orissa bore the brunt of the storm. Photo Courtesy: Reuters

BBC: More than a million people in India have been evacuated as a powerful cyclone has started making landfall on its eastern coast on Wednesday. Cyclone Yaas, which intensified into a “very severe cyclonic storm”, hit the state of Orissa, also known as Odisha, and will take two hours to cross over. This is the… Continue reading Cyclone Yaas: Severe storm makes landfall on India coast

AI emotion-detection software tested on Uyghurs

A gate of what is officially known as a "vocational skills education centre" in Xinjiang. Photo Courtesy: Reuters

(BBC): A camera system that uses AI and facial recognition intended to reveal states of emotion has been tested on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the BBC has been told. A software engineer claimed to have installed such systems in police stations in the province. A human rights advocate who was shown the evidence described it as… Continue reading AI emotion-detection software tested on Uyghurs

Nepali national football team reach Iraq for friendly match

File Photo National football team of Nepal. Photo Courtesy: ANFA

Kathmandu: The Nepali national football team has reached Basra, Iraq on Wednesday afternoon to play a friendly international football match against Iraq. Nepal is set to play a friendly against former Asian champions and Asian football power Iraq ahead of the rest of the World Cup qualifiers in Kuwait. The match will be played at… Continue reading Nepali national football team reach Iraq for friendly match

Rallies, moments of silence honor George Floyd a year later

The family of Daunte Wright gathers on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's death, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. Wright was fatally shot earlier this year by a Minneapolis police officer. Photo Courtesy: AP

MINNEAPOLIS (AP): A family-friendly street festival, musical performances and moments of silence were held Tuesday to honor George Floyd and mark the year since he died at the hands of Minneapolis police, a death captured on wrenching bystander video that galvanized the racial justice movement and continues to bring calls for change. Floyd’s sister Bridgett… Continue reading Rallies, moments of silence honor George Floyd a year later