Bir hospital urge patients to come for post covid treatment

File Photo of Bir Hospital. Photo Courtesy: National Academy of Medical Sciences

Kathmandu: Bir hospital has urged covid recovered patients to visit the hospital for their post covid treatment as a total of 158 covid beds including ICU with some ventilators and High Dependency Unit (HDU) are vacant. As per the hospital, preparations are being made to operate 500 beds in a week if the patient’s pressure… Continue reading Bir hospital urge patients to come for post covid treatment

112 Nepalis returned from Afghanistan on Tuesday

Kathmandu: Another 112 Nepalis returned home from Afghanistan on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 102 Nepali nationals were rescued, including 103 from Jordan Aviation and nine from Qatar Air. At the same time, 770 Nepali nationals have been rescued from Afghanistan so far, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to… Continue reading 112 Nepalis returned from Afghanistan on Tuesday

NOC increase Petrol and LP gas price

Kathmandu: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has again increased the price of petroleum products. The corporation has increased the price of cooking gas including diesel, petrol and kerosene with effect from 12 noon on Monday, said Binit Mani Upadhyaya, spokesperson of the corporation. Diesel, petrol and kerosene price has gone up by two rupees per liter.… Continue reading NOC increase Petrol and LP gas price

Gunfire at Kabul airport kills 1 amid chaotic evacuations

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, prepare to load qualified evacuees aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. Photo Courtesy: AP

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP): A firefight just outside Kabul’s international airport killed at least one Afghan soldier early Monday, German officials said, the latest chaos to engulf Western efforts to evacuate those fleeing the Taliban takeover of the country. The airport shooting came as the Taliban sent fighters north of the capital to eliminate pockets of… Continue reading Gunfire at Kabul airport kills 1 amid chaotic evacuations

Nepal wins historic medal in boxing

Kathmandu: Nepali boxing has achieved historic success at the Asian level of junior and youth boxing. Nepal’s Chiring Wangdi Sherpa has clinched a medal in the quarterfinals of the junior 54 kg weight category at the ASBC Junior and Youth Boys and Girls Boxing Championships in Dubai. Nepal’s school boxer Chhiring defeated Kuwait’s rival Mohammad… Continue reading Nepal wins historic medal in boxing

Two arrested for possessing drugs on journalist’s motorcycle, police suspended

Kathmandu: The District Police Office, Rautahat has admitted that the innocent man was arrested with drugs. However, an official of the district branch of the Federation of Nepali Journalists has also been involved in the incident. District Police Office, Rautahat has confirmed that Dhiraj Yadav and Jitesh Kumar Yadav were used by the Joint Secretary… Continue reading Two arrested for possessing drugs on journalist’s motorcycle, police suspended

Recovery rate increasing compared to infection rate

Kathmandu: In Nepal, the number of people recovering from corona infection is increasing in last three days. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, more people have recovered on Saturday, Sunday and Monday than are infected. This has reduced the number of corona infections in Nepal. The number of actively infected people on Monday… Continue reading Recovery rate increasing compared to infection rate

Ex-Indonesian minister jailed for 12 years in COVID-19 graft scandal

JAKARTA, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Former Indonesian social affairs minister Juliari Batubara has been sentenced to 12 years in prison over a multi-million dollar COVID-19 graft scandal, the Jakarta Corruption Court ruled on Monday. A judge said the former politician was found “convincingly guilty of corruption” after receiving 32.4 billion rupiah ($2.25 million) in kickbacks… Continue reading Ex-Indonesian minister jailed for 12 years in COVID-19 graft scandal

Computer Space and beyond: 50 years of gaming

Arcade originals Pong (left) and Computer Space (right) at the Computerspielemuseum in Berlin. Photo Courtesy: Computers pile museum

BBC: What is now a multi-billion pound industry started out as a humble arcade machine created by a group of college students in 1971. Before then, playing video games had been a geeky pastime for small groups on university tech campuses, but in 1971, Nolan Bushnell, a student at the University of Utah, joined up… Continue reading Computer Space and beyond: 50 years of gaming