Kathmandu: Airlines have been banned from bringing passengers to Nepal from the UK after detecting new variant of coronavirus. As a result, Nepali citizens and non-resident Nepalis who have to come to Nepal are also in trouble. In this situation, the government has facilitated Nepali citizens and non-resident Nepali citizens who have to come to… Continue reading Conditional permission for Nepalis to return home from the UK
GM teams up with Microsoft on driverless cars
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP): General Motors is teaming up with Microsoft to accelerate its rollout of electric, self-driving cars. In the partnership announced Tuesday, the companies said Microsoft’s Azure cloud and edge computing platform would be used to “commercialize its unique autonomous vehicle solutions at scale.” Microsoft joins General Motors, Honda and other institutional investors… Continue reading GM teams up with Microsoft on driverless cars
Wall Street’s momentum swings back as stocks, yields tick up
NEW YORK (AP): Stocks are ticking higher on Wall Street Tuesday, recovering some of last week’s losses to pull closer to their record highs. The S&P 500 was up 0.5 percent in morning trading and back within 1 percent of its record set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 128 points,… Continue reading Wall Street’s momentum swings back as stocks, yields tick up
Biden DNI pick says no room for politics in intel agencies
WASHINGTON (AP): President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the intelligence community, Avril Haines, promised Tuesday to “speak truth to power” and keep politics out of intelligence agencies to ensure their work is trusted. “When it comes to intelligence, there is simply no place for politics — ever,” she told the Senate Intelligence Committee. Haines, a… Continue reading Biden DNI pick says no room for politics in intel agencies
Experts suggest timely conservation measures to save Waterfowl
Kathmandu (Rastriya Samachar Samiti): The number of waterfowl in Nepal is declining. According to the preliminary data of the waterfowl census, the number of waterfowl has decreased this year. The number of water birds has decreased in Koshi river, Jagdishpur Ramsar area, Chitwan, Karnali river and Badaiya lake area. Conservationists say declining wetland areas, increasing… Continue reading Experts suggest timely conservation measures to save Waterfowl
PM Oli directs to reorganize party committees
Kathmandu (Rastriya Samachar Samiti): Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) Oli Group and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed to immediately reorganize all the district, people’s organizations and level committees of the party. Addressing a gathering of CPN (Maoist) cadres in Kathmandu on Tuesday, he urged the people to be active as… Continue reading PM Oli directs to reorganize party committees
Dissolution of Parliament Begins the process of restoring the monarchy: Prachanda
Kathmandu: Chairman of the CPN-Prachanda-Madhav group, Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) has said that the process of dissolving the House of Representatives is restoring the monarchy. Addressing a meeting of the Nepal Press Association affiliated to the Prachanda-Madhav group, Prachanda remarked that the language of the king was being used in the Prime Minister’s recommendation to… Continue reading Dissolution of Parliament Begins the process of restoring the monarchy: Prachanda
Norway says advice on use of Pfizer vaccine is unchanged
FRANKFURT/OSLO (Reuters): Norway said on Monday it was not changing its policy on the use of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine following reports of deaths in highly frail recipients after the inoculation was given. BioNTech had earlier say that “Norwegian Health Authorities have now changed (their) recommendation in relation to vaccination of the terminally ill”.… Continue reading Norway says advice on use of Pfizer vaccine is unchanged
Facebook bows to Turkish demand to name local representative
ISTANBUL (AP): Facebook announced Monday it has begun the process of assigning a legal entity in Turkey to comply with a controversial law governing social media companies. The law, which passed in July, requires social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter to maintain representatives in Turkey to deal with complaints about content on their… Continue reading Facebook bows to Turkish demand to name local representative
China economy grows in 2020 as rebound from virus gains
BEIJING (AP): China eked out 2.3 percent economic growth in 2020, likely becoming the only major economy to expand as shops and factories reopened relatively early from a shutdown to fight the coronavirus while the United States, Japan and Europe struggled with rising infections. Growth in the three months ending in December rose to 6.5… Continue reading China economy grows in 2020 as rebound from virus gains