75 million assistance from Kathmandu Metropolitan City to Teaching Hospital

Photo Courtesy: Official website of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital

Kathmandu: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is going to give a grant to the Tribhuvan Universtiy Teaching Hospital for the purchase of CT scan machine. An agreement was reached on Tuesday to provide financial assistance for the purchase of a state-of-the-art CT scan machine at the hospital. The agreement was signed between Mayor Bidhya Sundar Shakya… Continue reading 75 million assistance from Kathmandu Metropolitan City to Teaching Hospital

Govt issue new ordinance

Kathmandu: The government has issued the ordinance so that the Constitutional Council can hold in the presence of three people including the Prime Minister. A meeting of the council has been held on Tuesday evening along with the ordinance. The Constitutional Council (Functions, Duties, Rights and Procedures) Act, 2066 BS provided that the chairperson and… Continue reading Govt issue new ordinance

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic

A researcher for Brazil's state-run Fiocruz Institute takes an oral swab sample from a bat captured in the Atlantic Forest, at Pedra Branca state park, near Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Teams of researchers around the globe are racing to study the places and species from which the next pandemic may emerge. It's no coincidence that many scientists are focusing attention on the world's only flying mammals — bats. Photo Courtesy: AP

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The researchers were on a mission: capture bats and help prevent the next global pandemic. A few meters ahead, nearly… Continue reading Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic

‘Relieved’: US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine

Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. Photo Courtesy: AP

(AP): The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history got underway Monday as health workers in select hospitals rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating back the pandemic — a day of optimism even as the nation’s death toll neared 300,000. “I feel hopeful today. Relieved,” said critical case… Continue reading ‘Relieved’: US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine

Today’s protest is against government’s wrong trend: Deuba

Kathmandu: President of the Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the nationwide demonstration today has exposed the public opinion against the current government and its totalitarian tendency.“A strong opinion has emerged today that the 21st-century Nepali people want to ensure the future of the country through the basic path… Continue reading Today’s protest is against government’s wrong trend: Deuba

T20 World Cup 2022: Nepal to play direct global qualifier

Kathmandu: Nepal will play global qualifer for the ICC T20 World Cup to be held in Australia in 2022. According to the 2022 T20 World Cup roadmap released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday, Nepal, Zimbabwe, UAE and Singapore will be able to play in the global selection. Based on being ahead in… Continue reading T20 World Cup 2022: Nepal to play direct global qualifier

Google outage: YouTube, Docs and Gmail knocked offline

(BBC): Google applications including YouTube, email, and Docs have suffered a rare service outage, with users unable to access many of the company’s services. The outage started shortly before noon UK time, lasting more than half an hour before services were restored. Users around the world reported problems with Gmail, Google Drive, the Android Play… Continue reading Google outage: YouTube, Docs and Gmail knocked offline

COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort

A truck loaded with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine leaves the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. Photo Courtesy: Retuers

KALAMAZOO, Michigan (AP): The first shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States headed Sunday from Michigan to distribution centers across the country, with the first shots expected to be given in the coming week to health care workers and at nursing homes. Shipments of the Pfizer vaccine will set in… Continue reading COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort

Indoor training of national football team begins for World Cup qualifiers

Kathmandu: Indoor training of the national football team has started from today. The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has started training from today in preparation for the World Cup qualifiers. ANFA has involved 58 players in closed training. The closed training has been started in preparation for the competition against Chinese Taipei on March 25,… Continue reading Indoor training of national football team begins for World Cup qualifiers

Sugarcane farmers protest in Kathmandu

FILE – Sugarcane farmers of Beldandi in Kanchanpur district harvest the crops, on Friday, January 13, 2017. Photo courtesy: Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Kathmandu: Sugarcane farmers of Sarlahi have started Kathmandu-centric agitation. They have been staging a sit-in at Maitighar Mandala in Kathmandu since Sunday saying that the government’s promise to recover their due payment from the sugar mill operators has not been fulfilled. They have demanded the implementation of the agreement reached last year. According to the… Continue reading Sugarcane farmers protest in Kathmandu