17th NSJF Pulsar Sports Awards on January 12

Kathmandu: The annual Pulsar Sports Award organized by Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) is scheduled to be held on January 12, 2021. The forum announced the date of this year’s award program at a press conference on Sunday. While Nepali sports have been affected due to the corona epidemic, the award program has also been… Continue reading 17th NSJF Pulsar Sports Awards on January 12

Kathmandu-Delhi flight after nine months

Kathmandu (RSS): The Nepal-India flight, which was banned due to the Covid-19 epidemic, will be resumed after about nine months. The Kathmandu-New Delhi flight will resumed from December 17. As reported in Rastriya Samachar Samiti, the two countries will operate two daily flights to Kathmandu-New Delhi. According to the Indian Embassy in Nepal, both the… Continue reading Kathmandu-Delhi flight after nine months

NTB and UNDP launch joint project for sustainable livelihood in tourism sector

Photo Courtesy: Nepal Tourism Board

Kathmandu: Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have jointly launched a new project “Sustainable Tourism for Livelihood Recovery” to support the recovery of tourism sector.The US $ 2.05 million project to be co-funded by NTB and UNDP has been expected to create short-term jobs for the affected communities, particularly women… Continue reading NTB and UNDP launch joint project for sustainable livelihood in tourism sector

Pandemic threatens India’s children with child labor rising

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 11, 2013, file photo, a bonded child laborer rests on a school desk in a safe house after being rescued during a raid by workers from Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save Childhood Movement, at a garments factory in New Delhi, India. With classrooms shuttered and parents losing their jobs, many children are working in farms, illegal factories, brick kilns and roadside stalls, reversing decades of progress to stop child labor. In rural India, a nationwide lockdown imposed in March, 2020, pushed millions of people into poverty, encouraging trafficking of children from villages into cities for cheap labor.

LUCKNOW, India (AP): A boy who cried out when he was beaten for complaining of stomach pains drew attention from a passerby, who alerted police in the central Indian city of Agra. Officers broke a padlock on the gate of the illegal shoe factory where the boy was working and found a dozen children, aged… Continue reading Pandemic threatens India’s children with child labor rising

US allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine in bid to end pandemic

The Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant is shown in Portage, Mich., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans. Photo Courtesy: AP

WASHINGTON (AP): The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans. Shots for health workers and nursing home residents are expected to begin in the coming days after the Food and Drug Administration… Continue reading US allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine in bid to end pandemic

Bungee jump resumes at Bhotekoshi

Kathmandu (RSS): The bungee jump at Bhotekoshi in Sindhupalchowk, which was closed due to coronavirus, has resumed after nine months. Rashtriya Samachar Samiti has reported that the 160-meter long bungee jump, which has been in operation since 1999, is considered to be the best in terms of adventure. Before the lockdown was imposed in the… Continue reading Bungee jump resumes at Bhotekoshi

First wildlife hospital came into operation in Sauraha

File Photo Tourists on a vehicle watch as a one-horned rhino crosses a trail in the Chitwan National Park on Friday, March 24, 2017. Photo Courtesy: RSS

Kathmandu (RSS): The first ever wildlife hospital in Nepal has come into operation. Secretary at the Ministry of Forest and Environment, Viswanath Oli, inaugurated the hospital, which is being constructed along with the National Nature Conservation Fund and the Biodiversity Center Sauraha Office. As reported by Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the hospital will provide services… Continue reading First wildlife hospital came into operation in Sauraha

Finalists announced for Best FIFA Football Award

Kathmandu: FIFA has announced final nominees for The Best FIFA Award. The nominations for the award competition to be held on December 17 have been made public. Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Roberto Lewandowski have been named in the final three men by FIFA on Friday. Earlier, FIFA announced the nominees of 11 players and… Continue reading Finalists announced for Best FIFA Football Award

US antitrust siege of tech widens with lawsuits vs Facebook

FILE - In this July 29, 2020, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks via video conference during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on antitrust on Capitol Hill in Washington. Federal regulators asked Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, for Facebook to be ordered to divest its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services as the U.S. government and 48 states and districts accused the company of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. The antitrust lawsuits were announced by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Letitia James. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner via AP, Pool, File)

WASHINGTON (AP): The giant tech companies whose services are woven into the fabric of social life are now the targets of a widening assault by government competition enforcers. Regulators filed landmark antitrust lawsuits Wednesday against Facebook, the second major government offensive this year against once seemingly untouchable tech behemoths. The Federal Trade Commission and 48… Continue reading US antitrust siege of tech widens with lawsuits vs Facebook