My City, Entertainment
With red carpets rolled up, the Oscar race goes virtual
With red carpets rolled up, the Oscar race goes virtual
This is the time of year when Hollywood’s awards-season-industrial complex usually shifts into high gear. It’s a frothy, festive run of the year’s final premieres and screenings — all part of a carefully orchestrated dance to court tastemakers and, ultimately, academy voters.
Dec 06, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Smuggler snatches police pistol and fires shot in Butwal; one smuggler injured
Smuggler snatches police pistol and fires shot in Butwal; on...
BUTWAL, Dec 6: A smuggler snatched the pistol of a police officer, and fired at his friend in Butwal on Sunday, according to police.
Dec 06, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Nepal’s agriculture lost more than 12 billion rupees during pandemic
Nepal’s agriculture lost more than 12 billion rupees during...
KATHMANDU, Dec 6: A government study has shown that the pandemic has caused about Rs 12 billion losses in agriculture and livestock sector. Although the impact on the agriculture sector is relatively low, a study conducted by the National Planning Commission (NPC) found that COVID-19 has seriously i...
Dec 06, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
All eyes on crucial NCP meeting today
All eyes on crucial NCP meeting today
KATHMANDU, Dec 6: The Standing Committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) which has been scheduled for this afternoon is holding deliberation on the proposals tabled earlier by the chairmen duo KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the party Secretariat, party leaders said.
Dec 06, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
One dead, one injured as a speeding car turns turtle in Bhaktapur
One dead, one injured as a speeding car turns turtle in Bhak...
BHAKTAPUR, Dec 6: One woman died and one man sustained injuries after a speeding car they were travelling in turned turtle at Kausaltar in Bhakatpur district on Saturday midnight.
Dec 06, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Four dead, four injured in jeep accident in Doti
Four dead, four injured in jeep accident in Doti
DOTI, Dec 6: Four people died in a jeep accident in Bogatan Phudsil Rural Municipality of Doti district on Sunday. Four persons have been injured in the accident.
Dec 06, 2020
SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Latest Updates
Visually impaired street singers say their lifeline is gone (with video)
Visually impaired street singers say their lifeline is gone...
KATHMANDU, Dec 6: They would wake up before sunrise, and reach their destination early. After short interactions with locals, they would decide whether to give a concert or just quit, and move a little further in the neighborhood. Many people would shower love and affection, and a few would even har...
Dec 06, 2020
WORLD, My City, Lifestyle, Health
Sight restored by turning back the epigenetic clock
Sight restored by turning back the epigenetic clock
Neurons progressively deteriorate with age and lose resilience to injury. It emerges that treatment with three transcription factors can re-endow neurons in the mature eye with youthful characteristics and the capacity to regenerate.
Dec 06, 2020
WORLD
India fails to end deadlock with farmers, talks to resume next week
India fails to end deadlock with farmers, talks to resume ne...
NEW DELHI, Dec 6: India’s government failed on Saturday to break a deadlock with farmers protesting over agricultural reforms and will meet again on Wednesday, the agriculture minister and union leaders said.
Dec 06, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates
WHO hopes to have 500 million vaccine doses via COVAX scheme in first quarter of 2021 - ch...
WHO hopes to have 500 million vaccine doses via COVAX scheme...
GENEVA, Dec 6: The World Health Organization hopes to have half a billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines available for distribution by the global COVAX initiative in the first quarter of 2021, its chief scientist said on Friday.
Dec 06, 2020