SPORTS
Outcry as Australia bars Djokovic over vaccination status
Outcry as Australia bars Djokovic over vaccination status
MELBOURNE, Jan 6: World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia on Thursday amid a storm of protest about a decision to grant him a medical exemption from COVID-19 vaccination requirements to play in the Australian Open.
Jan 06, 2022
SOCIETY
School closed in Banke as mercury falls
School closed in Banke as mercury falls
RANJHA, Jan 6: Teaching and learning activities have been suspended in schools in Banke after the temperature went down.
Jan 06, 2022
POLITICS
Kamal Thapa will no more talk about monarchy
Kamal Thapa will no more talk about monarchy
KATHMANDU, Jan 6: Outgoing Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Kamal Thapa has said that he will start a campaign in favor of Hindu nation from January 11.
Jan 06, 2022
WORLD, Coronavirus
India confirms first Omicron-related death as COVID-19 cases jump
India confirms first Omicron-related death as COVID-19 cases...
NEW DELHI, Jan 6: A diabetic man who died in the western state of Rajasthan was India's first fatality from the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the health ministry said on Wednesday, adding that overall infections had doubled to 58,097 over the past four days.
Jan 06, 2022
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
Effective implementation of law needed to check rampant selling of alcoholic beverages
Effective implementation of law needed to check rampant sell...
KATHMANDU, Jan 6: Nepal has failed to implement fully the regulations to minimize the negative impacts of a rampant selling of alcoholic beverages despite the country abiding by the 2010 resolution of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Jan 06, 2022
OPINION
Is Landlockedness a Boon or a Curse for Nepal? Changing the Grand Narrative
Is Landlockedness a Boon or a Curse for Nepal? Changing the...
Nepal’s landlockedness should be viewed from an agathokakological sense, not just as an ill-fate. Nepal can just give a damn over several ‘economic headaches’ as we are proudly landlocked. The terrorism risk index turns bleak for Nepal, as we are landlocked.
Jan 06, 2022
ECONOMY
Nepse down 30 points after 4 days in green
Nepse down 30 points after 4 days in green
KATHMANDU, Jan 5: The Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index touched 2,700 mark briefly in the morning but could not cross the psychological level. Profit booking in majority of the sectors in the afternoon pulled the index towards negative territory. At the close, Nepse registered a loss of 30.77 point...
Jan 05, 2022
ECONOMY
140 MW Tanahu Hydropower Project sees 25 percent work progress
140 MW Tanahu Hydropower Project sees 25 percent work progre...
KATHMANDU, Jan 5: The 140 MW Tanahu Hydropower Project, one of the biggest reservoir-type projects in the country, has paid Rs 1.30 billion in land compensation.
Jan 05, 2022
ECONOMY
Nepal imports 367 MW of electricity from India, despite govt claim of energy surplus in th...
Nepal imports 367 MW of electricity from India, despite govt...
KATHMANDU, Jan 5: Nepal on Wednesday imported 367 MW of electricity from India to meet its domestic demand, at a time when the government is pushing the households to increase electricity consumption on the pretext of having sufficient electricity production.
Jan 05, 2022
ECONOMY
Govt preparing to operate train kept under veil
Govt preparing to operate train kept under veil
KATHMANDU, Jan 5: The government is preparing to operate the train with Nepali national flag which remains covered for the last 15 months. The train was procured to operate it on the Janakpur-Jayanagar route.
Jan 05, 2022