WORLD, Coronavirus
Explainer: Omicron vs COVID-19 vaccines: What more do we need to know?
Explainer: Omicron vs COVID-19 vaccines: What more do we nee...
CHICAGO, Dec 10: Laboratory studies released this week suggest that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus will blunt the power of Pfizer (PFE.N) and BioNTech's vaccine to prevent COVID-19 infection after two doses, although a third dose may restore that protection.
Dec 10, 2021
SOCIETY
Motorcyclist killed in a jeep crash
Motorcyclist killed in a jeep crash
DEUKHURI, Dec 10: A person has been killed when a Bolero jeep hit a motorcycle in Dang district.
Dec 10, 2021
SOCIETY
Elephant menace in Jhapa
Elephant menace in Jhapa
DAMAK, Dec 10: Wild elephants have panicked the people at Simle of Kamal Rural Municipality-5 in Jhapa district.
Dec 10, 2021
POLITICS
NC’s 14th general convention from today
NC’s 14th general convention from today
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: The 14th general convention of Nepali Congress is beginning in Kathmandu starting today.
Dec 10, 2021
WORLD
WHO warns against vaccine hoarding as poorer countries go without
WHO warns against vaccine hoarding as poorer countries go wi...
GENEVA, Dec 10: The World Health Organization warned wealthy countries on Thursday against hoarding COVID-19 vaccines for booster shots as they try to fight off the new Omicron variant, threatening supplies to poorer countries where inoculation rates are low.
Dec 10, 2021
ECONOMY
NRB allows Korea-bound workers to carry an additional US $ 1,500
NRB allows Korea-bound workers to carry an additional US $ 1...
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has permitted the South Korea-bound migrant workers to carry additional up to US $ 1,500 citing the expenses that the workers have to incur while staying in the quarantine posts there.
Dec 10, 2021
ECONOMY
Govt boasts of curbing illegal gold import amid poor performance of major macroeconomic in...
Govt boasts of curbing illegal gold import amid poor perform...
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: The government has mobilized a special task force at the Tribhuvan International Airport targeting to check the unauthorized import of gold.
Dec 10, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepse flat around 2,450
Nepse flat around 2,450
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: The benchmark equity index extended its fall in the morning on Thursday. The benchmark dropped around 22 points before making a rebound towards its opening level at mid-day. Failing to hold ground in green, Nepse traded mostly in red before a small recovery at the closing minutes s...
Dec 09, 2021
ECONOMY
Refinance loans of Rs 8.99 billion given to pandemic-hit businesses during mid-July and mi...
Refinance loans of Rs 8.99 billion given to pandemic-hit bus...
KATHMANDU, Dec 9: A total of 72 firms received refinance loans worth Rs 8.99 billion in the first four months of the current fiscal year. Of the total beneficiaries, more than 55 percent are tourism-related businesses.
Dec 09, 2021
Coronavirus
The AP Interview: CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far
The AP Interview: CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far
ATLANTA, Dec 9: More than 40 people in the U.S. have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far, and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated, the chief of the CDC said Wednesday. But she said nearly all of them were only mildly ill.
Dec 09, 2021