WORLD, Coronavirus
As COVID-19 rages in India, scientist warns further waves ‘inevitable’
As COVID-19 rages in India, scientist warns further waves ‘i...
INDIA, May 6: A top scientific adviser to the Indian government warned on Wednesday the country would inevitably face further waves of the coronavirus pandemic, as almost 4,000 people died in the space of a day.
May 06, 2021
ECONOMY, POLITICS, SOCIETY, Republica Watch, Coronavirus
How Hukam derailed Nepal’s vaccine procurement: a story of power, greed and commission
How Hukam derailed Nepal’s vaccine procurement: a story of p...
Minister Tripathi had indicated the middlemen as ‘powerful ghosts’
May 06, 2021
SOCIETY, Lifestyle, Myth Buster
Covid-19’s known unknowns
Covid-19’s known unknowns
The more certain someone is about covid-19, the less you should trust them
In 2019, the medical historian Mark Honigsbaum concluded his book The Pandemic Century by saying: “The only thing that is certain is that there will be new plagues and new pandemics. It is not a question of if, but when.”
May 06, 2021
WORLD
U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access to COVID vaccine patents
U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access t...
WASHINGTON DC, May 6: President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies.
May 06, 2021
ECONOMY
Nepse extends sideways movement, hydro stocks rally
Nepse extends sideways movement, hydro stocks rally
KATHMANDU, May 5: After opening 20 points higher in the morning, the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index fell below the opening level within first half hour of trading. The index climbed around 12 points at mid-day, but stocks erased gains to revert to the opening level for the second time in the aft...
May 05, 2021
ECONOMY
Second wave of COVID-19 increases risk of worsening income inequality: Finance Minister Po...
Second wave of COVID-19 increases risk of worsening income i...
KATHMANDU, May 5: The second wave of COVID-19 has fuelled the worsening conditions mainly of the people in low income and vulnerable groups, which will aggravate the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor, said Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel.
May 05, 2021
POLITICS
Opposition alliance decides to field candidacy of Dr Devkota in upcoming National Assembly...
Opposition alliance decides to field candidacy of Dr Devkota...
KATHMANDU, May 5: Opposition parties in parliament have forged an electoral alliance for the National Assembly election scheduled for May 20.
May 05, 2021
ECONOMY
ADB launches Asia Pacific Tax Hub to help member states strengthen domestic resource mobil...
ADB launches Asia Pacific Tax Hub to help member states stre...
KATHMANDU, May 5: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched an Asia Pacific Tax Hub, with the aim to create an open and inclusive platform to promote strategic policy dialogue, improve knowledge-sharing, and strengthen coordination on tax policy and administration among ADB, its members, and dev...
May 05, 2021
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
Nepal records 8,659 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday; 23,713 cases in three days
Nepal records 8,659 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday; 23,7...
Kathmandu Valley alone recorded 4,825 new cases
May 05, 2021
OPINION, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
O Brahmaputra and Bagmati, how can you flow?
O Brahmaputra and Bagmati, how can you flow?
Pashupati Aryaghat, where Hindus cremate their dead bodies, is overcrowded, and has started cremating bodies on open grounds. Until last week, PM Oli was busy inaugurating projects, openly defying urgent pleas by his health ministry to avoid crowds and public events. He infamously urged people to ‘c...
May 05, 2021