SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
HURPES condemns abuses against medics, asks for stricter action
HURPES condemns abuses against medics, asks for stricter act...
KATHMANDU, Aug 24: A protest rally was taken out in Kathmandu against the recent incidents of rising abuse and threats against medicos and the frontline health workers in the ongoing battle against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in different parts of the country.
Aug 24, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Thirty five families at risk due to boulder
Thirty five families at risk due to boulder
NUWAKOT, Aug 24: Thirty five families are at risk due to an unstable huge boulder just above a settlement at Negigaun, Ghyangphedi of Dupcheshwar Rural Municipality-1 in Nuwakot district.
Aug 24, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
India's coronavirus cases surge to 3.1 million
India's coronavirus cases surge to 3.1 million
MUMBAI, Aug 24: India reported 61,408 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its total caseload past 3.1 million, data from the federal health ministry showed.
Aug 24, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Financial repression revisited?
Financial repression revisited?
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WASHINGTON, DC – The US federal debt-to-GDP ratio rose sharply during the 2008-09 Great Recession and continued rising thereafter, going from 62 percent in 2007 to 90 percent in 2010. By 2019, it had reached 106 percent, and the Congressional Budget Office was warning that the trust funds for Social...
Aug 24, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
New Zealand to extend lockdown of largest city
New Zealand to extend lockdown of largest city
CHRISTCHURCH, Aug 24: New Zealand’s prime minister says the lockdown of Auckland will last an extra four days as authorities try to stamp out an outbreak of the coronavirus.
Aug 24, 2020
SOCIETY, Infographic, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
INFOGRAPHICS: 48 districts have partial or complete lockdown
INFOGRAPHICS: 48 districts have partial or complete lockdown
KATHMANDU, Aug 24: Amid the rising number of novel coronavirus cases (COVID-19), most districts across the country have enforced lockdown.
Aug 24, 2020
WORLD, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
South Korea sees 11th day of 3-digit increases
South Korea sees 11th day of 3-digit increases
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug 24: South Korea counted its 11th straight day of triple-digit daily jumps in coronavirus cases Monday after social distancing restrictions were tightened nationwide.
Aug 24, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Reimagining social work
Reimagining social work
In times of an emergency like the one we are currently experiencing I am wondering about the role social work as a profession can play and how it can better contribute to the inclusive development of Nepal. There is a common understanding that social work as such is not much of value and it is easil...
Aug 24, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
COVID-19 death toll in Biratnagar rises to eight
COVID-19 death toll in Biratnagar rises to eight
MORANG, Aug 24: With one more COVID-19 related death on Sunday night, the COVID-19 death toll in Biratnagar Metropolitan City has risen to eight.
Aug 24, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
First COVID-19 patient to receive Plasma Therapy at BPKIHS dies
First COVID-19 patient to receive Plasma Therapy at BPKIHS d...
DHARAN, Aug 24: The first COVID-19 patient, who received plasma therapy at BP Koirala Institute of Health Science in Dharan, succumbed to COVID-19.
Aug 24, 2020