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Koshi Wildlife Reserve organizing tourism festival
Koshi Wildlife Reserve organizing tourism festival
ITAHARI, Feb 2: The Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve here is organising the tourism festival, aiming at bringing in 100 thousand tourists. The 11-day festival is scheduled to be inaugurated by Chief Minister of State-1 Sherdhan Rai, at Laukahi of Sunsari this afternoon.
Feb 02, 2020
WORLD
Spray planes combat the huge locust outbreak in East Africa
Spray planes combat the huge locust outbreak in East Africa
NASUULU CONSERVANCY, KENYA, Feb 2: As locusts by the billions — yes, billions — descend on parts of Kenya in the worst outbreak in 70 years, small planes are flying low over affected areas to spray pesticides in what experts call the only effective control.
Feb 02, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Government urged to take precaution against coronavirus
Government urged to take precaution against coronavirus
KATHMANDU, Feb 2: In a session of the National Assembly today, the Upper House members sought the guarantee of the implementation of citizen's right to basic health care services ensured by the constitution. They insisted the government should take precautions to stay safe from the deadly corona-vir...
Feb 02, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Bus-microbus head-on collision kills four, injuring 10 others in Sunsari
Bus-microbus head-on collision kills four, injuring 10 other...
SUNSARI, Feb 2: Four persons have been killed and 10 others sustained injuries when a passenger bus collided head-on with a microbus in Sunsari district on Sunday.
Feb 02, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
First Nepali as IFRC Secretary General assumes office
First Nepali as IFRC Secretary General assumes office
KATHMANDU, Feb 2: Jagan Chapagain has assumed the post of the Secretary General, the highest position of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The IFRC is the world's largest humanitarian network.
Feb 02, 2020
WORLD
Escaping the virus lockdown in Wuhan would have torn his family, so he stayed
Escaping the virus lockdown in Wuhan would have torn his fam...
SEOUL, Feb 2: Kim Min-jun’s elation at news that South Korea would evacuate its citizens from the epicentre of a virus epidemic in China quickly faded when he learned his Chinese wife would be unable to accompany him.
Feb 02, 2020
WORLD
India reports second case of coronavirus in southern state of Kerala
India reports second case of coronavirus in southern state o...
MUMBAI, Feb 2: A second case of the new coronavirus has been detected in the southern state of Kerala in India, the government said in a news release on Sunday, days after the first case was reported in the state last week.
Feb 02, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Speaker Sapkota commits to maintaining dignity of HoR
Speaker Sapkota commits to maintaining dignity of HoR
KATHMANDU, Feb 2: The Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Agni Prasad Sapkota, has expressed his commitment to work honestly to maintain dignity of the supreme body of people's representatives, HoR.
Feb 02, 2020
WORLD
U.S. military in South Korea imposes quarantine for troops returning from China
U.S. military in South Korea imposes quarantine for troops r...
SEOUL, Feb 2: The U.S. military command in South Korea said it has instituted a 14-day self-quarantine effective Sunday for any troops who recently traveled to China, adding that an outbreak in that country of a new coronavirus could harm military readiness.
Feb 02, 2020
WORLD
Philippines reports 1st virus death outside of China
Philippines reports 1st virus death outside of China
BEIJING, Feb 2: The Philippines on Sunday reported the first death from a new virus outside of China, where authorities delayed the opening of schools in the worst-hit province and tightened quarantine measures in a city that allow only one family member to venture out to buy supplies.
Feb 02, 2020