SOCIETY
Baitadi jeep accident: one dies, three injured
Baitadi jeep accident: one dies, three injured
BAITADI, Dec 24: A person was killed and three others injured in a jeep accident at Sunarya Rural Municipality-7, Alugaira in Baitadi Thursday morning.
Dec 24, 2020
My City, Lifestyle, Entertainment
Coronavirus: The board game - German sisters' invention sells out for Christmas
Coronavirus: The board game - German sisters' invention sell...
At a loose end during Germany’s first lockdown, the four Schwaderlapp sisters decided to put their long hours indoors to good use - by inventing a coronavirus board game that is selling by the thousands.
Dec 24, 2020
ECONOMY
ADB provides USD 150 million concessional loan for SASEC Airport Capacity Enhancement Proj...
ADB provides USD 150 million concessional loan for SASEC Air...
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The government of Nepal and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed US dollar 150 million concessional loan agreement to finance South Asia Sub regional Cooperation (SASEC) Airport Capacity Enhancement Project and US$ 40 million concessional loan and US$10 million grant for the implem...
Dec 24, 2020
NEPAL, SOCIETY
Nepal sees a massive increase in threatened birds species
Nepal sees a massive increase in threatened birds species
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Gradual loss of jungles and wetlands has continued to take a toll on birds and other wildlife worldwide, and this reflects no less vividly in Nepal, according to ornithologists. Responding to a recently released 2020 red list updates on birds by IUCN, they said that 'single year's...
Dec 24, 2020
WORLD
Millions of U.S. vaccine doses sit on ice, putting 2020 goal in doubt
Millions of U.S. vaccine doses sit on ice, putting 2020 goal...
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 24: Millions of COVID-19 vaccines are sitting unused in U.S. hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign, putting the government’s target for 20 million vaccinations this month in doubt.
Dec 24, 2020
My City, Lifestyle, Travel
China 'mines' ice from river to build frozen castles, pagoda
China 'mines' ice from river to build frozen castles, pagoda
For more than 300 “ice miners” in Harbin, work begins in the numbing cold before dawn every day on the frozen Songhua, a broad river that winds its way through the northeastern Chinese city.
Dec 24, 2020
WORLD
Brexit trade deal marathon heads to the finish line
Brexit trade deal marathon heads to the finish line
BRUSSELS, Dec 24: Britain and the European Union appeared close to clinching a long-elusive trade agreement on Wednesday, raising hopes that they were now set to avoid a turbulent economic rupture on New Year’s Day.
Dec 24, 2020
WORLD
Rules to stop coronavirus variant stoke chaos at Indian airports
Rules to stop coronavirus variant stoke chaos at Indian airp...
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MUMBAI, Dec 24: Passengers flying into India’s biggest airports on Wednesday complained of long waits and confusion as authorities sought to impose rules to try to stop the spread of a new more transmissible variant of the coronavirus.
Dec 24, 2020
ECONOMY
Nepal Oil Corporation finalises alignment for laying Jhapa-Siliguri petroleum pipeline
Nepal Oil Corporation finalises alignment for laying Jhapa-S...
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has finalized the route for laying pipes for the proposed Jhapa-Siliguri petroleum pipeline project.
Dec 24, 2020
OPINION
Can poor countries avoid a vaccine bidding war?
Can poor countries avoid a vaccine bidding war?
The best way to help poor countries obtain more doses is to reach an international agreement, presumably through COVAX and the WHO, to coordinate the allocation of available vaccines.
Dec 24, 2020