A team of high-profile climbers led by Bahrain Prince, Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa, successfully scaled Mt Manaslu this morning, making them the only team to climb Nepal’s 8,000-metre peak in autumn season of this year. According to Seven Summit Treks Manager, Thaneswar Guragai, members of the Bahrain Royal Guard expedition along with record-holding Sherpa […]
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The Department of Transport Management (DoTM) has made booking online tickets for public bus services operating in medium and long routes mandatory. Issuing a new directive for online ticket purchase/sale for public transport service providers on Tuesday, DoTM has asked all medium and long distance public vehicles to opt for digital ticketing. According to DoTM,
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BANGKOK, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Thailand’s government banned protests and the publication of sensitive news on Thursday in the face of escalating protests that have targeted King Maha Vajiralongkorn as well as Prime Minister Prayuth Chan’ocha, a former junta leader. Within 30 minutes of an emergency decree taking effect at 4 a.m. (2100 GMT), riot
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The Supreme Court has ordered the government to conduct the general public’s PCR test free of cost. Though a division bench of justices Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Tanka Bahadur Moktan delivered the verdict on October 1, responding to a writ petition filed by advocates Lokendra Oli and Keshar Jung KC, the verdict’s full text was
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BEIJING, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The Chinese city of Qingdao said on Thursday it had suspended its health commission head and sacked a hospital director following an outbreak of coronavirus infections that ended China’s run of about two months without reporting a local case. The coastal city has reported 13 recent infections, most of them
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Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli reshuffled his Cabinet late on Wednesday inducting three new ministers — Bishnu Prasad Paudel, Krishna Gopal Shrestha and Lilanath Shrestha. President Bidhya Devi Bhandari approved the reshuffle at the recommendation of Prime Minister Oli. Parbat Gurung, who earlier was the Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens, has been appointed
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Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, Speaker for the Ministry of Health and Population appeared on Facebook Live for the day’s media briefing. Here are a few updates: Total no. of PCR tests done in Nepal: 1,221,038 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 13,947 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj,
COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 117,996 Recovery: 80,954 Death: 675 Read Post »
Local level health officials have said that PCR testing for the detection of coronavirus infection has been affected in the several districts of Province-1 after testing came to a grinding halt at most of the laboratories in the province. On Tuesday, the Itahari Sub-Metropolitan Municipality issued a notice stating that conducting tests has been affected
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Sick and tired of government’s inaction and lack of plan to ease daily life amid the COVID-19 pandemic, captain of national football team Kiran Chemjong has tried to draw the government’s as well as National Sports Council’s attention towards the plights of sportspersons. Posting an open letter to the government and sports council on his
Oct 14 (Reuters) – Eli Lilly stops one COVID-19 treatment trial; quality control issues found at manufacturing plant for another Eli Lilly and Co said on Tuesday that the government-sponsored clinical trial of its COVID-19 antibody treatment, LY-CoV555, similar to one taken by U.S. President Donald Trump has been paused because of a safety concern.
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