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Dalit youth’s death in police custody incident of caste-based discrimination, says NHRC

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed its concern over the death of 19-year-old Bijaya Ram Chamar, of Garuda Municipality-8, Rautahat, at Birgunj-based National Medical College, while he was in police custody. The Dalit teenager was being treated at the hospital for renal disease and died on 26 August (Wednesday night). Chamar had been […]

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19th person dies of Covid-19

A 36-year-old male, who had tested positive for Covid-19, died in Gulmi district on Saturday night. He is the second person to have died of coronavirus infection in the district. The male, from Dhurkot Rural Municipality-4, died while undergoing treatment at Tamghas District Hospital at 9:20 pm on Saturday. He had returned from India on

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22-year-old dies in Baitadi quarantine

A 22-year-old female staying in a quarantine facility at Purchodi Municipality-4 of Baitadi district died on today morning. The female, along with her husband and 18-month-old child, had returned from India via Gauriphanta border point in Dhangadhi and reached the quarantine facility on May 29. They were kept at a quarantine facility in Maalika Secondary

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‘I can’t breathe’ protests heat up as curfews imposed in several U.S. cities

MINNEAPOLIS, May 30 (Reuters) – Civil unrest flared and curfews were imposed in several major U.S. cities on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets to vent outrage at the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck. From Los Angeles to Miami

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4,000 children could die in Nepal in next six months: UNICEF

An additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weaken health systems and disrupt routine services, UNICEF has said in a press statement. The UN agency said researchers estimate up to 4,000 children could die in Nepal in the next six months.

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Drone pictures show bodies being buried on New York''s Hart Island, where the department of corrections is dealing with more burials overall, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in New York City, the United States [Lucas Jackson/Reuters]

New York City hires laborers to bury dead in Hart Island potter’s field amid coronavirus surge

New York City officials have hired contract laborers to bury the dead in its potter’s field on Hart Island as the city’s daily death rate from the coronavirus epidemic has reached grim new records in each of the last three days. The city has used Hart Island to bury New Yorkers with no known next

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Trans community mourning death of a dear friend

Ajita Bhujel is described as a strong, independent and outspoken transgender woman by her friends. They say Ajita was not afraid of voicing her opinions and loved her friends more than anything in the world. Ajita’s death in Hetauda has devastated not only her family, but the entire transgender community in the country. Kiran Thapa

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