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As pandemic peaks, government backs out from responsibilities

An additional 2,942 cases of coronavirus infection across Nepal, including 1,698 in Kathmandu valley were reported on Sunday. With this, Nepal’s COVID-19 caseload has reached 132,246, including 39,341 active cases, 92,166 recoveries and 739 deaths. As many as 21,093 active COVID cases are in Kathmandu valley alone. Meanwhile, speaking at a press briefing on the […]

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‘From marital rape to denying reproductive health rights, women and children hit hardest by COVID-19 pandemic’

Hosting a webinar on ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Initiatives Taken by NWC and Nepal Police in Addressing Gender Based Violence Issues’ on Sunday, the National Women Commission (NWC) informed that women and children faced the brunt of emotional, economic, physical and sexual violence during the four-month national lockdown. NWC’s conclusion comes from the

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Wildlife populations in free fall as forests cut to grow food

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The average size of wildlife populations has plummeted by two-thirds worldwide since 1970 as forests were felled to grow food, green group WWF said Thursday, warning that harming ecosystems hikes the risk to humans of infectious diseases like COVID-19. Land conversion for farming and the wildlife trade

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As pandemic peaks, government backs out from responsibilities

‘From marital rape to denying reproductive health rights, women and children hit hardest by COVID-19 pandemic’

Wildlife populations in free fall as forests cut to grow food

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