- Monday, 25 August 2025
The Rising Nepal
Uphold Women’s Constitutional Rights
Women’s empowerment cannot be achieved by just one intervention. Building of social capital with economic empowerment needs to be fortified by an overall protection component where women and children are ensured safety. The time has come for a paradigm shift where global and national policies need to be scrutinised to ensure the rights of the most vulnerable and marginalised communities.
India’s COVID-19 Catastrophe
India is no stranger to political controversies. At least a half-dozen rage in its fractious public life at any time. But perhaps the most unseemly dispute recently has been the current one over the country’s COVID-19 mortality figures. The pandemic hit India hard, particularly during the second wave in April-June 2021, when people were dying from COVID-19 in hospital waiting rooms and parking lots, while others succumbed due to a lack of medical oxygen. Countless funeral pyres glowed in the darkness along the banks of the Ganges, even as some poor families, unable to afford a funeral, wrapped their loved ones in shrouds and sent them floating down the river.
Eco-anxiety Vs Passivity
Hurricanes crash through the coastal areas, floods deluge the residential zones, droughts dry up lakes and wildfires ravage nations. All of these are natural disasters widely considered to have one common root which is climate change. Global warming and climate change are currently manifesting their adverse effects throughout the world as they rear their ugly heads towards biodiversity as well as human life.
4.7 million Nepalis suffer from hypertension, only 400,000 under medication
Hypertension has become a silent epidemic, which is characterized by high blood pressure. It has been found that 4,700,000 people have hypertension problem in Nepal and among them only 400,000 seek medical attention while many of them are unaware that they have the condition. According to Dr. Phanindra Baral, Chief of Non -Communicable Diseases (NCD) and Mental Health at Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD), many hypertension patients do no seek treatment.
Uganda inflict Nepal 12-run defeat
Nepal made a poor start at the Women's T20 International Series following a 12-run defeat against Uganda in the first match held at the TU International Cricket Ground, Kritipur on Monday. Put in to bat first, Uganda posted 102 runs losing five wickets in 20 overs. Nepal, in reply, managed to collect only 90 runs losing nine wickets in 20 overs. After suffering a defeat, Skipper Rubina Chhetri said her team was nervous after coming to play in a long gap.
Title wait nearly over for Milan
AC Milan's lengthy wait for the Italian league title will last another week at least. Second-half goals from Rafael Leão and Theo Hernández saw Milan beat Atalanta 2-0 on Sunday and it now only needs one point from its final match to secure its first Serie A title since 2011. The Rossoneri could even have clinched the title on Sunday but defending champion and fierce rival Inter Milan won 3-1 at relegation-threatened Cagliari to keep its fading title hopes alive.
Students involved in pangolin conservation
Students in Udayapur have engaged in the protection of the endangered pangolins, which is called ‘Salak’ in Nepali. Students of Wildlife Conservation Society in Katari are working for the protection of endangered pangolins by organising various public awareness programmes. They are also motivating the community for the protection of the species. Of the eight species of pangolins found in the world, two are found in Nepal.
Singer Raju Lama climbs Mt. Everest
Popular singer Raju Lama has successfully climbed Sagarmatha (Mount Everest), the highest peak of the world. He reached atop the highest peak at 6:40 am on Monday together with 26 other climbers of his expedition team. According to Imagine Nepal Expedition, singer Lama has conquered the 8848.86-meter high peak.
Life in LA to be released on May 20
The new song of Life in LA, which is scheduled to be released on May 20, has been made public. The tragic song of Basan was released amid a programme in the capital on Monday. The released song has Aryan Pathak’s words, music and voice. The video of the song has featured Bash Bissu and Aakesha Bista. Artistes including Aakesha Bista, Bash Bissu, Jared Billups, Shilpa Maskey, Gaurav Pahari, Buddhi Tamang, Lokendra Lekhak, Prakash Ghimire and Prabin Khatri are featured in the movie directed by Surya N Shrestha.
Encouraging suggestions received from across the country: MoF
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has said that suggestions have been collected in an encouraging manner from the toll free number 1138 operated with the objective of assisting in the preparation of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2022/23. The Ministry said it received encouraging suggestions from most districts across the country.
More election results out across country
Damodar Acharya and Prem Kali Budha from Nepali Congress (NC) has been elected chairman and deputy-chairman in Kanakasundari Rural Municipality of Jumla. According to the Election Office, Acharya secured 2,806 votes while Budha secured 2,380 votes. Their closest rivals for the chairmanship Dhana Bahadur Rai and for deputy-chairmanship Rita Khatri from CPN (Maoist Centre) garnered 2,562 votes and 1,945 votes respectively. Likewise, NC won the post of chairman in Kamalbazzar Municipality of Achham. Yagya Prasad Dhakal from NC secured the post of chairman with 4,288 votes while his competitor Katak Bhadur Saud from UML received 4,065 votes.
Teachings Of Buddha
The birth of Siddhartha Gautam, or the Buddha, as he is known, has changed the world for the better. Like every year since time immemorial, his 2566th birth anniversary was marked across the world on a grand scale on Monday. This begs a question: why is a man born more than 2500 years ago is so revered even today? The answer to this question lies in his teachings. He basically taught the mankind to attain enlightenment – the liberation from the shackles of sufferings created by the human mind. Every human being, whether in rich developed world or in the poor undeveloped world, suffers. Before we start, we need to make a distinction between physical suffering and psychological suffering. Buddha’s teachings are related to the latter. Mankind has made a remarkable progress in alleviating physical suffering to a great degree. But can the same be said about the mental suffering? We don’t think so.
Modi's Lumbini Visit Cultural Connectivity Boosts Ties
Indian Prime Minister Modi landed at the sacred soil of Lumbini on the Buddha Purnima day, bringing his attempts to reset his country's age-old socio-cultural, economic and diplomatic ties with Nepal to the fore. Just before flying to Nepal, he stated his Lumbini visit would boost age-old strong relation, based on shared cultural heritage, with Nepal. Prime Minister Modi's frequent visits to the Himalayan country are motivated by a cultural link that has existed between two closest neighbours for centuries. It has grown further after he laid emphasis on the building close ties with all neighbours through his 'Neighbourhood First' policy that he envisaged in 2014.
Complete West Seti Project
Project delay is the order of the day in Nepal. One of the burning examples is the West Seti Hydroelectric Project. The project site is located in the West Seti river in the Far West of the country. The project covers six districts: Baitadi, Bajhang, Doti, Dadeldhura, Kailali and Kanchanpur. The reservoir site lies in Baitadi and Bajura, whereas the transmission line corridor lies in Doti, Dadeldhura, Kailali and Kanchanpur. All the other sites lie in Doti and Dadeldhura. The elevation of the project site ranges from 550 to 920 metres. The proposed dam lies 82 kilometres upstream of the confluence of the Seti and Karnali rivers.
NASA’s Message To Aliens
The Beacon in the Galaxy project has proposed sending a new message into space to contact extraterrestrial intelligence in the Milky Way. Planet coordinates and "nudity" - a message from NASA will hurry aliens to visit Earth BITG is a project that brings together specialists from various institutions, such as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the NASA Department of Aerospace Engineering (USA), as well as universities in the UK, the Netherlands and China.
