- Saturday, 11 April 2026
The Rising Nepal
Nation seeing alarming rise in road accident deaths
A total of 2,883 individuals died and 7,282 others were severely injured in around 24,526 road accidents across the country during the last fiscal year 2021/22. The Nepal Police Mirror 2022, released on October 17 by Nepal Police Headquarters, shows that 25,722 individuals sustained minor injuries in the accidents.
For Free, Fair Polls
The nation is set to hold its general elections on November 20. This time around, the Election Commission will hold the federal and provincial elections simultaneously, for which it has made all groundwork so that the polls would be conducted successfully. As the day for the elections, the second since the promulgation of the country’s constitution in 2015, draws near, political parties and their leaders, cadres, workers and supporters are deeply involved in canvassing. Leaders of all hues - from central to local level - are engaged in electioneering and are at present at their home constituencies.
Happiness Helps Reduce Stress
Good quality of life has health and happiness as two basic pillars. Happiness and health have been anecdotally linked for long and no doubt that a strong connection exists between them. All humans have an inherent tendency to ruminate more on negative experiences than positive ones. In fact, such behaviour is an evolutionary adaptation. Learning from the dangerous or negative situations we encounter through life, in fact, helps us avoid repetition in the future and react quickly in a crisis situation. Happiness has been positively associated with healthier behaviours. And healthier behaviours in turn help control high blood pressure and excess body fat, resulting in lower risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease.
Enhancing Health System Governance
In the 21st century, global health is profoundly influenced by the dynamic interactions of biological and socio-political systems at large. The health outcomes are affected by a nexus of intersecting global challenges ranging from emerging endemics or pandemics, migration, c
No Horn, Please
The whole world is alarmed at air, water and land pollution. But there’s a deafening silence about noise pollution. Be it human or machine-created, noise disrupts normal activity and balance of life. Honking by motorists is the largest source of noise pollution in India. The menace of honking is increasing day-by-day in metro cities in particular, aggravating noise pollution resulting in serious health hazards.
Humla farmers take yaks to lower villages
Yak, the shaggy-haired Himalayan cow, and other cattle taken to the high pasture land during mid-May for grazing have been brought down to the villages of Limi after the high land started receiving snow. Karsang Tamang of Namkha Rural Municipality-6 informed that this year, the yaks and cattle were brought to the lower villages earlier than the past due to early snowfall.
Tradition of playing swings during festivals fading away
Swings used to be a part of major festivals from Dashain to Thulo Ekadashi. Rote and linge swings (traditional swings set up with rope and bamboo poles and poles of Shorea robusta) used to be a common sight in the village. But now, they are rarely seen. These swings are disappearing as the practice of setting up swings in the village is on the wane.
Jumla’s Sinja suffers most from late monsoon rainfall
The Sinja area suffered the most from the incessant rainfall from October 5 to 10. According to Narendra Chand, Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Jumla, 1,952 people have been displaced from the rain-induced disasters in Jumla. Out of them, 725 people are from Sinja Rural Municipality and 298 from Kanakasundari Rural Municipality.
Kantara: second-biggest grosser of Kannada film industry
Rishab Shetty’s Kantara is what you call a ‘dark hoIRs.e’. The film, made on a relatively modest budget of IRs. 15 crore (approximately), has now become the second highest grosser of Kannada cinema — only behind KGF: Chapter 2 (IRs. 1200 crore). According to reports, the
Transportation of ballot papers accelerated
The Election Commission (EC) has accelerated the transportation of the ballot papers and election materials for the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies slated for November 20. Transportation of the ballot papers for the proportional presentation (PR) electoral system has been completed in 69 districts, while the task of transporting the ballot papers to eight districts is still pending. Transporting of the ballot papers has been halted in some remote districts due to the poor road connectivity.
Attraction towards online gambling on rise across the country
Nepal Police have been arresting hundreds of individuals for gambling with cards and sea shells (locally called ‘kauda’) on the basis of special tipoff. According to Nepal Police Headquarters daily bulletins, 78 gamblers were held from four different districts with over Rs. 2 million in cash during the festival of Tihar.
MoHP verifies 53 dengue deaths
The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has verified 53 deaths due to dengue infection since mid-July so far. Similarly, 46,413 cases of dengue virus spread by the infected Aedes aegypti mosquito were detected from across the nation as of Saturday. Meanwhile, RSS adds, the number of dengue infection cases has crossed 2,000 in Chitwan. The District Health Office stated that dengue has been confirmed in 2,164 persons till October 27 so far. Dengue tests were conducted on 8,853 samples during this period and 2,164 of these samples were tested dengue positive.
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EC continues election activities in Tihar festival
The Election Commission continued its election related activities even during the Tihar holidays, which lasted for record five days this year. In these five days, the EC issued several notices, including the final lists of the candidates contesting the elections under the Proportional Representation (PR) category.
Spain’s state prosecutor drops charges against Neymar
Spain’s state prosecutor dropped its charges against Neymar on Friday, but a Brazilian company involved in the case will continue to fight the soccer player in court. The case stems from Neymar’s transfer in 2013 from Santos to Barcelona. The state prosecutor withdrew all charges against Neymar, his father and the former executives of the Brazilian and Spanish clubs. However, the trial will continue because Brazilian company DIS, which brought the case, maintained its accusation that the parties involved committed fraud and corruption.
Sajjan Raj Vaidya’s Dhairya trending as Number 1
Sajjan Raj Vaidya is a US-based singer/songwriter, composer and producer publishing innovative Nepali folk tunes fused with modern pop flavours for the past eight years. With a staggering 52 million streams in his most famous tune ‘Chitthi Bhitra’, the singer has 971,000 subscribers on his official YouTube channel.
