Many poor countries in Africa face the harshest effects of climate change: severe droughts, vicious heat and dry land, but also unpredictable rain and devastating flooding. The shocks worsen conflict and upend livelihoods because many people are farmers — work that is increasingly vulnerable in a warming world.
Ophthalmologists have highlighted the need to conduct regular eye checkups to ensure a healthy sight on the occasion of World Sight Day. World Sight Day is celebrated every year on the second Thursday of October to draw attention to blindness and vision impairment. This year, the theme of the day is ‘Love your eyes at work’. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), vision impairment occurs when an eye condition affects the visual system and its vision functions.
The ‘Something Like a Film Festival’ (SLFF) by Documentary Open School (Docskool) is all set to take place in Kathmandu. The event will be held at Yalamaya Kendra in Patan from October 13 to 15.
The Embassy of Japan in Nepal handed over the medical equipment supported by the Government of Japan to Himalaya Eye Hospital (HEH) in Pokhara Metropolitan City, Kaski district, on Wednesday.
The seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA) annual "High-level Debate," ran through September 19-26, 2023. Though labeled as the debate, it is not interactive back and forth. After speech
When the provisions for the federal constitution of Nepal had been debated in the Constituent Assembly during the previous decades, lawmakers were basically seemed predisposed to the issues regarding the reo
Nepal is still reeling from the tragic death of 10 Nepali students in attack in Israel by Palestinian militant group Hamas. Though the news shocked us to our bone, it was not the first time we have lost our countrymen to m
The 19th Asian Games recently opened in the scenic city of Hangzhou in grand style and with great fanfare. More than 12,500 athletes from 45 countries and regions will compete from Sept. 23 to Oct. 8 to win laurels
Nepal's football coach Vincenzo Alberto Annese announced the 23-member final squad for the first-round qualifiers of FIFA World Cup 2026 on Wednesday. Defender Amrit Shrestha and Forward Sanjeeb Bista have been named for the first time in Nepal’s national football team, while Simant Thapa and Anish Deula failed to make the final cut from the closed camp. Nepal, ranked 174, is playing their ninth qu
Over five years, the largest U.S. city on the Mexican border developed a well-oiled system to shelter asylum-seekers. That system is being tested like never before as U.S. Customs and Border Protection releases migrants to the streets of California’s second-largest city because shelters are full. Since Sept. 13, about 13,000 have been dropped at transit stations with notices to appear in immigration court at their final destinations in the U.S., with about 500 more arriving daily. Migrant aid groups blame a mi
The Bindhyabasini Nawadurga Festival is once again set to take place at the Bindhyabasini Temple. Organised annually by the Bindhyabasini Reli
Waling Municipality in Syangja district will be honoured with the 'Asia Pacific Sanitation Excellence Award 2023' for its outstanding work in waste management. Walling has been declared the best city by the United Cities Local Government Group of Asia Pacific (UCLG-Asia Pacific).
With the onset of the festive season, local bodies of Jhapa district have intensified market monitoring campaign. Damak, Gouradaha, Mechinagar, Shivasatakshi municipalities and Kamal, Gaurigunj and other rural municipalities have intensified market monitoring.
Nepathya concluded their Canada musical tour with a grand performance at the iconic Massey Hall, a venue celebrated for its historical significance. This tour marked their debut in Canada, with shows in Calgary, Vancouver, and lastly in Toronto.
Construction of the long-awaited pride project of Urlabari Municipality in Koshi Province has commenced this year. For five consecutive years, the municipality had been working on the construction of a crematorium.