For the ascent of Mount Everest, the highest number of permits, that is 109, were obtained by Chinese climbers. In addition, according to information officer Gautam, 77 from the USA, 61 from India, 32 from the UK, 18 from Russia, 15 from Australia, 14 from Japan, 12 from Nepal, and 10 from Brazil have obtained permits for Mt Everest expedition.
Putin noted that 25 years ago, Russia and China signed the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, which laid a solid foundation for a genuinely strategic relationship and comprehensive partnership for the benefit of the two countries and two peoples.
The PHC called a meeting to study work plan of and complaints against proposed CJ Sharma on Tuesday morning. PHC president Bodh Narayan Shrestha urged all the members for cooperation to move forward the process of hearing as not much time will be needed for the study of complaints after hearing them, and that proposed CJ Sharma could as well be asked for clarifications.
Speaking during the 'Emergency Hour' of the meeting, the MPs have also drawn attention of the government on a range of pressing national concerns including landlessness, inflation and development-related issues
The historic town of Changunarayan, perched atop a small hill to the east-north of Kathmandu Valley, is set to become Nepal's first officially declared 'Yoga Municipality'.
At a programme organized by Raphat Sanchar Club here today, chief whip Thapa informed that the extraction of petroleum products was obstructed because the Surkhet-Dailekh roadway was not upgraded in time.
Kathmandu, May 19: The Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Environment has formed a task force of the technical committee to manage human-wildlife conflict.The 15-member task force includes human-wildlife conflict management experts.This task force has been formed to prevent damage caused by wildlife, improve policies and programmes, and ensure effective implementation of these policies and programmes at the local level.It will carry out studies and research the damage caused by wildlife, review the current situation, and make recommendations for necessary policies and legal amendments.Based on the indicators, the task force has also been assigned the responsibility to select model projects in 20 wards, implement them, provide technical support, and monitor them.The programmes will be implemented in coordination with the federal, provincial and local levels and the task force will provide suggestions to make the relief system for damaged crops simple, effective and timely.The ministry has stated that human–wildlife conflict management will be carried out based on the suggestions provided by the task force.In view of the growing incidences of wild animals entering residential areas, attacking people and damaging crops in several areas of the country, recently, the associated sectors and stakeholders had suggested on forming a technical and expert-inclusive task force to study the affected areas and provide suggestions for resolving the human–wildlife conflict. (RSS)
This conference is one of the first major global events under the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026, said the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), the main organizer of the Gathering.
HoR meeting (Live broadcast)
: Camera trappings have been installed at various places of Jaljala and Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve in Dhaulgiri Rural Municipality in order to ascertain the condition of the endangered red panda.
Finance Minister Dr Swarnim Wagle had presented the principles and priorities of the upcoming budget in the HoR meeting on May 14. Finance Minister Wagle will be responding to the lawmakers once the discussion is over.
The herbs processing plants established in the buffer zone of Shuklaphanta National Park in a bid to elevate livelihood of locals have been left unused.
The District Police Office made public a progress report on Monday. Deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Dipak Patali informed that among the cases the police received, 10 were of heinous crimes, 61 of serious crimes.
The District Administration Office here has warned of action against those engaging in illegal extraction of pebbles and sand from river.
Police inspector Sujit Kumar Devkota informed that as many as 5,263 drivers were fined during the period. Twenty-two vehicles met accidents, in which five persons lost lives and 26 received injuries.