- Sunday, 4 December 2022
Chitwan records rise in paddy production
The annual production of paddy has increased in the district this year. Paddy production has increased by 11,486 metric tons in the district this year, according to the Agriculture Knowledge Centre Bharatpur.
Inflation to increase further, tight monetary policy imperative
A study has shown that inflation will go much higher than the targeted limit. According to the inflation expectation survey for the first quarter of the current fiscal year 2022/23 published by the Nepal Rastra Bank, it is seen that inflation will increase further. In the current fiscal year, consumer inflation has been targeted at 7 per cent, but it has reached 8.5 per cent in the first quarter. The survey was conducted during October 9 to October 15, 2022 among individual respondents from 60 market areas of 57 cities through field inte
Apples worth Rs. 30 million produced in Humla
It is estimated that apples worth around Rs. 30 million have been produced in the district this year. The increase in apple production is due to no snowfall during apple blooming season, absence of diseases and more snowfall during the winter. Dharmendra Adhikari, information officer of the Agricultural Development Office, said that apple production of Humla was good this year.
‘Govt should be sensitive to issues of people with disabilities’
Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens Uma Regmi has said all three tiers of governments should be sensitive to the issues of people with disabilities (PWDs).
Three new cases, active cases stand at 121
In 508 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, three people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Saturday. Whereas, no positive case was found in 335 Antigen testing in the last 24 hours.
CPN (Maoist Centre) office-bearers' meeting to review parliamentary election
The meeting of the office-bearers of CPN (Maoist Centre) is going to convene a meeting at 3:00 pm today to review the recently held parliamentary elections.
Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant - WHO
Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant to emerge, as parts of China witnessed a rise in infections, the head of the World Health Organization has said. The comments by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mark a change in tone just months after he said that the world has never been in a better position to end the pandemic.
TU to award 28 excellent students with medals on 48th convocation
Tribhuvan University will award 28 students receiving excellent results at different levels of higher education in the 48th convocation ceremony.
Everyone's responsibility to ensure rights of PWDs: PM Deuba
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that it is the common responsibility of all to protect and promote the rights of the person with disabilities, while ensuring easy and priority access to the state services.
No more burning and burying of hospital waste
Rapti Provincial Hospital in Tulsipur of Dang used to throw the waste it produced haphazardly.
EU edges closer to $60-per-barrel Russian oil price cap
The European Union was edging closer to setting a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil — a highly anticipated and complex political and economic maneuver designed to keep Russia's supplies flowing into global markets while clamping down on President Vladimir Putin's ability to fund his war in Ukraine. EU nations sought to push the cap across the finish line after Poland held out to get as low a figure as possible, diplomats said Th
No decision to unite with Maoist Centre: Unified Socialist
The CPN (Unified Socialist) has said it had not taken any decision to be unified with the CPN (Maoist Centre).
Leader Dr Bhandari bats for leadership to young generation
Nepali Congress (NC) leader and Member of Parliament Dr Chandra Bhandari has stressed the need to elevate young generation in leadership.
