- Wednesday, 10 August 2022
42 India-returnees diagnosed with coronavirus in Sudurpaschim
Sudurpaschim, Aug. 9: As many as 84 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus infection in Sudurpaschim Province in a single day. While performing tests on 1,107 people in the last 24 hours, 84 were found to have contracted with coronavirus, the Sudurpaschim Province Helath Directorate shared. Kanchanpur district has topped the list with highest number of COVID new cases (42) while Kailali saw 33, Achham four, Darchula two and Bajhang, Doti and Baitadi one.Forty two among the infected are India returnees, it was shared. As informed, 23 of the infected had returned through Gaddachauki, 16 through Gaurifanta, two through Pulghat and one through Jhulaghat entry point, informed COVDI-19 Focal Point of the Directorate Hemraj Joshi. Earlier on Monday, the province had diagnosed 121 new coronavirus cases. As the province shares border with India, health desks have been set up in all checkpoints to speed up COVID tests. A total of 60,511 people of Sudurpaschim have been so far diagnosed with the coronavirus in the province. The contagion has claimed 634 lives in the province as of now. (RSS)
Indigenous Peoples Day in pictures
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People has been observed in Nepal by organising various programmes across the country.
New cases cross 1,000 mark, two deaths in 24 hours
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PM Deuba and leader Khanal meet
A delegation led by the CPN (Unified Socialist) honoured leader Jhalanath Khanal today met with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and called his attention to the imposition of a 40 per cent tax on Nepali tea by India.
Order to remove obstacles tabled in HoR
The order to remove obstacles has been tabled in the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today in accordance with the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappeared Persons and Truth and Reconciliation Act.
Drought hits Europe's rivers and crops (Photo Feature)
Much of Europe is baking in record heat, which has exposed riverbeds and triggered restrictions on water use in many areas. Parts of the IJssel river, flowing north, are now so narrow that a ban has been imposed on ships passing each other.
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NIC takes action against chiefs of 33 offices for defying RTI Act
The National Information Commission (NIC) has punished chiefs of 33 offices for denying imparting information to the seekers. They faced the music for violating the Right to Information (RTI) guaranteed by the Constitution.
Septuagenarian dancers saving Nil Barahi dance
As only four days are left to start Gai Jatra, a festival of dance, satire, and music, the Thimi locals are now preparing to offer a parade of traditional street dances. Every year, the streets of the ancient city of Bhaktapur are flooded with dances of different kinds with the starting of Gai Jatra.
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The wastes disposed of by Urlabari Municipality in Morang district have flooded the paddy fields of the farmers in Ward No.8.
Chandra Canal collapse inundates houses
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Fast track tunnel works to start only in September
The formal tunnel construction works for the Kathmandu-Terai/Madhes Fast Track (KTFT) Project, one of the national pride projects of the country, has yet to begin, according to Nepali Army. Although the preliminary works for the construction of three tunnels have been divided into two packages having total length of 6.415 km, the officials of the KTFT have said that the major construction works for the tunnels will begin only from first week of September to October.
NOC in no mood to cut fuel prices
Price of crude oil has been declining in the international market for the last couple of weeks. The price of crude oil which climbed to USD 123.58 per barrel on March 8 dropped to USD 94 per barrel on Monday. The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has received a new price list from the Indian Oil Corporation twice after the significant fall in the prices. The IOC has reduced the price of diesel and petrol supplied to Nepal by Rs. 30 per litre in a month.
