- Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Division Forest Office using drones to monitor forest areas
The use of drones has eased the monitoring of the forests in Rautahat. The Division Forest Office of Rautahat, Sahiya sub-division forest office, has begun using drones to control poaching and timber smuggling.
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Supraglacial lake outburst warrants better climate action and cutting-edge research
It has been hardly a year since the devastating Khumbu flash flood occurred in a mountainous district, Solukhumbu, causing the loss of 30 million US Dollars. Nepal witnessed another flash flood, spreading alarm that the span of extreme glacial events is getting shorter. The experts have underlined the need for better climate action along with cutting-edge research in this wake.
Talks to expand digital collaboration
Minister for Communication and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung and Minister of State for Digital Development and Health of the Government of Singapore, Rahayu Mahzam, have held a bilateral meeting. The bilateral meeting occurred while Minister Gurung attended a high-level event at the World Summit on the Information Society held in Geneva, Switzerland.
Tianzhou-8 cargo craft re-enters atmosphere
China's Tianzhou-8 cargo craft has re-entered the atmosphere in a controlled manner at 6:42 a.m. (Beijing Time) Wednesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Most of the spacecraft's components burned up during the re-entry, and a small amount of its debris fell into the scheduled safe waters, said the CMSA.
Dialogue on green hydrogen commercialization held
Dr. Biraj Singh Thapa, Team Leader of the Green Hydrogen Lab at Kathmandu University, delivered a technical presentation outlining Nepal’s vast potential for green hydrogen development. Drawing from years of academic groundwork and pilot research, he urged for a shift from laboratory experimentation to on-ground implementation: “We must now break the norm and create tangible projects outside the lab environment,” he stated.
Telephone service disrupted in three local levels of Humla
The telephone service has been disrupted at three local levels of the Humla district for more than two weeks, leaving the service recipients without reliable communication. In Kharpunath rural municipalities, villages such as Pius, Bacchegauda and ward no 3 of Sunkhada have experienced frequent outages, with the network signal only appearing late at night, according to a local resident, Shanti Shahi.
The Complex Impact Of AI
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) boom started in the 1980s and has continued to rise. Today, AI has become more integrated into people's daily lives than ever before. Be it for efficiency, optimisation, or convenience, people use AI for a range of items—
Stargazing Highlights This July
The night skies of this hot summer month invite skywatchers to feast on the sights of planets, stars, constellations, and other heavenly wonders. The majestic, ruddy planet Mars could be manifested well in the western sky after sundown
First genome sequenced from ancient Egypt reveals surprising ancestry, scientists say
In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first pyramids were built. The man, whose remains were found buried in a sealed clay pot in Nuwayrat, a village south of Cairo, lived sometime between 4,500 and 4,800 years ago, which makes his DNA the oldest ancient Egyptian sample yet extracted. The researchers concluded that 80% of his genetic material came from ancient people in North Africa, while 20% traced back to people in West Asia and the Mesopotamia region.
Digital agriculture and precision technology priority of govt., says Foreign Minister Rana
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Arzu Rana Deuba has said embracing digital agriculture and precision technology and supporting climate-smart and integrated farming system through increased investment in agriculture research and advisory services is in the Nepal Government's priority.
Five Nepali students selected for Huawei’s Seeds for Future
They will also have the unique opportunity to explore China’s digital ecosystem, visit leading ICT and high-tech enterprises, collaborate with peers from across Asia Pacific to develop tech-based solutions addressing global challenges and take part in interactive sessions with industry leaders shaping the future of technology.
Minister Dr Rana calls for global cooperation to address climate change risks
Addressing the session on "Four Betters for Small Island Developing States (SIDs), Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs)" during the Ministerial Special Session of Forty-Fourth Session of Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome, she highlighted the disproportionate impact of climate change on vulnerable countries, according to the note provided by Minister Dr Rana's secretariat.
World's first pure ammonia-fueled demonstration vessel completes maiden voyage in China
The world's first pure ammonia-powered demonstration vessel, the "Anhui," successfully completed its maiden voyage in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, marking a major step forward for green shipping. Ammonia, a major chemical industry feedstock, has a high energy density and, due to its carbon-free nature, produces only water and nitrogen when fully combusted. This makes it a highly promising fuel for decarbonising shipping.
