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World No Tobacco Day: Annually, over 27,000 people die from consumption of tobacco products in country

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World No Tobacco Day: Annually, over 27,000 people die from consumption of tobacco products in country
Kathmandu, May 31 (RSS): More than 27,000 in the country die annually after consuming tobacco products, according to data with the National Health Education, Information and Communication Center.The Center’s Director Sunil Raj Sharma in a statement today confirmed death of 27,137 people every year due to consumption of tobacco products. This figure is around 15 percent of the total mortality... Read More

General Secretary Thapa directs newly elected ones to work as per people’s aspiration

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General Secretary Thapa directs newly elected ones to work as per people’s aspiration
Makwanpur, May 31 (RSS): General Secretary of Nepali Congress, Gagan Thapa, has directed the newly elected people’s representatives from the alliance to work as per people’s aspiration. The people have ire against political parties due to CPN UML government’s mishandling of the situation, he argued, adding that time has come to ensure change to the people. At a programme organized... Read More

Rape and violence are on the rise

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Rape and violence are on the rise
Here’s a list of some cases that shocked the nation 27 May, KATHMANDU : According to the Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) crimes against women, rapes and sexual exploitation are alarmingly on the rise. Nepal Police also reported a rise in violence against women in 2021. The WOREC report in 2021 says, “A total of 17,790 women and girls were raped... Read More

Five Images of Gods repatriated from USA

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Five Images of Gods repatriated from USA
25 May, KATHMANDU : The gilded figures of Gods stolen from different parts of Nepal have been repatriated from the United States. Among the repatriated religious figures were Standing Buddha that was lost from Kwaya Bahi, Lalitpur, Padmapani Lokeswora, Chaturmukhi Shivalinga (Panchadeval Temple, Pasupati), Uma Maheswori (Ga: Hiti, Lalitpur) and Nagaraja (Bhagawan Bahal, Naxal). As informed, Uma Maheswora sculpture has... Read More

Covid in North Korea: No response to US vaccine offer

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Covid in North Korea: No response to US vaccine offer
22 May, USA : President Joe Biden says North Korea has not responded to a US offer of Covid vaccines, as the country battles its first acknowledged outbreak. Nearly 2.5 million people have been sickened by “fever” in North Korea and it is under a nationwide lockdown, according to the country’s state media. It is thought to be particularly vulnerable... Read More

First U.S. case of Omicron variant reported in California

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First U.S. case of Omicron variant reported in California
LOS ANGELES, Dec.2 : (Xinhua): The United States has identified the country’s first confirmed case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in the state of , health authorities said Wednesday. The California and San Francisco Departments of Public Health have confirmed that a recent case of COVID-19 among an individual in California was caused by the Omicron variant. The individual was... Read More

UN says chas no legal right to expel 7 UN officials

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UN says chas no legal right to expel 7 UN officials
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 2 (AP) : The United Nations chief informed Ethiopia on Friday that it has no legal right to expel seven U.N. officials and warned that severe restrictions on desperately needed aid to the conflict-wracked Tigray region have created a humanitarian and human rights crisis that is “spiraling out of control.” Tigray is facing a near-blockade by the... Read More

PM Modi to hold first in-person bilateral talks with US President Joe Biden today

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PM Modi to hold first in-person bilateral talks with US President Joe Biden today
Washington , September 24 (ANI): : In one of the highly-anticipated engagements of his three-day US visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday. This will be the first in-person meeting between the two leaders after Biden took over as the US President on January 20. In a... Read More

PM Modi to visit US next week for Quad Leaders Summit, UNGA

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PM Modi to visit US next week for Quad Leaders Summit, UNGA
New Delhi Sept. 14 : (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be participating, along with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan and US President Joseph R Biden, in the Leaders’ Summit of the Quadrilateral Framework in Washington DC, USA, on September 24, 2021. During the discussion, the leaders will discuss regional issues of shared... Read More

‘MCC Compact is a Nepal-chosen project’

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‘MCC Compact is a Nepal-chosen project’
Bhishma Raj Ojha Kathmandu, Sept 11 (RSS): It has been clarified that the Government of Nepal itself has chosen all the projects receiving grants from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Nepal Compact of the United States for the country’s economic growth. At a time when there are widespread comments and criticisms about MCC, the agency has made such clarifications noting... Read More