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NC President Deuba extends message on Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba today said that NC always respects the courage and crucial contributions made by people with disabilities...

Former French President Giscard d’Estaing dies of COVID-19 complications at 94

PARIS: Former President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, who championed European integration and helped modernise French society in the 1970s, has died at the age of...

Ivanka Trump questioned under oath in lawsuit over use of inauguration funds

Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and adviser, was questioned under oath this week as part of a civil lawsuit alleging misuse of nonprofit funds...

UN, Ethiopia sign deal for aid access to embattled Tigray

NAIROBI: In a breakthrough a month after deadly conflict cut off Ethiopia’s Tigray region from the world, the United Nations on Wednesday said it...

Province 1 initiates free uterus test

BIRATNAGAR: District hospitals in Province 1 have initiated to provide free tests for cervical cancer screening starting Wednesday. The hospitals would conduct tests for cervical...

Tropical cyclone headed for southern India after causing little damage in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: The Burevi tropical cyclone is headed towards southern India, authorities said on Thursday, after it slammed Sri Lanka’s east coast earlier this week...

Biden facing growing pressure over secretary of defense pick

WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden is facing escalating pressure from competing factions within his own party as he finalizes his choice for secretary of defense. Black...

Australian telescope maps deep space at record speed

MELBOURNE: A powerful new telescope in outback Australia has mapped vast areas of the universe in record-breaking time, revealing a million new galaxies and...

Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL: A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday. Observations by a telescope in...

COVID-19 drives wages down, women and lower paid workers affected

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 2 A new report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has found that monthly wages fell or grew more slowly in the first...

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