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Ahead of UN climate summit, urgent calls to ‘fix the future’

LONDON: When the Paris Agreement on climate change was finalized after two weeks of fraught negotiations and years of past failures, diplomats hugged and...

Illegal crusher plants yet to shut

RAUTAHAT, DECEMBER 10 Ten days after the decision of district authorities to close down illegally operating crusher plants, these plants are still operating in Rautahat. A...

Johan Kalin resigns as head coach of national men’s football team

KATHMANDU: Johan Kalin, head coach of national men’s football team, has resigned from the post. All Nepal Football Association (ANFA)’s executive meeting approved his...

US FDA advisers overwhelmingly back authorizing Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

A panel of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to endorse emergency use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine,...

Teacher files sexual abuse case against principal

TAULIHAWA, DECEMBER 10 At a time when the country is observing the 16-day campaign against gender violence, a case of sexual abuse has been reported...

Kathmandu Metropolitan City to install 2,000 street lights

KATHMANDU: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is working to install 2,000 street lights in sensitive areas. For this, an agreement was signed between KMC, Nepal Electricity...

India hits 9.8 million coronavirus cases

India recorded 29,398 new coronavirus infections, data from the health ministry showed on Friday, continuing its trend of declining daily cases. India has recorded 9.8...

Australia halts local COVID-19 vaccine development due to false HIV positives

Australia cancels contract for 51m vaccine doses Vaccine led to false positive HIV tests in trials Canberra to buy more of Oxford, Novavax vaccines SYDNEY: Australia cancelled...

Locals growing sugarcane, banana on Bajura roadside

BAJURA, DECEMBER 10 Locals have started sugarcane and banana farming on the roadside from Dabbazaar to Martadi along the Sanphe-Martadi road section in Bajura. Agriculture...

EU leaders struggle to break deadlock on climate deal

BRUSSELS: European Union leaders were still looking Friday for an agreement to cut the bloc’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by...

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