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 the production of a locally made vaccine against COVID-19 after...

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 million cases so far, the world’s second-highest number of infections,...

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 Authority (NEA), and Department of Roads on Thursday. The agreement...

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 in Kapilvastu. In connection with the sexual abuse of a schoolteacher...

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 the end of the decade compared to 1990 levels following...

Nepal Central Zoo Opened for Visitors After Nine-Month Hiatus

After a hiatus of nine months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Lalitpur-based Central Zoo has been reopened on Thursday by adopting necessary health protocols. “The Central Zoo has been reopened by adopting strict health...

Govt forms Advertisement Board

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 10 Based on the Advertisement (Regulation) Act 2019, the government has formed the Advertisement Board, which started operating from Wednesday. With an aim to regulate, monitor and operate the entire advertisement market of...

Apathetic neoliberal state: Solidarity will strengthen workers

The ill-facet of neoliberalism manifests most starkly in the sector of health, education and food security. People with coronavirus symptoms have been denied treatment by hospitals. Worse, even staffers of the most profitable hospitals...