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, paving the way for the agency to authorize the shot...

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 Knowledge Centre, Bajura, provided loan to local farmers for the...

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 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: 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...

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...

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...

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...