EXPLAINER: Allergic reactions to vaccines rare, short-lived

Vaccines can sometimes cause allergic reactions, but they are usually rare and short-lived. British regulators are looking into reports of allergic reactions in two people who received the new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, the first...

Facebook faces US lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp

WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every US state filed lawsuits against the social media company, saying it...

India’s pandemic recovery plan could cost air quality goals

NEW DELHI: India is facing two public health emergencies simultaneously: critically polluted air and the pandemic. And Surinder Singh, a bus driver in the capital New Delhi, is trapped between them both. In previous years,...

Inclement weather affects regular flights from Bara

BARA, DECEMBER 9 Regular flights to Kathmandu from Bara’s Simara airport were cancelled today due to unfavourable weather condition, leaving passengers in the lurch. Simara airport was shrouded by heavy fog from early morning today, according...

1,529 private houses reconstructed in Baglung; reconstruction progress nears 66 percent

GALKOT: As many as 1,529 private houses have been reconstructed in Baglung district in nearly five years since the ‘Gorkha’ earthquake occurred. Out of 2,242 devastated houses in the district due to 2015 earthquake, 1,529...

Students padlock exam controller’s office in Kailali

DHANGADI, DECEMBER 9 Students from Durga Laxmi Multiple Campus padlocked the Regional Office of Controller of Examinations in Attariya, Kailali, for an indefinite period today. Fourth semester students padlocked the exam controller’s office to protest its...

Province 1 government to safely manage hospital waste

MORANG: The Province 1 government is set to safely manage the waste generated from the hospitals. Social Development Minister Jeevan Ghimire shared that the task for the safe management of waste coming out of 14...

SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands

CAPE CANAVERAL: SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball...