Musk’s SpaceX scrubs key high-altitude Starship test

WASHINGTON: A key test of SpaceX’s Mars rocket Starship was automatically aborted on Tuesday just one second before liftoff, postponing the first high-altitude test of a rocket system that billionaire Elon Musk hopes will...

Prime Minister Oli urges countries to make correction on Buddha’s birthplace

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 8 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said use of hate speech in the name of religion should end. The prime minister said this while laying the foundation stone of ‘Peace Suddammawasa – Elderly...

5yo boy missing for three days in Dhangadhi

DHANGADHI: A three-year-old boy has been missing for the last three days in Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City-13 of Kailali district. According to police, Aayush Rana, who has been living with his grandmother in Kailari village after...

NTA to restart all processes to launch Nepal’s own satellite

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 8 Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) has cancelled all the processes of launching its own satellite. Issuing a notice today, it stated that the expression of interest (EoI) submitted by interested firms have been cancelled...

Russia interested to invest in Nepal’s hydropower sector

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 8 Russia has expressed its interest to invest in Nepal’s hydropower sector. A team led by Russian Ambassador to Nepal Aleksei A Novikov met Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barshaman Pun at...

Apple to tighten app privacy, remove apps that don’t comply

LONDON: Apple is stepping up privacy for app users, forcing developers to be more transparent about data collection and warning they could be removed if they don’t comply with a new anti-tracking measure, a...

Ethiopia’s forces shoot at, detain UN staffers in Tigray

NAIROBI: Ethiopia’s security forces shot at and detained United Nations staffers as they tried to reach part of the embattled Tigray region, a senior official said Tuesday, and he blamed the UN staffers for...

Civic space blocked in Nepal: CIVICUS report

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 8 In Asia, the assault on civil society and fundamental freedoms has persisted amid the global pandemic. Data released today by the CIVICUS Monitor shows that out of 25 countries in Asia, four...