BEIJING: A Chinese probe that landed on the moon transferred rocks to an orbiter Sunday in preparation for returning samples of the lunar surface to Earth for the first time in almost 45 years,...
Britain to begin vaccine programme this week
Governments seek to reassure over safety, efficacy
Many swayed by misinformation, conspiracy theories
LONDON: A sizeable minority of people believe conspiracy theories about the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccines, some experts...
RAJBIRAJ, DECEMBER 6
Wild elephants from Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve destroyed seasonal food grains worth millions and more than half-a-dozen houses at Shambhunath Municipality in Saptari on Saturday.
The tuskers destroyed houses and crops at wards...
KATHMANDU: The Government of Nepal has decided to announce the ‘new height’ of world’s tallest peak, Mt Everest (Chomolungma/ Sagarmatha).
Department of Survey will announce the revised height of the peak on Tuesday afternoon at...
BAJURA, DECEMBER 6
It has been very difficult to manage sanitary pads and girl-friendly toilets in the community and private schools of Bajura.
Girl students have been facing problems due to the lack of sanitary pads...
TOKYO: Japanese space officials said they are excited about the return of a capsule that landed safely in the Australian Outback on Sunday while carrying soil samples from a distant asteroid, and that they...
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 6
In a bid to make city areas cleaner, Lalitpur Metropolitan City has started removing unwanted and poorly managed wires and cables dangling from utility poles in major city areas.
LMC Mayor Chiri Babu...
Against the backdrop of a pandemic’s blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, a group of acclaimed actors on Sunday staged an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current...