WASHINGTON: One leading candidate for agriculture secretary hails from Cleveland, has the backing of progressives and has worked for years to boost food stamp programs. Another is a former senator from farm-state North Dakota...
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 4
The projects run under the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (MoEWRI) have made tangible progress even amid the spread of coronavirus.
In a first quadrimester review meeting of the ministry today,...
UNITED NATIONS: The UN health chief declared Friday that positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world “can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic,” but he said rich and powerful...
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 4
The government and the national flag carrier have been left red-faced as Hong Kong today imposed a 14-day ban on flights of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to the special administrative region of...
SIMKOT: Four persons died and seven others sustained injuries in a road accident that took place near Jabuka of Dandaphaya in Simkot Rural Municipality-7 on Friday night.
The accident involving a jeep (Lu 2 Cha...
WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 4
Scientists are a step closer to restoring vision for the blind, after building an implant that bypasses the eyes and allows monkeys to perceive artificially induced patterns in their brains.
The technology, developed...
CHITWAN, DECEMBER 4
Fifteen years after he killed one-horned rhino and sold its horn, police have arrested a poacher from Chitwan.
The arrested is Suraj Chuadhary, 36, of Dibyanagar in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-26. He was nabbed...
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 4
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called for universal access to COV- ID-19 vaccines, once they become available.
Addressing the General Debate of the ‘31st Special Session of the UN General Assembly in...
