Four killed, seven injured in Humla jeep accident

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...

Vision-restoring brain implants spell breakthrough

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...

Fugitive held after 15 years in Chitwan

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...

PM Oli calls for universal access to COVID vaccines

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...

Attempts to forge consensus between Oli, Dahal on

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 4 Co-chair of the ruling Nepal Communist Party and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who inflamed the anger of another Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal by presenting his 38-page long rebuttal a few days...

Nepali woman charged with spying in Pune

Kathmandu, December 4 This undated image shows Alisa Pandey Khadka, who hails from Nawalparasi (West). She was arrested n early November for living illegally on the premises of College of Military Engineering in Pune with...

President Bhandari extends condolence on former French President’s death

KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari today sent a message of condolences to French President Emmanuel Macron on the passing away of former President of France Valery Giscard d’Estaing. Conveying her deepest sympathies and condolences to...

EXPLAINER: India’s multi-billion dollar food program is at the heart of farmers’ protests

NEW DELHI: Thousands of Indian farmers angered by farm laws that they say threaten their livelihoods have intensified their protests by blocking highways and camping out on the outskirts of the capital Delhi. The government of...