Nepal-India trade, transit meet begins

KATHMANDU: A two-day meeting of Nepal-India inter-governmental subcommittee on trade and transit has commenced from Thursday. As per the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS), the joint secretary-level meeting will review and set the...

California monolith pops up after finds in Utah, Romania

LOS ANGELES: Days after the discovery and swift disappearance of two shining metal monoliths half a world apart, another towering structure has popped up and then quickly vanished, this time from the pinnacle of...

India records 36,595 new coronavirus cases

MUMBAI: India’s daily coronavirus cases rose by less than 40,000 for the fifth straight day, health ministry data showed on Friday, with 36,595 new infections reported in the last 24 hours. India’s daily rate has...

Laxmi inks MoUs

KATHMANDU: Laxmi Bank has signed separate memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Tribeni and Banphikot Gaupalika of Rukum-West to extend subsidised loans in agriculture sector to various farmers’ groups, entrepreneurs, firms as well as cooperatives...

Villagers happy with deep boring water supply facility

Taps have already been installed in many households to ensure smooth supply of drinking water DEUKHURI, DECEMBER 3 People at Guruwagaun had to face problems due to lack of reliable sources of drinking water in the...

More than 200,000 tourists arrived over last 11 months

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 3 The coronavirus pandemic put a huge dampener on the government’s aim to welcome two million tourists starting 2020, with the number of arrivals shrinking to merely around 200,000 in the first 11...

One Covid-19 related death reported in Kailali

DHANGADHI: A Covid-19 infected person undergoing treatment at the Dhangadhi-based Seti Provincial Hospital died on Friday morning. The 76-year-old male from Godawari Municipality-3 of the district who was admitted to the Covid Temporary Hospital on...

The mindful chill pill: The go-to antidote to beat stress

Mindfulness conveys to us that our strong unified logic of ourselves is primarily a reflection in the mirror of consciousness. This does not lead to the idea of ‘only us’, or ‘I-me-myself’. This virtue...