UK to launch new watchdog next year to police tech giants

LONDON: Britain plans to create a new watchdog to police big tech companies including Google and Facebook to counter their market dominance and prevent them from exploiting consumers and small businesses. The UK government said...

Tokyo Olympic organizers plan to host 18 test events

TOKYO: The postponed Tokyo Olympics are getting a kickstart. Local organizers on Friday announced a series of 18 test events set to begin in March and run into May. The Tokyo Olympics are set to open...

Govt to install 10-megawatt solar power system at Gautam Buddha Int’l Airport

KATHMANDU: The government is to install a solar power plant for supplying electricity at Gautam Buddha International Airport in Lumbini Province. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barsha Man Pun and Minister for Culture,...

1,703 new cases recorded on Friday; Nepal’s Covid-19 tally hits 229,343

KATHMANDU: Nepal on Friday reported 1,703 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 229,343. Likewise, 1,236 people who were earlier infected with the virus...

Lactating mother succumbs to COVID-19 complications in Morang

DHARAN: A lactating mother succumbed to COVID-19 complications in a hospital in Morang district, on Thursday night. The 25-year-old woman of Ratuwamai Municipality-10 died during the course of treatment at Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital,...

FIR filed against four for forcing reconciliation on rape victim, two arrested

DHANGADHI: First Information Report has been filed against four persons for forcing reconciliation on rape victim, in Baitadi district on Friday. Rape victim filed the FIR against four, including the person accused of rape, at...

Six killed, two injured in Gulmi jeep accident

GULMI: Six persons died while two others sustained injuries after the jeep they were travelling on fell below the road in Isma Rural Municipality of Gulmi district this morning. The deceased have been identified as...

Pharma firm in India to make Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

MOSCOW: Indian pharmaceutical company Hetero will manufacture over 100 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine per year under the terms of a deal unveiled on Friday between it and Russia’s RDIF...