India records more than 44,000 new coronavirus cases

MUMBAI: India has recorded 44,059 new cases of the novel coronavirus, taking its total to 9.14 million, data from the health ministry showed on Monday. India has the second-highest number of infections in the world, after the...

Warner backs Burns to continue as opening partner

MELBOURNE: Australia’s David Warner says Will Pucovski has batted himself into contention for a spot at the top of the order in the first test against India but questioned whether it would be the right call...

16 more fatalities take Nepal’s Covid-19 death-toll to 1,337

KATHMANDU: Sixteen more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has now advanced to 1,337. 1,980 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide coronavirus case count to...

Sudurpaschim’s PA session unlikely to kick off any time soon

DHANGADHI: The winter session of the provincial assembly has not commenced in Sudurpaschim Province yet. This image shows the main entrance of the Provincial Assembly building of Sudurpaschim Province in Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City of Kanchanpur...

In Pictures: Health workers protest for safety

Kathmandu, November 23 Health workers staging a protest demanding personal protective equipment, safety items, and COVID-19 allowance at the premises of Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, on Monday. Photos by Naresh Shrestha for The Himalayan Times: The post In...

Indian Foreign Secretary set to visit Nepal

KATHMANDU — Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will pay an official visit to Nepal on 26-27 November 2020. This will be the first visit of the Foreign Secretary to Nepal since he assumed...

1,980 new cases recorded on Monday; Nepal’s Covid-19 tally hits 222,288

KATHMANDU: Nepal on Monday reported 1,980 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 222,288. Likewise, 3,043 people who were earlier infected with the virus...

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla arriving on Thursday

KATHMANDU: Foreign Secretary of India Harsh Vardhan Shringla is arriving in Nepal for a two-day official visit later this week. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Shringla is coming to Nepal at the invitation...