Kathmandu Valley records 1107 new Covid-19 cases on Friday

KATHMANDU: The three districts of Kathmandu Valley reported a total of 1,107 new cases of coronavirus infection on Friday. Of the total, 484 are females and 623 are males. As many as 862 cases were recorded...

Asian Development Bank approves Rs 17.7bn loan to improve two airports’ capacity

KATHMANDU: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $150 million (equivalent to Rs 17.7 billion) concessional loan to improve the capacity of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) and Gautam Buddha Airport (GBA) in Nepal. Tourism...

Georgia affirms Biden’s victory as Trump attempts to undermine election

DETROIT/WILMINGTON, DELAWARE: After a painstaking recount, Georgia officials confirmed on Thursday that President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in the battleground state on November 3, further narrowing the president’s dubious effort to overturn...

COVID-19 reinfection unlikely for at least 6 months, study finds

LONDON: People who’ve had COVID-19 are highly unlikely to contract it again for at least six months after their first infection, according to a British study of healthcare workers on the frontline of fight...

India could get access to AstraZeneca vaccine by January, local manufacturer says

MUMBAI: The head of an Indian company contracted to make AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID vaccine said it could deliver it to health care workers and elderly Indians by January as the country’s caseload of infections...

Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church dies of COVID-19

Patriarch Irinej led Serbian Orthodox Church for a decade He was a conservative who wielded political influence Irinej tested positive for COVID-19 on Nov. 4 BELGRADE: Patriarch Irinej, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, has died...

Good idea to leave Boult out of T20 matches: Bond

WELLINGTON: Pace spearhead Trent Boult needed a small break to catch up with his family and get ready for the test series against West Indies rather than play the three Twenty20 matches that start...

1,945 new cases recorded on Friday; Nepal’s Covid-19 tally advances to 216,965

KATHMANDU: Nepal on Friday reported 1,945 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 216,965. Of the total new cases, 740 are females and 1,205 are...