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MoCTCA begins preparations for resuming tourist activities
KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 18
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) has started preparations to resume remaining tourist activities in the country.
As the Cabinet has decided to allow operations of cable cars, jungle safaris...
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Sit-in for opening border point continues
RAUTAHAT, NOVEMBER 18
Cadres and leaders of Nepali Congress and Janata Samajwabi Party gave continuity to the sit-in in front of Gaur Customs Office in Rauathat today as well.
People staging a sit-in in front of...
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Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine deliveries could start ‘before Christmas’
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech could secure emergency U.S. and European authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine next month after final trial results showed it had a 95% success rate and no serious side effects, the drugmakers...
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Netherlands come from behind to beat Poland 2-1
CHORZOW, POLAND: The Netherlands came from a goal down to beat Poland 2-1 in the Nations League on Wednesday, but it was not enough to earn last year’s runner-up a place in the finals.
The...
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EDITORIAL: Manage surplus power
We need a plan to make full use of all available electricity in the country or look for ways to export it
In what is a milestone in Nepal’s hydropower development, the country’s first 400...
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Medicine’s Holy Grail: Stem cells are our big new hope
It is, perhaps, time stem cell-based regenerative therapies, the new kid on the block, are regarded and evaluated without bias in terms of ethical issues and primacy. This could, in turn, explain why cutting-edge...
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Julia Child’s culinary contribution
Julia Child was an American celebrity chef. A towering personality who introduced French cuisine in the American epicurean landscape through her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and also her TV programme...
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Local levels given authority to reopen schools
KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 18
The government has given authority to the local levels to reopen schools, which had been closed for eight months due to the COV- ID-19 pandemic.
The Cabinet had, on November 5, endorsed the...