India have a chance in Australia even with Smith, Warner back says Pujara

MUMBAI: India are capable of repeating their heroics from their successful 2018-19 test tour in Australia even though the hosts are stronger this time with the return of batsmen David Warner and Steve Smith,...

Djokovic says he has mixed feelings about ending 2020 as number one

LONDON: Novak Djokovic has said he had mixed feelings about ending a “strange year” as the world number one for a sixth time after the season was hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Djokovic won a...

India pins hopes on locally-tested COVID-19 vaccines given Pfizer constraints

NEW DELHI: India hopes five locally-tested vaccines will help it to control COVID-19, as those developed by Pfizer and Moderna may not be available to it in big quantities soon. The five candidates include Russia’s Sputnik-V...

Nepal COVID-19 Update: 502 new cases, 2878 recoveries and 17 fatalities recorded on Tuesday

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Health Ministry, in its regular press briefing, shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country, and government’s response to the health crisis. Till date, 1,617,023 tests through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)...

Kathmandu valley reports 339 fresh Covid-19 cases on Tuesday

KATHMANDU: A total of 339 new cases of coronavirus infection were reported in the three districts of Kathmandu Valley on Tuesday. Of the total infections, 146 are females and 193 are males. In the last 24...

17 more fatalities registered today, Covid-19 death-toll hits 1,247

KATHMANDU: Seventeen more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has now advanced to 1,247. 502 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide coronavirus case count to...

502 new cases recorded on Tuesday; Nepal’s Covid-19 tally advances to 211,475

KATHMANDU: Nepal on Tuesday reported 502 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 211,475. Likewise, 2,878 people who were earlier infected with the virus...

US remains first choice for international students: Open Doors Report

KATHMANDU: The United States has hosted more than 1 million international students for the fifth consecutive year, according to the 2020 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. The report, covering the 2019 – 2020...