August 2020

COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 39,460 Recovery: 21,410 Death: 228

Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, Speaker for the Ministry of Health and Population appeared on Facebook Live for the day’s media briefing. Here are a few updates: Total no. of PCR tests done in Nepal: 693,472 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 11,129 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj, […]

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India says foiled new Chinese attempt to alter status quo at disputed border

NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (Reuters) – India said on Monday it had foiled an attempt by Chinese troops to change the status quo on their disputed and ill-defined border in a fresh flare-up between the two nuclear-armed countries. “On the Night of 29/30 August 2020, PLA troops violated the previous consensus arrived at during military

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Security personnel restrict Dr KC to his hotel, stop him from seeing other people

Senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC has been barred from providing free medical care services at a health post in the remote Dolpa district in the beginning of August. Dr KC informed about the restriction imposed on him through an opinion article published in online news portal Setopati on August 5. He wrote, “The Chair

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Domestic flights, long-route public transport not to resume until September 16

The government has decided not to resume domestic flights and long-route public transportation services until September 16 on the face of rapidly increasing cases of COVID-19 across nation. With 1221 new cases of coronavirus infection on Sunday, highest single-day record, the nationwide COVID-19 count has jumped to 38,561, as per the Ministry of Health and

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COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 38,561 Recovery: 20,822 Death: 221

Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, Speaker for the Ministry of Health and Population appeared on Facebook Live for the day’s media briefing. Here are a few updates: Total no. of PCR tests done in Nepal: 682,343 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 12,717 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj,

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Woman in critical condition after being set on fire by husband for asking him to stay in quarantine

The condition of 25-year Basanti Sada, of Surunga-3, Laxmipur in Saptari is critical as she is battling for life while receiving treatment in Kathmandu for severe burn injuries meted out by her husband. Basanti was set on fire by her husband after she asked him to stay in a quarantine facility upon his return from

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Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million with India taking center stage

Aug 30 (Reuters) – Global coronavirus cases surged past 25 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, as India marked a worldwide record for daily new cases. The data showed steady global growth as the disease’s epicentre shifts again, with India taking centre stage from the United States and Latin America. India’s single-day tally of

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Dalit youth’s death in police custody incident of caste-based discrimination, says NHRC

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed its concern over the death of 19-year-old Bijaya Ram Chamar, of Garuda Municipality-8, Rautahat, at Birgunj-based National Medical College, while he was in police custody. The Dalit teenager was being treated at the hospital for renal disease and died on 26 August (Wednesday night). Chamar had been

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Xi says China to step up efforts to fight ‘splittism’ in Tibet

SHANGHAI, Aug 29 (Reuters) – China must build an “impregnable fortress” to maintain stability in Tibet, protect national unity and educate the masses in the struggle against “splittism”, President Xi Jinping told senior leaders, state media said on Saturday. China seized control over Tibet in 1950 in what it describes as a “peaceful liberation” that

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TU to conduct annual exams only after Dashain festival

The Tribhuvan University (TU) is preparing to conduct its postponed exams only after Dashain festival. According to Controller of Examinations, Pushparaj Joshi, preparations are undergoing to conduct semester and annual examinations after Dashain. Although the TU was earlier preparing to conduct exams before Dashain, the adverse situation unfolding of late discouraged for the same, Joshi

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