November 2020

COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 233,452 Recovery: 214,521 Death: 1,508

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: 1,737,747 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 9,911 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj, […]

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Malaria death toll to exceed COVID-19’s in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO

LONDON (Reuters) – Deaths from malaria due to disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic to services designed to tackle the mosquito-borne disease will far exceed those killed by COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization warned on Monday. More than 409,000 people globally – most of them babies in the poorest parts of Africa –

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Parents, four others arrested in Rautahat in connection with honour killing of 17-year-old girl

Rautahat Police have arrested six people in connection with the murder of 17-year-old Amrita Kumari Sah, a local resident. Amrita had died after being shot in her right temple while asleep in her room on November 11. Police investigation revealed that Amrita’s father, Ram Ayodhya, and mother, Sita, were involved murdering their divorced daughter because

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Football in hijab: Thai Muslim lesbians tackle stereotypes

Anticha Sangchai did not come out to her family until she was 30 and married with a child. It was her own struggle confronting the conservative community in southern Thailand that led her to create a place where women like her might feel more at home. In the bookshop she set up in Pattani city,

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As study reveals Nepal’s corruption is up by 58%, government denies report’s credibility in defense

The government has rejected Transparency International’s (TI) recent report that said corruption in Nepal has increased by 58 per cent in the past one year. Alleging that the report was politically motivated, government Spokesperson and Minister for Communication and Technology, Parbat Gurung, yesterday said that the government had refused to accept the report’s credibility as

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COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 231,978 Recovery: 212,590 Death: 1,479

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: 1,727,836 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 9,871 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj,

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Tokyo 2020 organisers estimate Games postponement cost $1.9 bln

This year’s postponement of the Tokyo Olympics because of the novel coronavirus cost about 200 billion yen ($1.9 billion), organisers have estimated, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, citing people involved with the event. The International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government were forced to put off the Games for a year in March as

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Severe fire danger for Australia as temperatures smash records

Parts of Australia, including Sydney, sweltered through the hottest November night on record with temperatures likely to stay high on Sunday, prompting authorities to issue a total fire ban. Sydney CBD surpassed 40 degrees Celsius (104 F) on Saturday while swathes of western New South Wales, South Australia and northern Victoria baked through even higher

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Oli counters Dahal’s proposal with 38-page rebuttal

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli presented a 38-page long rebuttal to party Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s 19- page proposal during Nepal Communist Party’s (NCP) secretariat meeting yesterday, saying that Dahal’s proposal was a compilation of ‘personal dissatisfactions, endless grudges and selfish agenda’. Oli accused Dahal of hatching plot to dislodge his government, applying double standard

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Health Ministry preparing to send details for import of COVID-19 vaccines under COVAX

Nepal is preparing to send technical details to the concerned agencies to get timely COVID-19 vaccines at a concessional rate under the COVAX facility. The government has begun preparations after COVAX asked 172 affiliated countries to send technical information related to import of the vaccines. According to the Ministry of Health, final preparations are underway

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