SINGAPORE, JUNE 21 Singapore has confirmed an imported case of monkeypox, the health ministry said late on Tuesday, the first such case reported in Southeast Asia during this year’s outbreak of the viral disease. The patient, who tested positive on June 20, is a 42-year-old British man who works as a flight attendant and had […]
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Moscow: The Nobel Peace Prize, owned by Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Russian news outlet Novaya Gazeta, has been sold in the United States. The medal was sold at auction for 103.5 million. Prior to the auction, Muratov said all proceeds would go to UNICEF to help Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Russia, Germany, Moldova, Slovenia, the
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Kathmandu, June 21 Airline companies in Nepal have announced an increase in airfare following the government’s decision to hike the price of aviation fuel. Nepal Oil Corporation, on Sunday, increased the price of aviation fuel by Rs 19 per litre. Following the price hike, a flight from Kathmandu to Dhangadhi will now cost up to Rs
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Kathmandu. The flood control and drought relief headquarters in eastern China’s Jiangxi Province on Monday evening upgraded flood control to emergency response level 2. About 485,000 people in the area have been affected by the incessant rains. Heavy rains and floods from 3:00 pm on Saturday to Monday affected 43,300 hectares of crops in 55
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Floods in India’s northeastern state of Assam have brought dire conditions. Out of 35 districts in the state, 33 districts have been badly affected by this natural calamity. Eleven more people were killed in the floods on Monday, June 20, according to the report. With this, the number of flood victims has reached 82. Despite
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Kathmandu. The National Examination Board (NEB) is preparing to make public the results of this year’s Secondary Education Examination (SEE) by mid-July. The board has stated that it is working hard for this purpose. Dr. Mahashram Sharma, Chairman of the Board, informed that the necessary work is being done to make the results of SEE
KATHMANDU, JUNE 20 Seventy-three people have lost their life so far to various disaster-related incidents this year. The highest number of casualties is from lightning. Twenty-seven people have died after they were struck by thunderbolt. Similarly, 15 people have been killed in fire incidents, 10 from wildlife attacks, eight from landslide, eight from incidents caused
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KYIV, June 20 Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy predicted Russia will escalate its attacks this week as European Union leaders consider whether to back his country’s bid to join the bloc and Russia presses its campaign to win control of east Ukraine. “Obviously, this week we should expect from Russia an intensification of its hostile activities,”
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KATHMANDU, JUNE 20 Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s Mayor Balen Shah has announced that the historic Bag Durbar, which was destroyed in the devastating 2015 earthquake, will be retrofitted. Reconstruction of Bag Durbar, which used to house the office of KMC, remained in limbo after KMC’s former mayor Bidhya Sundar Shakya decided to rebuild the historic heritage
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Kathmandu: Nepal Oil Corporation has again increased the price of petroleum products. The corporation has increased the price of petroleum products with effect from 12 noon on Sunday. As per the price hike, the price of petrol has gone up to Rs 199 per liter and diesel-kerosene to Rs 192 per liter. In a statement
