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US cautions citizens against travelling to Nepal

8:48 pm May 8, 2021

Kathmandu: The US government has cautioned its citizens against travelling to Nepal, alerting them about the limited medical supplies there, as the country battles a surge in the COVID-19 cases. In a notice on its website, the State Department has cautioned its citizens wishing to visit Nepal about limited medical facilities and government services in the country in the […]

Singapore offers foreign worker levy rebate to companies facing labour shortage

8:21 pm May 8, 2021

Singapore: Foreign companies in Singapore facing labour shortage due to the government’s decision to stop the arrival of workers from India and Bangladesh will be given a hike in foreign workers levy rebates from May to December, Ministry of Manpower (MOM) announced on Saturday. Singapore has halted the arrival of passengers from India and Bangladesh considering the massive spike in the number of cases of coronavirus. As […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

11:39 pm April 30, 2021

DHAKA: India has tried to fight skyrocketing coronavirus infections by increasing its production of vaccines and banning their export, cutting off supplies to neighbors such as Bangladesh and Nepal as they struggle with infection surges of their own. These nations have imposed lockdowns as residents of big cities flee to the countryside seeking safety. They […]

Satellites show world’s glaciers melting faster than ever

11:16 pm April 28, 2021

Zurich: Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world’s mountain glaciers. Scientists blame human-caused climate change. Using 20 years of recently declassified satellite data, scientists calculated that the world’s 220,000 mountain glaciers are losing more than […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

After spending 40 yrs in jail as undertrial, Nepali man released by high court

11:16 pm March 17, 2021

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered the release of a Nepali citizen who has been incarcerated for over 40 years in a correctional home here as an undertrial prisoner in connection with a murder case in Darjeeling. Dipak Jaishi, who is now 70, has been languishing in Dum Dum Central Correctional Home since his arrest in Darjeeling district of West Bengal for […]