IN BRIEF

Health camp held

KATHMANDU: Around 700 people underwent a free health check-up at a camp organised by the Leo Club of Kathmandu Himalayas Patan in collaboration with the Matatirtha Youth Club and Kalanki Chowk Sudhar Samiti at Matatirtha on Saturday. Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital, Alka Hospital Pvt Ltd and Nepal Cancer Relief Society gave supported Free medicines

were distributed. — HNS

Books on tea farming

KATHMANDU: Minister of Home Affairs Dan Bahadur Shahi on Saturday launched three books on tea farming at a function here. The books by Karan Kumar Rawal, one in English and two in Nepali, discuss aspects of tea cultivation and production. — HNS