US agrees to send advanced rockets to Ukraine Russian troops fought to take complete control of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as the United States said it will provide Ukraine with advanced rockets to help it force Moscow to negotiate an end to the war. World 01 Jun, 2022
UN floats plan to boost renewables as climate worries mount UN floats plan to boost renewables as climate worries mount World 18 May, 2022
Oceans are hotter, higher and more acidic, climate report warns The world's oceans in 2021 grew to their warmest and most acidic levels on record, while melting ice sheets helped push sea levels to new heights, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday. Environment 18 May, 2022
Vedic ecology: Back to the future Ecology is a way of looking at the world in a subjective and emotional manner—not just as an objective and rational entity. It involves seeing the world with awe, admiration and self-effacement —and, as something to feel part of, rather than to manipulate. Opinion 16 May, 2022
Vehicles to be barred from Nepal's roads on May 13 The Election Commission has urged the government to halt traffic movement within the country on May 13, the day local level polls are held across the country. In response to the EC’s letter, the government will ban the movement of all types of vehicles except emergency until the polling is over. Nepal 07 May, 2022
The cholesterol dilemma: The myth and the reality A growing catalogue of research suggests that the cholesterol-heart disease premise is more than questionable. In other words, the idea that high cholesterol, as being the only culprit, or risk factor, for heart disease, may be more than ‘orchestrated’ hardsell. Opinion 04 May, 2022
Strict provisions in place for fair polls Local Level Elections (Voting) Directive, 2022 empowers the returning officer to deny the entry of a drunken voter into the polling centre. Nepal 10 Apr, 2022
Shanghai eases child separation policy but extends COVID lockdown Shanghai on Wednesday made some concessions on a widely unpopular child separation COVID policy, in a nod to growing public frustration as it extends a citywide lockdown that has left some residents struggling to buy food. World 06 Apr, 2022
Ukraine's leader to brief top UN body on alleged massacres Ukraine's leader to brief top UN body on alleged massacres World 05 Apr, 2022
China sends military, doctors to Shanghai to test 26 million residents for COVID China has sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for all of its 26 million residents as cases continued to rise on Monday, in one of the country's biggest-ever public health responses. World 04 Apr, 2022
As Shanghai expands COVID lockdown, life on hold in city of 26 million China's commercial hub of Shanghai ground to halt on Friday after the government locked down most of the city's 26 million residents to stop the spread of COVID-19, even as official numbers put local cases falling for the second day in a row. World 01 Apr, 2022
Shanghai expands COVID lockdown as new daily caseload surges by a third Authorities began locking down some western areas of Shanghai two days ahead of schedule, as new COVID-19 cases in China's most populous city jumped by a third despite stringent measures already in place to try to stop the virus spreading. World 30 Mar, 2022
