Three highly hazardous pesticides banned in Nepal The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MOALD), has banned production, formulation, import, export, commercial uses, storage, sale, distribution, and transportation of the three most highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) named Paraquat/Paraquat Dichloride, Chlorpyrifos, and Phorate. Nepal 07 Dec, 2024
At 28, Bardella could become youngest French prime minister at helm of far-right National Rally At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has helped make the far-right National Rally the strongest political force in France. World 07 Jul, 2024
EPR is most efficient curb on plastic pollution, say experts While plastic pollution is hazardous to human health and the environment, experts claim that plastic producers, such as large corporations, have been able to avoid prosecution by exploiting legal loopholes. Nepal 28 Feb, 2024
Golden Globes fashion: Taylor Swift stuns in shimmery green and Margot Robbie goes full Barbie Taylor Swift stunned in shimmery, liquid acid green custom Gucci at the newfangled Golden Globes, Sandra Hüller swept onto the red carpet in goddess green and Margot Robbie went full Barbie in pink custom Armani Privé at Sunday's start of the rush-rush awards season. Entertainment 08 Jan, 2024
New coronavirus mutant raises concerns in India and beyond The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that's worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States. Health 11 Jul, 2022
Prabal Gurung sends a 'NY love song' to homeland of Nepal Prabal Gurung blended his love for his adopted city of New York and his homeland of Nepal in a Fashion Week show featuring psychedelic flower prints imbued with a New York edginess. Entertainment 17 Feb, 2022
No light years' wait Ah, traffic lights! They have such a tricky job: control and ensure a free flow of traffic at the city’s boisterous intersections – life would be an ordeal if the countryside, or ridges of green hills around Kathmandu had such intersections too! – so that a rickshaw does not bump into a bicycle, which, in turn, would upset a greengrocer’s apple cart, a rundown truck does not plow into a traffic island, or worse still, swarming bikes do not crash into each other and get the paramedic’s ambulance stuck in the gridlock. Blogs 17 Jan, 2022
'Matrix Resurrections' rewrites its programming: review In the 22 years since the "The Matrix" debuted, it has never left us — or depending on your pill of choice, we have never left it. Despite two largely disappointing sequels, "The Matrix" still hasn't quite gone out of style — neither its long leather jackets nor its sci-fi vision of an illusive reality beyond what's in front of us. Entertainment 22 Dec, 2021
China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreads Chinese authorities announced Tuesday mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan as an unusually wide series of COVID-19 outbreaks reached the city where the disease was first detected in late 2019. World 03 Aug, 2021
A daughter like no other The telephone buzzed. The receptionist informed that a new associate, Kavita, who’d be joining the company, wished to see me. The moment I entered the visitor’s area, Kavita got up from the sofa to greet me. A sweet kid, I thought, who was enormously charming. I did not know her. I had not interviewed her for the job. She sort of knew me. Blogs 01 Jun, 2021
'Virginia Woolf,' 'Goldbergs' star George Segal dies at 87 George Segal, the banjo player turned actor who was nominated for an Oscar for 1966's “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and worked into his late 80s on the ABC sitcom “The Goldbergs,” died Tuesday in Santa Rosa, California, his wife said. Entertainment 24 Mar, 2021
10 people killed in Colorado supermarket shooting: Police A shooting at a Colorado supermarket killed 10 people Monday, including a police officer who was the first to respond to the scene, authorities said. World 23 Mar, 2021
