Integrated action plan in offing to promote mental health

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 16 The Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens has framed the ‘Integrated Action Plan on Psycho-social Counselling Service for Mental Health Management’ to address the problems of mental illness and behavioural...

Kathmandu 17 Dec, 2020

Fifth edition of Global Migration Film Festival launched in Nepal

KATHMANDU: Fifth edition of the Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF) was launched in Nepal virtually on Monday at the 8th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival (NHRIFF) with the screening of a short film on human trafficking and...

Nepal 01 Dec, 2020

Call to protect sanitation workers on COVID-19 frontlines

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 19 As the UN marks World Toilet Day, Amnesty International, WaterAid and the International Dalit Solidarity Network have called on authorities in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan to take immediate action to protect...

Kathmandu 20 Nov, 2020

'Sanitation and Hygiene Fund as key to increasing investment'

GENEVA: United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed, on Tuesday, said that the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund will be critical to dramatically scale up investments to reach everyone with sanitation services, as the new financial mechanism to...

World 18 Nov, 2020

WHO takes aim at cervical cancer to reduce cases, deaths

GENEVA: Vaccinating nine in 10 girls under 15 against cervical cancer, and improved screening and treatment of women could reduce infections by 40% and save 5 million lives by 2050, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. Cervical...

Science and Tech 17 Nov, 2020

SC asks govt to let COVID patients take PSC exams

KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 15 The Supreme Court today ordered the Public Service Commission not to bar COVID-19 applicants from appearing in PSC examinations. A single bench of Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla issued the interim order in response to a writ...

Kathmandu 16 Oct, 2020

Nepal’s war on multiple fronts: Saviour needed

So what is the way forward in such times of uncertainty? Some personalities who have earned credibility should steer the sinking ship out of the troubled waters. This will not only awaken the government and opposition from their deep slumber but also...

Opinion 14 Oct, 2020

Delhi stops displaying notices at homes of COVID-19 patients because of stigma

NEW DELHI: Delhi authorities have stopped putting notices outside the homes of people infected with coronavirus because this has amplified the social stigma associated with the disease and in turn caused others to hide their illness, officials said...

World 12 Oct, 2020

Rapes show double struggle of low-caste women in India

NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW: The victim of India's latest alleged gang rape faced the double discrimination of being born female and low caste, says her family, fearing she will get no justice in death either. They say it would all have been different if the...

Oddities 08 Oct, 2020

Living with Covid-19 stigma

A man died by suicide even after recovering from. Covid-19. Sadly, he had lost the war against the social stigma that the disease brings with it. According to media reports, there has been a steep rise in the suicide rate following the pandemic,...

Opinion 01 Oct, 2020

Telling COVID's story: At UN, leaders spin virus storylines

The subject: coronavirus. The status: urgent. The solutions: as diverse as the nations they lead. With the 75th annual U.N. General Assembly reduced to recorded speeches because of the pandemic, leaders are using this week as an opportunity to...

World 23 Sep, 2020

For safe abortion practices

In February this year, a 20-year-old unmarried woman was brought to our emergency ward with abdominal pain and rash on her legs and lower abdomen. Her blood pressure was almost unrecordable. It was clear from her appearance that she suffered from...

Opinion 16 Sep, 2020