Category: Nepal
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KATHMANDU: Rescue workers in Nepal have so far recovered 14 bodies from the crash site of a small plane carrying 22 people that went down in a remote region, an airport official said on Monday. “The search for others is continuing,” said Tek Raj Sitaula, a spokesman for the Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal’s capital…
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A plane operated by a private airline in Nepal went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board, airline and government officials told Reuters. The small plane was flying from the tourist town of Pokhara, some 200 km northwest of the capital, Kathmandu, to Jomsom, about 80 km to the northwest, they said. It is…
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned its citizens from traveling to several countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Srilanka. This comes after the UAE last month extended the travel ban on passengers from 14 countries until July 21 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Foreign Ministry and the National Emergency, Crisis and…
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Monsoon floods in India has displaced nearly four million people in the northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189. The overflowing Brahmaputra River, which flows through China’s Tibet, India, and Bangladesh, has damaged crops and triggered mudslides, displacing millions of people, officials said. “The flood…
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KATHMANDU: Five South Korean climbers and their four Nepali guides have been killed after their base camp in the Himalayas was ravaged by a storm, local police and hiking officials said on Sunday. The disaster, which take the life of record-breaking Korean climber Kim Chang-ho, is the worst climbing accident to hit the Himalayan nation…
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source: www.i.guim.co.uk Recently, India has made a request to its neighbouring nation Nepal to re-measure the height of Mount Everest in order to find out any changes caused by the earthquake of 2015. According to the report, Nepal has rejected the request from India and the Director General of the Survey Department, Ganesh Prasad Bhatta…
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source: www.1hu9t72zwflj44abyp2h0pfe-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com The 12th International Open Taekwondo Championship Competition has begun at the Taekwondo Academy on January 1. This time, the competition is likely to become tougher as athletes and officials from more than two dozen countries are participating in the event. Participating countries include Nepal, India, Cambodia, Bangladesh, USA, Qatar, UK, Canada, Austria, Australia,…
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source: www.1hu9t72zwflj44abyp2h0pfe-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com As per the latest announcement from the Nepali squad on January 4, Sagar Punand and Binod Bhandari would turn out to be two big absentees from the 21-member opening for an all-important ICC World Cricket League Division 2 tournament. Nepal has been downgraded from the family of ICC World Cricket League Championship after…
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source: www.upload.wikimedia.org According to the reports, a lady named Gauri Kumari Bayak became the latest prey of an orthodox social practice in rural Nepal. The orthodox social practice could be seen among some so-called religious Hindus who believe that menstruating women are impure and they should live alone far from her family and friends. Last…
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source: www.thehindu.com The Nepal Police have arrested six fraudsters on January 15. They have also revealed that a gang was in operation across the region and duped over 60 common citizens by assuring them a job in the external intelligence agency of India, RAW. The police have revealed that six people were allegedly collecting a…