NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, April 13 | India and Pakistan are planning to partially open up some parts of the economy, officials in the two countries said on Monday, as the costs of harsh lockdowns to limit the outbreak of the coronavirus mount across the region. Indian officials said the number of coronavirus cases in the country increased to 9,152 on Monday, including 308 deaths, a swift rise from fewer than 1,000 two weeks ago, even though the country of 1.3 billion people is under a sweeping 21-day lockdown. But the shutdown has left millions of people without work and the World Bank थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 13 | Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday announced that he will contribute his salary to the coronavirus prevention and control fund unless the situation returns to normalcy. In his video message to the people on the occasion of New Year 2077, PM Oli said "As the executive head of the country, I have decided to contribute my salary to coronavirus prevention and control fund as long as we continue to face the difficulties due to the coronavirus pandemic." He said that the people would have celebrated the New Year with full of joy if the coronavirus pandemic had not थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 12: Nepal's economic growth is expected to fall to a range between 1.5 and 2.8 percent in the Fiscal Year 2020 reflecting lower remittances, trade and tourism, and broader disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the World Bank said on Sunday. Releasing its twice-a-year-regional update, the Washington-based international financial institution said that the prolonged outbreak of COVID-19 would impact growth significantly with a further deceleration or contraction in services and industrial production. "Economic growth during FY21 is also likely to remain subdued थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 12 | Three Indian nationals have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Nepal, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). Dr Roshan Pokhrel, chief specialist at the Ministry of Health, confirmed that the three Indian nationals tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. After a preliminary report in Hetauda-based Vector Borne Disease Research and Training Center came positive, the samples were sent to Kathmandu based National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) for confirmation. The laboratory also confirmed that the test report was थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 9 | Government has decided to allow people, who are forced to live in Kathmandu due to nationwide lockdown, to leave Kathmandu for their hometowns on Friday and Saturday. A meeting of the high-level government committee to prevent and contain novel coronavirus on Thursday decided to this effect keeping in mind that hundreds of people mostly college students are compelled to live in Kathmandu amid the extended lockdown. However, the government has barred people from entering Kathmandu Valley in the two-day period in view of possible COVID-19 थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 9 | A study has shown that nearly 68% Nepali people are in favor of extension of the ongoing lockdown until a coronavirus threat remains in the country. The survey, conducted by Sharecast Initiative, an NGO, suggested that the lockdown should be in place until the coronavirus threat remains. According to the survey, 5.9 % respondents said that the lockdown should be extended another week, after April 15. Likewise, 5.5% respondents said that the lockdown should be extended for two more weeks. The survey done from April 4-6 also reveals that 5.2% of the people are not थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 9 | In yet another breach of customer data, Vianet Communications – one of the largest internet service providers in Nepal – suffered a 'serious hack' on Wednesday. Data belonging to more than 160,000 consumers was leaked by a hacker through Twitter. This is the second such data breach incident in a month. Data of Foodmandu – a popular e-commerce food delivery service – was breached by hackers exactly a month ago. On Wednesday, data was leaked by a twitter handle @paapi_kto_mah attaching a link, where the personal data of more than 160,000 Vianet users was made थप यता
WUHAN, China, April 8 | The central Chinese city of Wuhan began allowing people to leave on Wednesday for the first time since it was locked down 76 days ago to contain the novel coronavirus, despite fears of a second wave of infection if such restrictions are eased too soon. China sealed off the city of 11 million people on Jan. 23 after it became clear that the flu-like virus that had emerged there late last year was highly contagious and potentially deadly. The first train to carry departing passengers out of the city left at 00:50 a.m. (1650 GMT), and outbound highways were opened थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 7: National Examination Board has decided to postpone the board examinations of grade 11 and 12. A meeting of the board on Tuesday decided to postpone the final examinations of grade 11 and 12 until further notice in view of rising coronavirus cases. Earlier, the exam of grade 12 was scheduled to begin April 20 onwards while grade 11 exams on May 4 onwards, according to exam routines. Secondary Education Examination of grade 10 was also postponed owing to spread of this global थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 7: As Nepal braces for employing Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits to detect Covid-19 cases in three districts, the World Health Organization (WHO) Nepal office has said that these kits are not reliable for the confirmation of the disease. “WHO has consistently maintained that given the sub-optimal performance of antibody-based rapid diagnostic tests, they cannot be relied upon for confirmation of diagnosis of Covid-19”, the UN body has said in its email response to Republica. “As soon as more valid antigen-based RDTs become available, WHO would be immediately थप यता
