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Russia-Ukraine crisis: Nepal urges all sides to exercise restraint
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 24 (ANI): Noting that Nepal opposes any use of force against a sovereign country in any circumstance, the Himalayan nation on Thursday called on all parties concerned to exercise maximum restraint not to escalate tension.
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Nepal PM lays wreath at Marty's Memorial on Martyr's Day
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 30 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba laid a wreath at Martyr's Memorial, Lainchaur on Sunday morning as the Himalayan Nation marked the Martyr's Day.
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Nepal to elect 19 members of country's Upper House
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 26 (ANI): Nepal is set to elect 19 members in National Assembly on Wednesday which is set to be vacant from March 4.
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Nepal PM Deuba assures three-tier elections within a year
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 21 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured to hold three-tier elections within a year asking the electoral body of the Himalayan nation to start preparing for it.
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Shortage of medical staff hits Nepal as third wave of COVID-19 sets in
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 21 (ANI): As the third wave of COVID-19 cases is raging across Nepal, the capital city of Kathmandu is witnessing long queues of front-line workers standing in line to get tested for COVID-19.
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Positivity rate soars near 45 pc as Nepal continues to register record num
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 20 (ANI): Nepal on Thursday registered another record number of 12,338 new cases of COVID-19 as the positivity rate in the Himalayan Nation soared to about 45 per cent.
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Nepal to administer booster shots to frontline workers starting Sunday ami
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 15 (ANI): Amid rising COVID-19 cases, Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population has decided to administer booster shots to all frontline workers starting from Sunday in the Himalayan nation, local media reported.
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Over 140 health workers infected with COVID-19 in Nepal
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 14 (ANI): With the third wave of COVID-19 taking a foothold in Nepal, a large number of health workers and other officials have been infected with the coronavirus in Himalayan nation, local media reported on Friday.
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Nepal: Restrictions clamped as Covid cases surge by 69 per cent in last 24
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 11 (ANI): The COVID-19 infection rate in Nepal has soared by about 69 per cent in the last 24 hours forcing authorities to clamp restrictions as the Himalayan Nation braces for the third wave of the pandemic.
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Reconstruction drive transforms lives of rural Nepali women hit by earthqu
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gorkha [Nepal], January 6 (ANI): The devastating earthquake of 2015 with its epicentre in the mountainous Gorkha district shook the Himalayan Nation of Nepal, claiming nearly 10,000 lives, injuring thousands and displacing over half a million people.
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Nepal tight-lipped over Chinese encroachment of its territory in border ar
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 3 (ANI): Kathmandu remains silent over China's expansionist designs in the Himalayan nation as several media reports indicate illegal encroachments by Beijing in bordering districts including Humla, Gorkha, Darchula, Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk.
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China supplied aircraft turns liability for Nepal: report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 23 (ANI): Chinese aircraft purchased in 2014 has turned into a liability for Nepal due to its functionality and performance, said a media report adding that the sales of this equipment are meant to benefit only Chinese companies and the Himalayan nation finds itse
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