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Binod Chaudhary wins NC Central Member post securing popular vote
Sunakhari News/ Kathmandu - Industrialist Binod Chaudhary has won the Nepali Congress (NC) Central Member post under ‘Madhesi Open’ category. According to NC sources, Industrialist Chaudhary secured the second most popular vote under the Madhesi Open category at NC 14th General Convention. He got 2206 votes out of 4676 seats cast in the category. There were 23 candidates contesting for the 5 Madhesi Open central members position. ....
Vaccinated person dies of COVID-19
Sunakhari News/ BAITADI - A man who had received the full dose of COVID-19 vaccine has died in Baitadi of corona virus. An 85-year-old man of Gurukhola in Dasharathchanda Municipality-1 has died at the district hospital.The person was admitted to the hospital at 5 pm on Thursday, with very low oxygen level,said Harish Prasad Pant, information officer of the district hospital.The man, who had received both doses of Covishield vaccine, died due to poor health,low oxygen level and seve....
Global Community Steps Up with $93 Billion Support Package to Boost Resilient Recovery in World’s Poorest Countries
Sunakhari News/ Kathmandu - The World Bank today announced a $93 billion replenishment package of the International Development Association (IDA) to help low-income countries respond to the COVID-19 crisis and build a greener, more resilient, and inclusive future. The financing brings together $23.5 billion of contributions from 48 high- and middle-income countries with financing raised in the capital markets, repayments, and the World Bank’s own contributions. The financing pac....
New World Bank Report Underlines Reforms to Support Fiscal Federalism, Green Growth in Nepal
Sunakhari News/ Kathmandu - Nepal has made significant strides in implementing fiscal federalism while key reforms are needed to support fiscal sustainability and Nepal’s transition towards green, resilient, and inclusive development states the World Bank’s Public Expenditure Review (PER) Report on Fiscal Policy for Sustainable Development launched today. With the country’s transition to federalism, expenditure responsibilities have been devolved to subnational governments tha....
Rohingya sue Facebook for $150bn over Myanmar hate speech
Sunakhari News/ Kathmandu - Dozens of Rohingya refugees in the UK and US have sued Facebook, accusing the social media giant of allowing hate speech against them to spread. They are demanding more than $150bn (£113bn) in compensation, claiming Facebook's platforms promoted violence against the persecuted minority. An estimated 10,000 Rohingya Muslims were killed during a military crackdown in Buddhist-majority Myanmar in 2017.Facebook, now called Meta, did not immediately respond to the alle....
Two provinces of Nepal equipped with increased oxygen generation capacity in preparation for potential COVID-19 surges
Sunakhari News/Kathmandu - Two new oxygen generation plants came into operation in Lumbini Provincial Hospital in Lumbini Province and Janakpur Provincial Hospital in Province 2 as of December 5, 2021. These plants financed by the World Bank are part of a long-term solution for augmenting Nepal’s capacities for a stronger response to the COVID-19 pandemic and boost self-reliance of provincial hospitals to meet the needs of therapeutic oxygen. The energy efficient, Pressure Swing A....
Omicron: Biden tightens travel rules amid new Omicron cases
Sunakhari News/ Kathmandu -President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron variant from coast to coast. From next week,international travellers to the US,including Americans, must get a Covid test within one day of departure, regardless of vaccination status. Mask requirements on planes, trains and buses will be extended until mid-March.Millions of free and insurer-funded home tests will also be made avai....
Covid-19 flight bans amount to “travel apartheid,” : UN Secretary General
Sunakhari News/ Kathmandu - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday described widespread travel bans imposed on southern African countries over fears of the Omicron variant as“unacceptable ”likening the restrictions to apartheid. “When we have now this virus everywhere,what is unacceptable is to have one part of the world that is one of the most vulnerable parts of the world economy condemned to a lockout,when they were the ones that revealed t....
Omicron virus : WHO warns of ‘high infection risk’ around globe
Sunakhari News/ Kathmandu - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant poses a high risk of infection surges around the globe. The head of the organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, renewed a call for a global push to get vaccines to poorer nations. Covid-19 is "not done with us" yet he warned. The variant was detected in South Africa earlier this month with initial evidence suggesting it has a higher re-infection risk. South Afri....
Covid : Travel bans must be urgently lifted – SA PRESIDENT
sunakhari news/ kathmandu - South Africa's president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was "deeply disappointed" by the action, which he described as unjustified, and called for the bans to be urgently lifted. The UK, EU and US are among those who have imposed travel bans.Omicron has been classed as a "variant of concern". Early evidence suggests it has a higher re....