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Dr. Rawal named as Acting Vice-Chancellor of KAHS

Posted by | Mar 2, 2021 | ,

Karnali- The government has designated Dr. Mangal Rawal as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences. The Ministry of Health and Population gave such responsibility to the hospital’s director Dr Rawal. The post of Academy’s Vice-Chancellor was laying vacant after the tenure of Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr. Rajendra Wagle ended recently.  Academy’s Pro-Chancellor and Minister for Health and Population Hridayesh Tripathi provided Dr Rawal with the responsibility on Monday. Associate Professor Rawal is an orthopedist. Dr Rawal, a permanent resident of Humla district, was serving as the Director of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences hospital for one and a half years....

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Nepalis in South Korea provide financial assistance to Bhagirathi’s family

Posted by | Mar 2, 2021 | ,

Jiban Khatri, North Korea-  Sudurpaschim Samaj based in South Korea has provided financial support to the family of Bhagirathi Bhatta of Baitadi. The organisation collected Rs 283,500 to assist the Bhatta family. Bhatta of Dogadakedar Rural Municipality was murdered after her rape almost a month ago. Treasurer of Samaj DR Paneru, former chairs Nar Bahadur Sarki and Dharma Raj Joshi, and others visited the family members of Bhagirathi in Baitadi and handed over the amount in the presence of rural municipality chairman Chakra Karki and other people’s representatives. Earlier, the organisation had initiated a campaign for fundraising in South Korea to support the family of Bhagirathi. A total of 169 people made their contributions to collect the fund....

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Organic farming system in far-west

Posted by | Mar 2, 2021 |

Doti- In a bid to reduce the excessive use of chemical fertiliser in farming system, organic farming is being implemented in the districts of Sudurpaschim Province. This move is aimed reducing the impacts of chemical fertilisers through the promotion of organic farming system. At an interaction programme organised by Sudurpaschim Agricultural Development Directorate at Rajpur of Dipayal district on Monday, Director Yagyaraj Joshi shared that jobs have been started in all nine districts by allocating Rs 40 million for organic farming system. Officials said that the organic farming system was stressed to minimise the increasing impacts of chemical fertiliser. On the occasion, Chief District Officer of Doti, Bhim Prasad Bhattarai, said that organic production could be encouraged through the maintenance of quality of soil, more income generation, ensuring environmental balance and utlisation of locally available resources....

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10 megawatt solar power added to nat’l grid

Posted by | Mar 2, 2021 | ,

Ramhari Neupane, Trisuli-  Country’s largest solar plant being constructed in Nuwakot district has generated 10 more megawatt of power. The project with capacity of 25-megawatt plant had produced 1.25 megawatt power some eight months ago. Chief of Project Bikash Raghubansi said that 8.75 megawatt of solar power was generated recently and was linked it to the national power grid after the successful test transmission. Of the seven blocks of the project, power is now generated from two of the solar panels and is connected to the national transmission line through the national grid of Devighat Hydropower Centre. The project said that five more megawatt of solar power would be generated within some days. For the power generation, construction works are moving ahead smoothly including installation of panels and clearing the site. Likewise, Project Chief Raghubansi has committed to completing the entire project in coming six months. T he project is being developed with the joint investment of Government of Nepal and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). Likewise, the project has received $ 30.8 million in loan assistance from the World Bank under the Grid Solar and Energy Efficiency Programme....

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Price of yellow metal goes down Rs 1,700 per tola

Posted by | Mar 2, 2021 | ,

Kathmandu- Price of yellow metal has gone down in Nepali market today. It has decreased by Rs 1,700 per tola (11.66 grammes) today. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers Association, price of hallmark gold has been fixed at Rs 87,000 per tola today against Rs 88,700 yesterday. Similarly, worked gold is being traded at Rs 86,550 per tola today while it was Rs 88,250 on Monday. Likewise, price of silver has also gone down by Rs 40 per tola and is being traded at Rs 1,290. It was Rs 1,330 per tola on...

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