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President expresses confidence Nepal-US ties will be deepened during Biden’s tenure

Posted by | Jan 21, 2021 |

The top state officials have sent separate messages of felicitations on the assumption of high offices of the United States of America by the newly elected leadership there. President Bidya Devi Bhandari today sent a congratulatory message to Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. on his assumption of the office of the 46th President of the United States. In her message, the President has underlined the excellent state of bilateral relations between the two countries. Appreciating the US co-operation to socio-economic development of Nepal. President Bhandari has expressed her confidence that the rich and multi-faceted Nepal-US relations will continue to deepen and expand during the tenure of President Biden. She has extended best wishes to the new leadership for a successful tenure and also in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, in a congratulatory message to his US counterpart Kamala Devi Harris, has commended the historic election of the first female Vice-President in the United States. Vice-President Pun, in his message, has expressed appreciation to the priorities of the new US administration to the topical issues such as gender equality, social justice and climate change. Likewise, KP Sharma Oli has expressed his confidence that the United States will continue to achieve progress and prosperity under the able leadership of President Biden. Reaffirming Nepal’s commitment to longstanding friendship with the United States, the Prime Minister expressed Nepal’s desire to...

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India provide 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal

Posted by | Jan 21, 2021 |

Kathmandu: The Government of India is providing 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine under grant assistance to Nepal. In a press conference jointly organized by the Ministry of Health and Population and Indian Embassy in Kathmandu on Wednesday, it was informed that the one million doses of the vaccine would arrive in Nepal with a few days. Speaking at the conference, Minister for Health and Population Hridesh Tripathi informed that the Covid-19 vaccine would be given to health workers, security personnel, and employees deputed in the management of dead bodies and waste. Stating that all the necessary legal and administrative procedures for procurement and use of the vaccine are complete, Minister Tripathi said the vaccination program would be initiated soon after the availability of the vaccine. The Health Minister also informed that the ministry was effortful to procure the Covid-19 vaccine needed for 72 per cent of the population. Also speaking on the occasion, Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Binaya Mohan Kwatra stressed on the need for bilateral and multilateral cooperation among all the nations to battle the covid-19 pandemic. Indian Envoy Kwatra reiterated the commitment to continue the collaboration with neighbours in the fight against the...

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Agriculture sector has weakness in data: Secretary Dr Mishra

Posted by | Jan 20, 2021 | ,

Secretary at the Karnali Province Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives, Dr Rajendra Prasad Mishra has termed ‘inadequacy of data’ as a prime weakness in agriculture sector. Making his concluding remarks at a three-day ‘Province-level Orientation on Farmers’ Indexing System’ organized by the Ministry of Agriculture Development Kathmandu and coordinated by Karnali Province Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives on Tuesday, he claimed that data was the main basis for planning and development in any sector. ‘If any problem prevails in agriculture that is data. We are slipping in the process of carrying out our works based on right data. We could not do proper works in agriculture in absence of factual data of the farmers,’ he noted. Secretary Dr. Mishra claimed that, ‘We can draw out a framework plan for perspective development once we enter the data into a syste.’ ‘Currently there are 298,000 households in Karnali Province. We can go nearby the fact by collecting data of 250,000 households. Registration of famers would start from mid-February once the training was conducted across the country”, Dr Mishra added. He said categorization of farmers can be done in the second phase only following the collection of data. Joint Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture Prakash Kumar Sanjel said it was a mega campaign of the government to register farmers and manage their classification through software. The chiefs of...

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Army and Police competing in Women’s League Football today

Posted by | Jan 20, 2021 | , ,

The National Women League Football Tournament is kicking off today. Departmental teams, Tribhuvan Army Club and Nepal Police Club, are competing in the match to be held in Tripureshwor-based Dasharath Stadium. All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) is hosting the tournament. The inaugural match is to take place at 2.00 pm this afternoon. Arrangement has been made for free entrance to the inaugural match of women league for the first time, shared ANFA spokesperson Kiran Rai. Other matches however would be held in Satdobato-based ANFA ground. The winning team of the tournament would receive cash prize of Rs 1 million while the first runner-up would receive rs 800,000 and third winner would get Rs 500,000. The fourth winner would also get Rs 300,000....

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CIAA Hetauda Office presents report to Province Chief

Posted by | Jan 20, 2021 |

Hetauda- The Hetauda-based office of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has submitted its annual report to Bagmati Province Chief Bishnu Prasad Prasain. CIAA Hetauda office Chief Baburam Khatiwada presented its annual progress report of the fiscal year 2076/77 BS to the province chief. After receiving the report, province chief Prasain said that the anti-graft body has performed very crucial works in the promotion of good governance in the country. The CIAA has also played substantial role in exposing big scams of the country, he added....

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