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Yubakavi Motiram Bhatta’s 154th birth anniversary being marked today

Posted by | Aug 19, 2020 |

The 154th birth anniversary of the national luminary Yubakavi (the Youth Poet) Motiram Bhatta is being observed across the country today by organizing different literary events.   However, no formal programme has been organized this year due to rapid transmission of coronavirus throughout the country. Born on Kuse Aunsi (Father’s Day) in 1923 BS, Bhatta died on the same occasion in 1953 BS. Bhatta who lived a short span of life is ever remembered for his substantial contributions to the enrichment of Nepali literature. It was poet Bhatta who immortalized Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya by making public his biography. Further, Bhatta was also credited for introducing printing press in Nepal for the first time.   He was the one who introduced Ghazals in Nepali literature. The Yubakavi published the Ramayana of Bhanubhakta in 1941 BS. He further developed Nepali language and made it a beautiful medium for literary expression. Among the popular literary creations of Bhatta are ‘Bhanubhaktako Jeewan Charitra’, ‘Priyadarshika’ and ‘Pikdut’....

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”India is a Constructive, Dependable Actor Globally”

Posted by | Aug 18, 2020 | , ,

Harshvardhan Shringla Covid-19 continues to exact a heavy toll worldwide. In India too, positive cases are rising. However, our effective domestic response has led to a significant improvement in our recovery rate, which is now 68.78%. The case fatality rate at 2.01% remains one of the lowest in the world. High recovery and low-fatality outcomes can be attributed to proactive measures taken to deal with the outbreak from its early stages. We started screening Covid-19 cases a full 13 days before the first case was detected in India. We implemented full lockdown on the 55th day of the outbreak when we had only around 600 cases. Our public health response has been appreciated by the World Health Organization (WHO). The government took rapid steps to augment health infrastructure. As Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi noted, India now has over 11,000 Covid-19 facilities and 1.1 million isolation beds. We have ramped up testing to over half-a-million tests a day, to be scaled up to a million. India’s response has not been confined to meeting our domestic requirements. We have been significantly engaged with the international community in providing the leadership that the global situation demanded. As a responsible stakeholder in global health supply chains, we ensured timely access to essential drugs and medical items for over 150 countries, while meeting our own domestic requirements. We reaffirmed our position as the first...

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Prohibitory order issued in Kaski till August 23

Posted by | Aug 18, 2020 |

With the increasing number of coronavirus infection cases, prohibitory order has been issued in Kaski district for six days. The prohibitory order would be implemented from this mid-night till August 23.   A meeting of the District Crisis Management Committee, Kaski, held today took the decision in this regard, said Assistant Chief District Officer, Shreenath Poudel. All shops except food stuffs and medicine would remain closed during the period. Nobody could come out from home during the prohibition period. Vehicles having pass from District Administration Office except of health workers, media persons and essential service could not come into operation while government offices, banks and financial institutions would remain closed.   The prohibitory order has been issued thinking that coronavirus infection might be spread as there would be movement of large number of people on the occasion of Kushe Ausi (father’s day) and teej festival, it is said....

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One more dead from corona infection in Banke

Posted by | Aug 18, 2020 |

A person died of coronavirus infection in Banke last night. A 62-year-old man of Nepalgunj sub-metropolis-5 who was admitted to the Teaching Hospital in Nepalgunj after complaining of pneumonia died last night, shared resource person of District Health Office, Banke, Naresh Shrestha.   The old man died at around 11.40 last night in course of the treatment, Shrestha said. He was admitted to the Teaching Hospital on 16 August after he grew the symptoms of coronavirus infection since 14 August. He was tested positive for the virus on Monday afternoon. According to Chief Administration Officer Ram Bahadur Kurumwang, preparation for the management of the dead body was underway in coordination with the family members and the Nepal Army. With this, the death toll from the coronavirus infection has reached four in Banke alone....

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42 APF personnel diagnosed with coronavirus42 APF personnel diagnosed with coronavirus

Posted by | Aug 18, 2020 | ,

As many as 42 police personnel of the Armed Police Force Number 3 Gadhimai Brigade Bagmati State based in Rapti municipality, Bhandara have been diagnosed with coronavirus infection at once.   Two of the infected are women police and 40 men police, according to the information shared by the Bharatpur COVID-19 Laboratory. PCR test of all police personnel of the brigade was conducted following the confirmation of the virus among eight, shared brigade commander APF Deputy Inspector General Sandeep Shrestha.   He said that 42 out of 60 samples were diagnosed with the virus. There are more than 300 APF personnel in the brigade. The infected police personnel would be treated in isolation ward within the brigade premises, Shrestha said....

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