ANKARA : Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro rejected demands by European countries to call elections within eight days in an interview broadcast on Sunday, insisting that his country was “not tied” to Europe. “They should withdraw this ultimatum. No one can give us an...
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BEIJING : A total of 2,804 people died of infectious diseases in China in December 2018, according to statistics released by the National Health Commission. There were 712,581 cases of infectious diseases reported last month. The commission said that no cases of Class A infectious diseases were...
Saint Petersburg : Russian President Vladimir Putin will on Sunday preside over ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the World War II siege of Leningrad that claimed over 800,000 lives. Saint Petersburg formerly known as Leningrad — will plunge into the atmosphere of a wartime...
Kathmandu : The Department of Mine and Geology has granted permission to 141 persons and companies combined for the mining across the country. The Mine and Heritage Division under the Department provided the permit to excavate the minerals in different parts of the country in the current fiscal...
Jajarkot : Children of four settlements in Barekot Rural Municipality-8 in Jajarkot have no access to school. Children here are unable to go to schools which are far from the villages. The school-age children from Rimdara, Khalaka Khutte, Dandakhani and Upper Laikham have been deprived of school...
Jumla : Snowfall has hit mountainous districts Jumla, Kalikot, Mugu and Humla throwing life and daily routines of the people out of gear for a week. People’s movements have been largely limited and air and road services affected. Regular flights from and to Jumla are disrupted, said Kailash...
Humla : The national polio vaccination campaign has been affected in Humla due to incessant snowfall for two weeks. The vaccination drive was postponed owing to adverse weather. The immunisation campaign for the district in Karnali Province was scheduled for January 22-23.
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Kathmandu : Flights schedule at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), country’s sole international airport, which was affected this morning due to adverse weather, has come back to normalcy. Flights to and from the airport were disrupted for around three hours due to low visibility triggered by...
Amargadhi : Public transportation obstructed by continuous snowfall since Friday evening in seven hilly districts of the far-west has resumed from Saturday evening. The major highways in Dadeldhura, Baitedi, Bajhang, Darchula, Doti, Accham and Bajura had been blocked by heavy snowfall since...
PARIS : Prolific French composer Michel Legrand, who won three Oscars and five Grammys during a career spanning more than half a century, died Saturday aged 86, his spokesman said. Legrand lived in a musical whirlwind, with the same appetite for popular music to jazz, from conducting to...
