Deforestation poses threat to wildlife in Myagdi
The existence of the wildlife is in danger, as deforestation is rampant in the upper belt in Myagdi district. A large number of trees have been fallen for medicinal herbs and other resources. Ranger
Kantipur (Nepal)
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Seven killed in landslide
Seven people, five of them children, were killed in a landslide that took place in a village in Rukum District on Monday night. Chief of the District Police Office, Rukum, Kishan Singh Thapa said 52-year-old
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Malaria outbreak in Baitadi
Malaria outbreak is increasing in some of the VDCs of lower Sorad area in Baitadi district. According to Kesharpur Primary Health Center, Melauli, 20 persons have been found suffering from Malaria.
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22 Chinese miners rescued after 7 days trapped
Twenty-two coal miners were rescued Tuesday from their flooded pit in northeastern China after being trapped underground for a week. State broadcaster CCTV showed the men being brought slowly to the
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Specialized mosquitoes may fight tropical disease
Scientists have made a promising advance for controlling dengue fever, a tropical disease spread by mosquito bites. They've rapidly replaced mosquitoes in the wild with skeeters that don't spread the dengue
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Gene sleuths trace world cholera pandemic to Bangladesh
A cholera pandemic that has swept poor countries in three waves over nearly four decades has been traced to a bacterial strain that first emerged in Bangladesh, scientists reported on Wednesday. The
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Four killed in Rukum landslide
Four people have been killed and other five injured in a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall in Rukum on Tuesday morning. The landslide swept away the house of one Jayaram Oli at Khara VDC ward-2
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Landslide buries three houses, blocks highway
A landslide triggered by continuous rainfall buried three houses at Deupur VDC-9 on Monday morning. The landslip also blocked the Pokhara-Baglung Highway and damaged the 33-KV power transmission line
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Virus outbreak kills 81 children in Vietnam
Hand, foot and mouth disease, a dangerous intestinal virus, has killed 81 children in Vietnam this year, prompting the prime minister to order ministries and agencies to redouble efforts to stop its spread.
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Shallow quake hits southwest Pakistan
<p> A shallow 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 5:53 am (0053 GMT) around 330 kilometres (200 miles) southwest of Quetta,
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Two glaciers in Nepal to disappear: research
Two glaciers in Nepal that shrank at an accelerated rate in the past 10 years compared to preceding decades will inevitably disappear from rising temperatures as no fresh snow supply is expected for them,