The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Studies in Kathmandu reveal that infants and children are much more vulnerable to vehicular exhaust. Lead in the auto emission can cause severe behavioural changes, affect the child's capacity of body movements and other less noticeable illness. In severe cases, there can be a total brain disorder and even kidney …
The Nepal government and the United Nations Development Project (UNDP) have recently concluded an agreement for providing US $2,5 million for the implementation of the ambitious Micro Enterprises Development Programme (MEDEP). MEDEP is being implemented by the ministry of industry with support from several partner organisations and other government ministries. …
Usha Birta Water System, a water filtration and purification system developed in Nepal jointly with a German firm was unveiled early this month in Kathmandu. Golcha Industrial Group, a Nepal-based company has acquired the rights to market the system commercially all across this tiny Himalayan nation. The system has been …
In their battle against AIDS, HIV-positive people of Nepal have found a new ally: the government. Recently, the ministry of health and ministry of women and social welfare announced an extensive HIV / AIDS education programme that plans to increase the students' access to non-discriminatory medical services. The number of …
A new strain of bacteria which causes tuberculosis (TB) and is resistant to traditional anti-TB drugs is emerging as a major hazard in Nepal. The new strain of bacteria called Multi Drug-Resistant strain can side-step all the major drugs that are in regular use to fight the deadly infectious disease. …
Several families have been affected by the release of water from the Indian side into the Jogbuda river in Nepal. In this regard, local residents of Dodhara submitted a memorandum to the prime minister of Nepal and called for immediate relief measures. According to estimates, nearly 50 ha of land …
The outbreak of a deadly disease is a cause for concern for people in Nepal. Encephalitis or inflammation of the brain has claimed about 300 lives in Nepal. The disease is caused by mosquito-borne viruses. The symptoms appear between five and 15 days after a bite, and if recognised in …
Habitual tobacco usage and betel quid chewing have led to a mindboggling increase in oral cancer cases in Nepal. Manik R Bajracharya, chairperson of Nepal Oral Health Society, Kathmandu, says that like other developing countries, dental caries and periodontal disease constitute a major oral health problem in Nepal because of …
Viral encepha-litis, a mosquito-borne disease, has taken its toll in southwestern parts of Nepal during this year's monsoon. The disease, which broke out in the first week of July, has already claimed 13 lives, eight of the victims being children, according to M Kidwai, chief of the Nepalganj zonal hospital. …
The capital city of Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, Kathmandu, has become a hub of South Asian bird traffickers. Flourishing illegal trade and transit of birds from India and Nepal to Pakistan and other destination in the Gulf states has led to the depletion of natural biodiversity in the Himalayan kingdom. …
Officials in Nepal and India have expressed concern over the trans-boun-dary migration of wild animals. They say the movement of animals is posing a serious threat to the life and property of the people living in the adjoining villages. Wild elephants around the Bardia National Park, bordering India in western …
> Hepatitis B has affected nearly 200,000 people in Nepal. The disease is taking its toll on more number of people than AIDS in the world. According to an estimated figure, out of 40 per cent of the world's population infected by hepatitis 'B', of which nearly 80 per cent …
measles , diarrhoea, and rabies have claimed 121 lives in Nepal in this year's rainy season. Three districts of the mid-west and two districts of the central region have been worst affected with measles and diarrhoea claiming 114 lives, said Benu Bahadur Karki, director of epidemiology and disease control division …
On being honoured with the American Primatology Award: This award has been given to me by the American Society of Primatology for my study on monkeys in Nepal. I have investigated gender differences among monkeys in the Terai
environmentalists have warned that Nepal's Phewa lake could disappear within 20 years time if mindless pollution of its waters and unplanned tilling of the land around it continue. The lake, which attracts 40 per cent of Nepal's tourists, is situated some 200 km west of Kathmandu in the Pokhara valley. …
By handing its forests over to the people, Nepal has shown that the best protector of the woods are those who use them instead of those who guard them with guns. A recent estimate shows that more than a third of Nepal
The Nepalese government has 'gifted' two one-horned baby rhinos to the Zoological Society of London, UK, and has in the process, violated the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of which the country is a signatory. Altogether, 25 one-horned rhinos from Nepal have been gifted to different countries …
The Nepalese minister of forest and soil conservation, Rameshwor R Yadav, recently said that the government was committed towards protecting the Kanchenjunga region by AD 2000, as part of the World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) programme. "I appreciate the efforts of all conservation organisations in Nepal for their active …
Radio Sagarmatha. the first independent radio station in Nepal and the first community broad-casting station in South Asia. will start broad-casting its programmes by the end of June. Supported by UNESCO. the station will be run by a consortium of four NGOs -the Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ). the …
