Science & Tech

Code for Cause: Stay-at-Home Coding Competition announced

Kathmandu / Mar. 24: Amidst the lockdown due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a stay-at-home coding competition by the name of ‘Code for Cause’ has been called. In a press statement released today, KathFOSS, an open-source software club at Kathford International College of Engineering and Management, has called for ideas to use technology […]


NAST at work to publish directory of Nepali

Kathmandu / Mar. 16: Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) has begun the process to publish ‘who is who in science and technology directory’, a directory of personal details of Nepali scientists and technicians who have done doctorate in science and technology (natural science, agriculture science, medical science, engineering, mathematics, information and technology) and […]


NAST to impart training to produce sanitiser

Lalitpur / Mar. 13: Scientists at Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) are to launch training to make sanitiser. The training is going to be imparted to a person each of 29 wards of Lalitpur Metropolitan City with an objective of preventing spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in Nepal. Those who get training from […]


Free internet for parents insuring their daughters

Lahan / Feb 22 : The government of State 2 is providing free internet service to parents who have joined the daughter’s education insurance programme. The government has announced three months of free internet connection to the parents who have insured their daughters. The State government began the ‘Chief Minister Educate Daughters, Save Daughters’ campaign […]


IT bill to be passed soon: Minister Banskota; CAN InfoTech kicks off

Kathmandu / Feb 14: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Banskota has said that the Information Technology Bill will be endorsed by the federal parliament soon. Inaugurating the 26th edition of the CAN InfoTech organized by the Computer Association Nepal (CAN) Federation here in the capital city today, Minister Banskota shared that the bill […]


CAN Info-Tech 2020 to be held in February next year

Kathmandu / Dec 18: With an aim of promoting the use and development of information, communication and technology in the country, CAN Info-Tech 2020 is going to be held in the capital in February next year. Organizing a press meet in the capital on Wednesday, the Computer Association of Nepal (CAN) informed that Info Tech […]


Mahabir Pun awarded for innovation

Kathmandu / Dec 7: Mahabir Pun has been awarded for his special contribution to social empowerment of people with the innovation of wireless technology that eased information exchange in rural areas of the country. The Excelsior School at Swayambhu, Kathmandu, honoured Pun with cash prize of Rs 50,000 amidst a programme on Friday. The prize […]


Kuwait moves on Instagram slave traders after BBC investigation

Nov 01: Kuwaiti authorities say they have officially summoned the owners of several social media accounts used to sell domestic workers as slaves. A BBC News Arabic investigation found online slave markets on apps provided and made available by Google and Apple, including Facebook-owned Instagram. Women were offered for sale as workers via hashtags such […]


Hearing aid uses 3D printed parts and costs less than a dollar

Nov 01: A 3D-printed hearing-aid which costs less than a dollar could make hearing aids accessible for those who currently can’t afford them. Saad Bhamla and Soham Sinha at Georgia Tech built the device using cheap off-the-shelf electronic components and a 3D printed casing. It is based on the first designs of hearing aids developed […]


Apple mobilises suppliers to unveil first 5G iPhones: report

Nov 02: Apple Inc is mobilising suppliers to launch its first 5G iPhone range, the Nikkei Asian Review said on Wednesday. “It will be the first time Apple introduces 5G iPhones. There will be three of them and the company has set an aggressive sales target,” Nikkei quoted a source as saying. The three new […]




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