
Aug. 22: Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are nearly ubiquitous in modern life, providing the brightness in phone displays, televisions, and lights. A new form of LEDs, made of a class of materials called halide perovskites, promises higher color quality and ease of manufacture, but has been known to fail when subjected to the kind of […]

Kathmandu / Mar. 27: Chairperson of National Innovation Centre Mahabir Pun is to freely provide personal protective equipment (PPE) required for health workers during the treatment of coronavirus patients. Pun, who started manufacturing PPE since last Thursday, said he would hand over the safety equipment the government and hospitals free of cost. He further said […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]