Archive for: January, 2016

Canadian shopper finds vodka bottles had been filled with water

Toronto / January 15: Canadian police are conducting an investigation along with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario after a Toronto shopper discovered that a vodka bottle he purchased at a local store had been filled with water. Rick Crumpton, 62, purchased a plastic 1.75-liter bottle of Smirnoff vodka at an LCBO store, but discovered […]


Dog saves stranded sea turtle on New England beach

Boston / January 15: A New England sea turtle owes its life to a local dog after the observant animal spotted the stranded turtle on a nearby beach. Officials from New England Aquarium said a storm washed seaweed and other debris onto Ellisville Beach, leaving the loggerhead turtle stranded until the 2-year-old dog, named Veda, […]


Facebook racks up 27% revenue rise in India to Rs 123.5 crore

January 16: acebook posted a 27% jump in its revenues in India to Rs 123.5 crore during the year to March 2015 from Rs 97.6 crore a year earlier, according to filings with the Registrar of Companies on Thursday. However, the social media firm earned less than Rs 9 per user on an average in […]


Apple to start charging for iTunes Radio

January 16: Apple Inc said it will soon start charging for iTunes Radio, its music-streaming service that competes with Pandora Media Inc. ITunes Radio, which was announced in 2013, will no longer be free from the end of January, Apple said in statement. The ad-supported service, available only in the United States and Australia, will […]


Astronomers Detect Signs of an Invisible Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way

January 15: A team of astronomers led by Tomoharu Oka, a professor at Keio University in Japan, has found an enigmatic gas cloud, called CO-0.40-0.22, only 200 light years away from the center of the Milky Way. What makes CO-0.40-0.22 unusual is its surprisingly wide velocity dispersion: the cloud contains gas with a very wide […]


Woolly Mammoth Carcass Reveals Human Migration Secrets

January 15: A Siberian mammoth carcass displays some tantalizing hints that man was present in the Eurasian Arctic 10,000 years earlier than thought. The male woolly mammoth carcass was found in 2012 near Yenisei Bay in the Siberian Arctic. Through radiocarbon dating of the animal’s tibia bone and surrounding materials, the researchers dated it at 45,000 […]


Gorkha earns Rs 260 million from orange

Gorkha / January 16: The orange farmers in Gorkha district have earned Rs 260 million this year by selling orange. The amount is more by Rs 50 million compared to the last year. It is said that more orange farming, better production and increased price contributed to the farmers’ better earning. The farmers in Tanglichowk, […]


Agriculture fair in remote Parbat village

Parbat / January 16: An agricultural fair has begun in Ranipani VDC in the southern belt of Parbat district on Friday has witnessed a large number of visitors. The folks from Ranipani, Barrachaur, Shaligram, Urampokhara, Hoshrangdi and other VDCs have visited the event for the sale of their agricultural products and to purchase the needed […]


Nepal enters Bangabandhu cup semifinal

Kathmandu / January 15: Nepal played a goalless draw with Bangladesh in the last match held Friday under the group stage of ongoing Bangabandhu Gold Cup held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. With the result, Nepal booked a berth in the semi-final of the tournament after finishing second in the group table on […]


गेग्य्रान जग्गामा लहलह बाली फलाए युवाले

(गोपाल प्रसाद बराल) बर्दिवास, २ माघ । जाँगर र लगन भएपछि कुनै काम असम्भव हँुदैन भन्ने उदाहरण महोत्तरी जिल्लाको भङ्गाहाका युवाले गेग्य्रान ढुङ्गे जग्गामा लहलह बाली फलाएर चरितार्थ गरेका छन् । भङ्गाहाको रामनगर बस्तीका १८ देखि ३५ वर्ष उमेर समूहका युवाले वैशाख याममा दुबोसमेत मर्ने गेग्य्रान ढुङ्गे जग्गामा आफ्नो पौरखले कुनाकुनामा पानी पु¥याएर लहलह बाली […]




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Japan Hands Over the Sanitary Napkin-Making Machine in Parsa

Mayor Shah directs employees to reduce visits, seminars

Veteran singer, musician Bhakta Raj Acharya passes away

Trade deficit of Rs 811 billion in first seven months

WHO congratulates Nepal for legislation to restrict trans-fatty acids in food




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