January 08: Fighting the battle against terrorism on the Internet, the White House and its top law enforcement officials met Friday with the nation’s biggest technology companies in San Jose, California. The list of government participants reveals just how seriously the Obama administration is taking the threat posed by Islamic State and others on social […]
January 8: Is it possible to charge your phone from 0% to 100% in less than a minute? Yes. I just saw it happen. But you’ll need to put a special battery in your phone, drill holes through the case directly into the battery, put copper connectors in the holes and get a specialized 200 Watt […]
January 07: Facebook Inc’s Messenger app surpassed 800 million users, the company said on Thursday, making it the fastest-growing app of 2015 according to research firm Nielsen. That means Messenger, which Facebook created as a standalone app in 2014, has more active monthly users than rivals Snapchat and Viber, but still lags the 900 million […]
January 7: A new study from the Max Planck Institute reveals that the mixing of archaic human forms played an important role in shaping the immune system of modern humans. When modern humans met Neanderthals in Europe and the two species began interbreeding many thousands of years ago, the exchange left humans with gene variations […]
Palpa /January 9: Proceeds totaling Rs 44.46 million was collected at the Shreemad Bhagawat Dhana Dhanyachal Mahayagya religious programme here. The nine days long Mahayagya ritual was organised to collect fund for operating vocational and technical education programme at the Daraithanti Higher Secondary School. President of the Mahayagya Organising Main Committee, Krishna Prasad Aryal, said […]
Kathmandu / January 9: The First National Twenty-20 Youth Inter-Club Cricket Tournament is taking place here from January 12 to 19. The Youth Association Nepal is organising the tournament. Sixteen teams from Kathmandu Valley, including the Nepal Army Club and Kaski, Makawanpur, Nuwakot, among other districts are taking part in the tournament. Chief of the […]
काठमाडौँ, २४ पुस । राष्ट्रपति विद्यादेवी भण्डारीले रानीपोखरी पुनःनिर्माण कार्यको शुभारम्भ गरी राष्ट्रिय पुनःनिर्माण अभियानको माघ २ गते थालनी गर्नुहुने भएको छ । ‘वैशाख १२ मा गइहाल्यो भुइँचालो, सुरक्षित पुनःनिर्माणमा जुट्ने हाम्रो पालो’ भन्ने नाराका साथ माघ २ गते १८ औँ भूकम्प सुरक्षा दिवस मनाइँदैछ । अठारौँ भूकम्प सुरक्षा दिवस मूल समारोह समितिअन्तर्गत प्रचारप्रसार उपसमितिले […]
Kathmandu / January 8: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has praised the United Nations (UN)’s active role in peace keeping missions in various countries in the world. During her meeting with visiting UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman at the Office President Friday, the President applauded the contribution of the global organisation to peace […]
Kathmandu / January 8: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is to inaugurate the national reconstruction campaign by inaugurating the work of reconstruction of the Ranipokhari on Jan 16. The day is also being marked as the 18th Earthquake Safety Day invoking all to devote to safer reconstruction. This information was shared by the publicity subcommittee under […]
Kathmandu, Jan 8: The process to construct big hydropower projects like the West Seti, Arun III, Upper Tamakoshi and Upper Karnali, what could be milestone projects in coping with country’s energy crisis is speeding up so as to complete them in time, said Investment Board Nepal (IBN). At a press conference in the Capital today, […]