Chitwan / February 27: A joint Police-Citizens Campaign to rescue the street children off the roads is gaining momentum. After the launch of the campaign, around 40 street children who have fallen into drug abuse were rescued, Superintendent of Police (SP) Basanta Bahadur Kunwar of District Police Office (DPO) said.The number of street children has […]
Shattering all constraints of her developing country and a society in which science is a non-competitive zone, a Nepalese biologist has won the 2016 Elsevier Foundation Awards for her research activities that have strong potential for health and economic benefits. Dr Sushila Maharjan from Kathmandu was recognised for her work in the field of ‘biochemistry […]
Mumbai / February 26: Classical Indian dance could be an effective form of therapy for victims of human trafficking and sexual violence, helping them to overcome their traumatic experiences and gain confidence, a pilot study has shown. The six-month study of 50 female survivors in Kolkata and Mumbai found that dance movement therapy helped ease […]
Kathmandu / February 26 : Filmmaker Deepak Rauniyar’s ‘White Sun’ has been selected for Doha Film Institute’s second edition of Qumra which is its initiative to ‘provide mentorship, nurturing, and hands-on development for filmmakers from Qatar and around the world.’ Rauniyar’s ‘White Sun’ has been selected with three other films under the ‘Feature Narrative, Works-in-Progress’ […]
Kathmandu / February 26 : Organizer Niten Memorial School (NiMS) lifted the winner’s trophy at the 1st NiMS Inter School Dance Competition held at its premises in Dhapasi on Friday. The winning group of talented dancers, through powerful dance moves, presented the story of how a young gang-rape survivor (or any victim of gender-based violence […]
Kripa Shrestha / Kathmandu: For its fourth iteration, Women in Concert (WIC), an annual musical event, has now expanded into a competition that will hold its first and only elimination round today. The elimination round will act as a pre-event to the concert on March 8, and will feature 12 shortlisted participants from an initial […]
Kathmandu / February 24 : Good actors yet not-so-impressive performances, interesting story yet flawed narration, and wonderful cinematography but not well-connected storyline — Ko Afno can’t leave a mark on you. Lawyer Dev (Rajan Khatiwada) and Prerana (Shanti Giri) are a well-to-do couple living in Kathmandu. But Prerana is unable to conceive a child due […]
February 26: The president of a car dealership in Hawaii is offering a plot of land in Oregon for free to anyone who promises to build a brewpub and restaurant on the property. Mark Benson, president of Honolulu Ford, purchased the eight-acre plot of land in 2004, intending to build a new dealership on it. […]
February 26: A University of London researcher shared video of penguins walking on treadmills to test their ability to balance while walking after putting on weight. Astrid Willener from the University of London’s department of life sciences led a team studying Antarctica’s male king penguins, which put on a large amount of weight once every […]
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