Kathmandu / March 19: The 10th World Social Work Day was celebrated worldwide through various activities by International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) on March 15. In Nepal, too, more than 1,500 people from 60 different colleges and social organizations of the Valley came together to celebrate the day at Karki Banquet in Baber Mahal. […]
March 18: A Morinville, Alta., contractor who says his life was saved by a smartwatch, is making headlines the world over. Dennis Anselmo says the high-tech gadget warned him of an impending heart attack. Now, six months since he was released from hospital, dozens of news outlets, including The Sun and The Daily Mirror in Great […]
March 18: A photo of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg jogging Friday morning in downtown Beijing’s notorious smog has prompted a torrent of amusing comments and some mockery on Chinese social media. Zuckerberg is a favorite personality among the Chinese public, despite Facebook being banned in the country alongside other overseas social media platforms. He’s also […]
March 17: A concept first floated in the 1985 movie Back to the Future is now a reality. In the movie, Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, wore athletic shoes that laced automatically, and this week, shoe manufacturer Nike announced it had made just such a shoe. It’s called HyperAdapt 1.0, and according to […]
March 18: A teen girl in Australia acted quickly by asking train station staff to stop a train after her pet bird flew onto the tracks. Security footage posted to Facebook by Queensland Rail shows the group of girls walking along a platform at the Chelmer station when the budgerigar parakeet flew away from the […]
March 18: A Texas woman said she was preparing to feed her cat in the early morning when she noticed an unwelcome prowler on her back porch: an 8-foot alligator. Heather Tejeda said it was just after 6 a.m. Thursday when she noticed the alligator right outside the back door of her family’s Richmond home. […]
March 18: Domino’s in New Zealand announced plans to introduce an autonomous pizza delivery robot, which would be the first of its kind. The pizza chain shared a video showing off the robot, known as the Domino’s Robotic Unit or DRU, via Twitter after teasing the project for several days. “Meet DRU – Our newest […]
March 18: A 10-foot alligator paid a visit to students at a private school in Lakeland on Thursday, before being wrangled by trappers. Stacey Lynn, a parent at Geneva Classical Academy in Lakeland, shared video of the capture and joked about the gator’s presence. “You might be from Florida if you have a gator (9ft […]
Narayan Prasad Ghimire / Kathmandu: It has been nearly one year Nepal was struck by the double devastating earthquakes which claimed the lives of nearly 9,000 people and injured nearly 23,000 people, while damaging properties worth hundreds of millions of rupees. People however are gradually back to business despite paucity- tents, makeshift houses, shelters, damaged […]
Biratnagar / March 19: CPN (UML) general secretary Ishwor Pokharel has said that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s upcoming China visit would be focused on strengthening the bilateral relations and added that some agreements including on trade and transit would be signed. “The Prime Minister’s China visit should not be taken as a step against […]
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