June 17: A Pittsburgh couple captured the moment a “little crack” in their dining room ceiling turned into a full-scale collapse while they filmed. The video shows the ceiling crack slowly growing and making creaking sounds while the couple debates whether they should try to rescue more items from the room before the ceiling collapses […]
June 18: Tired of your typical office meetings and generic “thank you” notes? Microsoft and Starbucks are joining forces to boost your inbox with a caffeine jolt. A plugin released on Wednesday allows Microsoft Outlook users to email Starbucks electronic gift cards and to set up meetings at nearby Starbucks locations. The Starbucks for Outlook […]
By Bob McDonald / June 17: The World Hydrogen Energy Conference was held in Zaragoza, Spain this week. Delegates from 50 countries, including Canada, attended; many countries are moving ahead with clean hydrogen energy, while others are lagging behind. Canada is a pioneer in hydrogen energy development, but much more must be done for it […]
June 17: The U.S. and Norway have agreed to work more closely together to fight deforestation and global warming, which is progressing so rapidly that every minute, forested land on Earth shrinks by an amount nearly as large as 50 football fields. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry signed a joint statement on preserving the […]
June 17: A team of astronomers reveals that there are far more planets of the hot Jupiter type than expected in star cluster Messier 67. The surprising discovery was obtained using a number of telescopes and instruments, among them the HARPS spectrograph at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. The denser environment in a cluster […]
Baglung / June 18: Baglung district has been declared a fully literate district. The announcement was made after 97.57 per cent people from 15-60 years, out of the total population of the district, became literate. With this, the number of fully literate districts has reached 28. At a programme here on Friday, Deputy Prime Minister and […]
Mustang / June 18: Attempts made to produce electricity from wind have become successful at Jomsom, the district headquarters of Mustang. A total of 1.5 kilowatt power has been generated at the attempts of Buddha Power Pvt Ltd. Company Director Puskar Timilsina said that the production would be increased on the basis on speed of […]
Parsa / June 17: Yet again, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has arrested nine doctors from Birgunj for possessing fake educational certificates. A team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police, Firoj Basnet, from Kathmandu on Friday arrested three fake doctors from Birgunj-based Narayani Sun-Regional Hospital, four from National Medical College and two […]
Kathmandu / June 17: As many as 82 community residences are being built in 14 districts hit worst by the Gorkha Earthquake to bring the quake-survivors under the roof at the earliest. The Central Level Project Implementation Unit under the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) is undertaking the construction of 46 such residences while the […]
Kathmandu / June 17: President Bidya Devi Bhandari observed the Fourth National Disabled Swimming Championship with keen interest today. The Championship started here today with the objective of raising public awareness on sports for people with disabilities. The President stayed throughout the competition motivating the players. The President was accompanied by high officials. Altogether 35 […]
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