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Six people, including a pilot, were killed after a helicopter carrying the pilgrims crashed near Kedarnath in Uttarakhand today, officials have said, NDTV reported. The helicopter crashed near Garu Chatti, they said, adding that six bodies have been recovered so far and a rescue operation is underway. The helicopter crashed right after the takeoff from Kedarnath because of bad weather, sources say, according to NDTV.

The price of gold has increased by Rs 100 per tola in the domestic market on Tuesday. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the precious yellow metal is being traded at Rs 93, 400  per tola today. It was traded at Rs 93, 300 on Monday. Meanwhile, tejabi gold is being traded at Rs 92, 900 per tola. Similarly, the price of silver is being traded at Rs 1, 180 per tola today.

In the report delivered to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Sunday, Xi Jinping said that from this day forward, the central task of the CPC will be to lead the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in a concerted effort to realize the second centenary goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects and to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization, China Daily reported. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China with Xi Jinping at the core, China has adopted the right policies both domestically and internationally for common development. Due to his evolving strategy, China has been playing an exceptional role in international relations and global governance. Also, the Xi-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and his call to build a community with a shared future for humankind have been promoting global development. However, despite its growing influence across the world, China has been reiterating that it will never seek to "dominate" the world. Instead, as always, it will respect the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. In fact, unlike the previous US administration's "America first" policy, Beijing has never adopted a "China first" policy because, as Xi said, no country alone can address the many challenges facing humankind and no country can afford to retreat into isolation. The 21st century has seen the emergence of many non-traditional security challenges including climate change, cybersecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic which can be overcome only through a common approach and joint global efforts. Perhaps the adoption of China's governance model can help the international community to meet such challenges. It is because of its governance and development models that China, under Xi's leadership, has eradicated extreme poverty and succeeded in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and maintained a healthy economic growth rate which has helped it remain a major driver of the global economy. And now it is on its path to achieve common prosperity. More important, by eradicating extreme poverty, China has met the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development's target 10 years ahead of schedule and contributed to more than 70 percent of global poverty reduction. China's achievements in science and technology, on the other hand, have made life and work for people within as well as outside the country more convenient while promoting innovation across the world. Under the leadership of Xi, China has supplied medicines, COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment to many countries to help them cope with the pandemic, and thus strengthened the global fight against the novel coronavirus, according to China Daily. As a result, the Chinese leadership has gained the trust of many countries around the world. In fact, China has been providing assistance for other developing countries without any political strings attached to boost their economies ever since the People's Republic of China was founded. Now, with the ongoing 20th National Congress of the CPC, it is expected that China will continue to help resolve global development issues and implement the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. China's increasing investments around the world have been expanding its global outreach, and prompting it to make more efforts to maintain global peace and stability, in order to better protect its core interests including economic interests. To safeguard its international investments and further expand its global influence, China has also been providing more and more public goods for other countries. The Belt and Road Initiative is a perfect example of such a policy drive. As a global infrastructure development plan, the initiative has now incorporated many new fields of cooperation, including cultural integration, people-to-people exchanges and academic cooperation. By doing so, China has more or less ensured the stability of the global economy and strengthened its ties with partner countries. Given these developments and Xi Jinping's leadership, it is very likely that China will once again enter a golden period of peace and development after the 20th Party Congress. And China's path to modernization will provide one more option for the whole world, especially developing countries, to seek their own modernization, China Daily reported.

The Tribhuvan Army Club of Nepal Army (NA) is on the top of the table in the ongoing 9th National Games in Pohara. So far, the NA has secured 62 gold medals out of 139 gold medals secured in different games. Similarly, the NA got 39 silver and 28 bronze medals. Nepal Police Club is in the second position and the APF Club the third. The APF Club got 23 gold, 17 silver and 15 bronze medals totaling 65 while Police Club got 16 gold, 25 silver and 33 bronze medals totaling 74. Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province and NRNA have secured fourth, fifth and sixth positions respectively. Bagmati Province got 14 gold, 22 silver and 23 bronze medals, while Gandaki Province got 10 gold, 8 silver and 20 bronze medals and NRNA each got six gold and silver and four bronze medals. Moreover, Province 1 is in the seventh position, Madhes Province in the eight, Sudurpaschim in the ninth, Lumbini in the tenth, Karnali Province in the 11th position. So far, 139 each gold and silver medals and 186 bronze medals have been secured.

Two persons died and two others including a child sustained injuries when the motorbikes they were riding on collided with each other at Birtamod Municipality on Monday. DSP Basanta Pathak of the District Police Office, Jhapa said that the motorbikes (Ma 5 Pa 1604 and Ma 3 Pa 5580) collided head-on at Beldangi in Birtamod Municipality-2 yesterday evening. The deceased have been identified as Anis Sauden (25) of Bahradashi-2 and Bholaraj Bhujel (43) of Bahradashi-6. DSP Pathak said that Chandrakala Bhujel (42) and her nine-year-old daughter Prasanna were injured in the incident. Critically injured in the accident, both the riders were rushed to the B and C Hospital where they breathed their last during the course of treatment. Meanwhile, the injured mother and daughter are undergoing treatment at the Birta Hospital in Birtamod. Police said that they are looking into the case.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has decided to support independent candidate Sagar Dhakal in Dadeldhura-1.  “In the campaign to break the political syndicate, the entry and courage of the Dhakal into politics gives a special meaning,” the party wrote on their Facebook, “Our party supports Dhakal, (syringe election symbol) in Dadeldhura-1”. In the post, RSP has praised the steps taken by Dhakal who is up against the incumbent Prime Minister and the President of Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba.

Singer Arjun Sapkota has released a Tihar song 'Tihar Aayesi Yessai Ramailo' through his official YouTube channel on Sunday. The lyrics is written by Yagya Sapkota. The song has been arranged by Sunil Pariyar. In the video directed by Jerry Bhandari, Yagya Sapkota, Santosh Sapkota, Crystal Sapkota, Badal Ghimire, Tank Dumre, and Sridhar Adhikari among others are in the music video.

Nepal reported 46 new Covid-19 cases on Monday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 183 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 40 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 104 people underwent antigen tests, of which six were tested positive. The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 17 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 711 active cases in the country.