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Nepal reported 15 new Covid-19 cases on Monday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 887 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 15 returned positive. Likewise, 661 people underwent antigen tests, of which none were tested positive. The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that eight infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 577 active cases in the country.  

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 6. 43 points to close at 1,958.94 points on Monday. Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 2. 19 points to close at 385. 33 points. A total of 4,944,076 unit shares of 224 companies were traded for Rs 2. 10 billion. Meanwhile, Dhaulagiri Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited was the top gainer today with its price surging by 8. 13 percent. Likewise, Global IME Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited was the top loser with its price dropped by 5. 70 percent. At the end of the day, the total market capitalization stood at Rs 2. 81 trillion.

A couple was found dead in Devdaha of Rupandehi district on Monday. Balendra Jolmi Magar (36) of Palpali Tole, Devdaha Municipality-5 and his wife Hemkala (32) were found dead in their house this morning. Police said that the door of their room was locked from inside when they reached the incident. Inspector Ganga Bahadur Saru of the Devdaha Police Post said that Balendra was found hanging from a ceiling fan while Hemkala was found lying on the floor. According to the nature of the incident, Balendra might have committed suicide after killing Hemkala, police said. Police, however, said that they are looking into the case.  

The price of gold has dropped by Rs 200 per tola in the domestic market on Monday. According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the yellow bullion is being traded at Rs 94, 300 per tola today. It was traded at Rs 94, 500 per tola on Sunday. Meanwhile, tejabi gold is being traded at Rs 93, 800 per tola today. Similarly, the price of silver is being traded at Rs 1, 265 per tola.

A Tanzanian commercial flight operated by Precision Air crash-landed in bad weather in Lake Victoria on Sunday, killing 19 people, CNN reported.

The country’s Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, said officials believe all bodies have been recovered from the airplane.

“We’re starting to pull out the luggage and personal items from the aircraft. A team of doctors and security agencies have started the process of identifying the dead and notifying the families,” Majaliwa said.

The airline confirmed the death toll and amended the number of survivors down to 24 in an updated statement on Sunday evening. Earlier, the carrier as well as local officials had said that 26 of the 43 people on board had been rescued, according to CNN.

“Precision Air extends its deepest sympathies to the families and friends of the passenger and crew involved in this tragic incident. The company will strive to provide them with information and whatever assistance they will require in their difficult time,” the airline said.

“The names of passengers and crew on board the aircraft will not be released until all next-of-kin have been notified,” it added.

The flight, including 39 passengers and four crew members, had taken off from Tanzania’s commercial capital of Dar es Salaam and was headed to the town of Bukoba before it plunged into Lake Victoria as it was preparing to land, CNN reported.

Over a thousand young people from more than 140 countries closed out the three-day Climate Change Conference of Youth (COY17) just days before the official opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The Climate Change Conference of Youth is an annual event under the banner of YOUNGO – the Official Youth Constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its 17th edition was organized and led by five Egyptian youth organizations namely: Act—Sustainable, El Emam Foundation, Enviro-X, Youthink Green Egypt, and Youth Loves Egypt, with the support of the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports and endorsed by the COP President Designate. “Young people are the Plan A and only plan in this most difficult moment, and their voices are needed to fight against backsliding, delay or deprioritization of climate action,” said Ambassador Aboulmagd added, the COP27 President Special Representative. Featuring 68 workshops, panel discussions and side events held over three days, COY serves as a space for capacity building and policy development to prepare young people for their participation at COP, thereby empowering them and formally bringing their voices to the UNFCCC processes. The key outcome of COY17 is a policy document called the Global Youth Statement, a comprehensive text providing youth input to world leaders on the steps they believe should be taken to advance climate action. The 66-page policy document provides detailed advice on a range of topics from mitigation and adaptation to just transition and financing, including a call for a loss and damage facility. “From heat waves across Europe to droughts across Africa and massive flooding in Asia, the past year of extreme weather events have served as another wake-up call for humanity,” the text reads. “Global Youth urges political leaders to take heed, take charge, and take action. We have no more time to lose. Our future literally depends on it.” The statement was presented to the incoming Egypt COP Presidency on the final day of COY17. “We welcome the great work done to produce a rich, comprehensive and detailed policy statement that we consider a very important input to the COP negotiations and its outcomes,” said Ambassador Wael Aboulmagd, Special Representative of the Egypt COP27 Presidency, in a statement delivered on behalf of the incoming COP President. The Egypt COP Presidency has taken a number of steps to ensure that the youth constituency is playing a key role in COP27 including the first ever Youth Climate Pavilion and Youth-led Climate Forum, the creation of a full Young and Future Generations day co-created and implemented with YOUNGO, and the establishment of a COP27 Presidency Youth Envoy, Dr. Omnia El Omrani. “The biggest issue we want to address is climate justice and intergenerational equity,” said Dr. Omrani. “As the largest demographic on Earth, we are disproportionately impacted by the physical and mental health impacts of climate change. At the same time, we contribute the least in the decision-making process, so we don’t want to be excluded. We want and deserve to be meaningfully engaged.” “As young people we are in the forefront facing climate change consequences and we have a major role to influence global attention and commitment,” said Saad Ukkas, program co-lead of the first-ever COP Children and Youth Pavilion. Organizers of the COY and the youth agenda at COP were clear about the critical importance of creating a formal link between youth voices and the COP process. “COY17 represented a leap transformation point in the role of youth in enforcing climate action across the global climate agenda,” said Abdelrahman Fahmy, Managing Partner, youthinkgreen Egypt. “History will remember this COY hosted by Egypt as the igniting point for youth driven implementation.” The key findings of the policy paper will be introduced via two roundtables under the Youth-led Climate Forum on Young and Future Generations Day on November 10 at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. For the first time ever, this youth statement will find its way to the COP Presidency’s Action Agenda where youth representatives, Ministers and negotiators will discuss the expectations and the demands agreed by the youth activists. “Youth participation needs to be integrated into a holistic vision of climate change governance for deeper structural changes to take effect,” said Claudia Ondo, National Coordinator of YouthConnekt Gabon. “This requires accepting the sharing of power between young people and adults. And it means letting us speak our minds, tell our stories and offer our solutions to achieve a resilient future and climate-neutral society.” In addition to providing programmatic linkages between the youth constituency and the formal UNFCCC process, the incoming COP Presidency provided financial support for youth to attend COY17. “Not only did COY17 finalize the 2022 Global Youth Statement it also saw youth finding new knowledge, connections and funding to implement their creative solutions, especially dynamic new initiatives coming from young Egyptians,” said Xan Northcott, Global North Focal Point, Children and Youth Constituency to UNFCCC.

Egypt Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry was formally elected as the COP27 President by the Parties during the opening plenary, following which he called on countries to show faith in multilateralism over the next two weeks as they negotiate to deliver on the goals of the Climate Convention and the Paris Agreement. Addressing climate envoys and delegates at what is considered to be one of the largest COPs ever in terms of attendance, COP President HE Sameh Shoukry said: “It comes as no surprise to anyone that the COP is being held this year in a world which is witnessing political turmoil that cast a long shadow on all our nations and has resulted in energy and food crises; however these challenges should be no reason for delaying our collective effort to fight climate change. It is inherent on us all in Sharm El Sheikh to demonstrate our recognition of the magnitude of the challenges we face and our steadfast resolve to overcome it.” Minister Shoukry highlighted that Egypt made sure that COP27 will provide the optimum setting to align and converge multiple views, and facilitate transparent, inclusive, and fruitful discussion to ensure the most positive outcome achievable. He stressed that albeit the challenging economic and geopolitical factors, external circumstances should not be allowed to negatively affect the negotiating process, adding that as a COP hosted in Africa, it must consider the needs of the developing countries and ensure climate justice through availing the appropriate finance and other means of implementation, as countries that are the least responsible for emissions are the most affected by climate change. The new COP President, HE Shoukry acknowledged the tireless efforts of his predecessor, COP26 President Alok Sharma, and thanked Mr. Sharma and his team for their effort and dedication with everything they achieved in hosting COP26 and commended the outcomes and agreements their work helped to secure, reiterating the commitment of the Egyptian Presidency to deliver on an impactful and inclusive COP. The conference of the parties adopted its agenda, and for the first time since the adoption of the UN climate convention, parties agreed to introduce loss and damage funding as an agenda item at the climate conference, after a yearlong work culminating in 48 hours of continuous informal consultations led by the Egyptian COP Presidency on the eve of the COP. Shoukry lauded the sense of responsibility and commitment that parties showed, as well as the collective keenness on preserving the credibility and relevance of the climate process by making the right decision that responds to the suffering of millions of climate calamities’ victims around the world. More than 50,000 attendees are registered and expected to participate at COP27’s Blue Zone and thousands of others at the Green Zone. The Egyptian Presidency has designated several key thematic days that will include pledging opportunities, discussions, roundtables, and side events. The thematic days are part of efforts to advance climate action that can address existing implementation bottlenecks and gaps and deepen engagement with youth, women, civil society and indigenous people. The Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Implementation Summit will start tomorrow and runs for two days, bringing all participating heads of state and government. Following the summit’s inauguration, several roundtables led and attended by tens of world leaders will be held to focus on six key topics: Just Transitions, Food Security, Innovative Finance for Climate and Development, Investing in the Future of Energy, Water Security, and Climate Change and The Sustainability of Vulnerable Communities

You must have local Newari food in Kathmandu. It’s one of the things the city is famous for. But given the season, you might not want to have it just about anywhere. Then again, fancy multicuisine restaurants hardly ever do justice to authentic Newari dishes. Gopal Dai ko Chatamari and Momo Center in Dillibazar, Kathmandu is a safe bet. Located right at Pipalbot chowk, this place is hard to miss. You can ask anyone in the area and they will point you to it as it’s been there for more than a decade. It’s famous for its chatamari (minced meat wrapped in rice flour batter) and for good reason. The one you find here is different from ones you find elsewhere. It’s tastier and feels healthier. The rice flour batter is cooked just right so that the texture is soft but there’s a satisfying crunch in every bite. You can choose whether you want chicken or buff as the filling. They also serve mixed chatamari which has eggs. It’s already flavorful without an accompaniment but the spicy chutney that comes with it takes it to another level. They also serve chhoila, which, hands down, was the best we have had so far. But if you don’t like spicy food, this might not be for you. In that case, we suggest you give their sekuwa a try. It is deep-fried sukuti dipped in batter which is then smoked. Again, the spicy chutney makes it so good. Most of the customers go to Gopal Dai ko Chatamari and Momo Center for the unique jhol momo they serve. It’s buff momo served alongside a tangy soup. We prefer other snacks more than the momos, but according to the regulars, momo is one of the best items on their menu.  This place is really nice but there’s a caveat. Unlike most Newari places, they don’t serve local drinks like chyang and aila to go with your meal. But that feels like a small compromise compared to just how delightful the food is. Their specials: 

• Chatamari
• Chhoila 
• Sekuwa