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The government has expressed grief over the loss of lives due to an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday.

The quake is reported to have killed more than 1,000 people.

“Nepal is deeply saddened by tragic loss of lives due to devastating earthquake in Afghanistan. We extend deepest condolences to the bereaved families and wish for speedy recovery of the injured. Nepali people stand in solidarity with people of Afghanistan at this difficult hour,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs twitted today.

The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck south-east part of Afghanistan early on Wednesday about 44 km from the city of Khost and tremors were felt as far away as Pakistan and India.

Nepal reported 49 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 234 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 33 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 260 people underwent antigen tests, of which 16 were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 12 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 163 active cases in the country.

The Ramayana Circuit train "named "Bharat Gaurav tourist train” of India carrying 500 Indian pilgrims arrived in Janakpurdham of Janakpur on Thursday.

The Indian train carrying religious tourists arrived in Nepal with an aim to strengthen the cultural ties between Nepal and India.

Chief Minister of Madhes Pradesh Lal Babu Raut, Tourism Minister Shatrudhan Mahato, people’s representatives and locals among others welcome the tourists at the Janakpur-based railway platform.

The train that started its journey to Janakpur from New Delhi via Ayodhya, Nandigram, Sitamarhi, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Chitrakoot, Panchvati (Nasik), Hampi, Rameshwaram and Bhadrachalam on Tuesday.

The two countries signed the Ramayan Circuit agreement during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Janakpur visit four years ago.

The government on Thursday appointed Capitan Dipuraj Jwarchan as the acting general manager of the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC).

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation appointed Jawarchan as the acting general manager of the NAC today.

Earlier on June 20, the government had decided to appoint Jwarchan as the general manager of the NAC.

A Cabinet meeting had suspended the then NAC Chairman Yuvaraj Adhikari expressing dissatisfaction with his working style.

Tourism Minister Prem Bahadur Ale had proposed the Cabinet to suspend him.

Police have arrested three foreign nationals and a Nepali national in possession of over five kg heroin.

According to the Narcotics Control Bureau, a Tanzanian national, two Indian nationals and a Nepali national were nabbed with the heroin.

DSP Jeevan Kumar Shrestha, Chief at the Narcotics Control Bureau, said that the detainees have been identified as Tanzanian national Abuu Liki Abdallah (30), Indian nationals Bikram Jeet Singh (43) and Munim Singh (46) and Nepali national Bikki Rauniyar (30).

Shrestha said that they were apprehended from a hotel in Boudha.

According to a preliminary investigation, Abdullah was a seller and two Indian nationals were the buyers.

Police launched an operation after they concluded that drugs were being smuggled to Nepal by making it as transit, DSP Shrestha said.

The Tanzanian national had landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport via Johannesburg of South Africa on a Fly Dubai flight on June 16.

A team deployed from the Bureau followed him after he was spotted behaving suspiciously at the airport.

The team from the Bureau detained him with 5.9 kg heroin hidden inside a suitcase.

During the interrogation, Indian nationals and a Nepali national were arrested from a hotel in Boudha.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.

The price of gold has risen by Rs 200 per tola in the domestic market on Thursday.

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association, gold is currently trading at Rs 97, 500 per tola. The yellow metal was traded at Rs 97, 300  per tola on Wednesday. 

Similarly, the Tejabi gold is now trading for Rs 97, 000 per tola in the market. Earlier on Wednesday, it was traded at Rs 96, 800.

Similarly, the price of silver decreased by Rs five per tola and is now trading at Rs 1, 250 per tola.

India reported 13,313 fresh Covid-19 cases and 38 deaths in the 24 hours ending at 8 am on Thursday, The Indian Express reported.

The new cases marked an increase from the previous day’s nearly 12,000 new cases, while the daily positivity rate saw a dip from 3.94 per cent to 2.03 per cent, data released by the Ministry of Health showed.

The active cases in the country stood at 83,990.

Delhi reported 928 new Covid-19 cases (lowest since June 13) and 3 pandemic related deaths on Wednesday. There are 5,054 active cases in Delhi while the city’s positivity rate stands at 7.08%. A total of 26,453 people got vaccinated in the capital in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile Mumbai recorded 1,648 new Covid cases on Wednesday and the total number of active cases in the city stands at 13,501, according to The Indian Express.

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray  tested positive for Covid-19on Wednesday. Their diagnosis comes at a time when the state is in the midst of a political crisis. The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi government is facing the threat of being toppled after Shiv Sena leader Eknath Khadse and 40 other rebel MLAs have left the state, and are currently camping in Assam’s Guwahati.