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The Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party unveiled its manifesto for the elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly slated for November 20. The party unveiled its manifesto by organizing a press conference in the Capital on Tuesday. Party Chairman Narayan Man Bijukche made public the election manifesto. On the occasion, party Secretary Prem Suwal said that the ruling coalition is against the country and people.  

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has congratulated Rishi Sunak for his election as the leader of the Conservative Party and the next Prime Minister of the UK. “I extend warm congratulations to Rishi Sunak on being chosen as the leader of the Conservative Party and the next Prime Minister of the UK,” PM Deuba wrote in his Twitter account today. While wishing Sunak all the best, PM Deuba has said he looks forward to working with the British PM to advance the longstanding Nepal-UK relationship.  

Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi said that her tenure has been completed. Taking to Twitter, Hou said that she is going to leave friendly and beautiful neighboring country Nepal. “Completed my tenure, I’m going to leave friendly and beautiful neighboring Nepal,” she said, adding, “I would like to extend my most sincere thanks to all Nepali friends! I will always cherish the profound friendship I forged with friends from all walks of life during my stay in Nepal.” Earlier, she had paid courtesy calls on Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota and Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand.

People from Newar community took out a Bhintuna rally in Bhaktapur to mark the New Year’s of Nepal Sambat on Tuesday. The rally that started from Chyamasingh passed through Suryamadi, Dattatraya, Golmadi, Sukuldhoka and ended by garlanding the statue of Jagat Sundar Malla.      

Rishi Sunak will take charge as Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister after an audience with King Charles III on Tuesday, a day after he was elected the new leader of the Conservative Party in a historic leadership run, The Times of India reported.

Outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss will chair her final Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on Tuesday morning before she makes her way to Buckingham Palace to formally tender her resignation to the 73-year-old monarch.

Sunak, 42, will then arrive at the palace for his meeting with the King, who will formally anoint him as the UK's new Prime Minister. The former chancellor will then make his first prime ministerial address on the steps of 10 Downing Street, expected to be joined by wife Akshata Murty and daughters Krishna and Anoushka. "The UK is a great country, but there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge," said Sunak in his first address as Prime Minister-elect on Monday. "We now need stability and unity and I will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together; because that is the only way we will overcome the challenges we face and build a better, more prosperous future for our children and our grandchildren," he said. "I pledge that I will serve you with integrity and humility and I will work day in and day out to deliver for the British people," Sunak said.

Sunak, who describes himself as a “proud Hindu”, is the UK's first Prime Minister of South Asian heritage and the youngest for more than 200 years at the age of 42. His victory on Diwali has resonated among the Indian diaspora groups across the UK, who have hailed it as a “historic moment” in British social history.

“Rishi Sunak becoming the first British Indian Prime Minister is a historic moment. This simply would not have been possible even a decade or two ago,” said Sunder Katwala, director of the British Future think tank.

“But we should not underestimate this important social change. When Sunak was born in Southampton in 1980, there had been no Asian or black MPs at all in the post-war era. There were still no black or Asian Conservative MPs when he graduated from university in 2001. That Rishi Sunak is set to be Prime Minister during the coronation of King Charles III next spring tells an important story about our society, where we have come from and where we are going in the future,” he said, according to The Times of India.

The Archbishop of Canterbury urged Britons to pray for Sunak as he enters No. 10 Downing Street at a turbulent time.

"At a time of great difficulty and uncertainty for this country, please join me in praying for Rishi Sunak as he takes on the responsibilities of leadership," Justin Welby wrote on Twitter.

"May he, and all leaders of all parties, work across divides to bring unity and offer stability for those who need it most," he said.

Sunak's victory in the Tory leadership race came at the end of a dramatic few days in Westminster since Truss resigned last Thursday in the wake of a disastrous tax-cutting mini-budget and several policy U-turns. Former prime minister Boris Johnson ruling himself out from the contest over the weekend and Leader of the Commons Penny Mordaunt conceding defeat just moments before the shortlisting deadline on Monday paved the way for a remarkable political comeback for Sunak – having lost the Tory membership vote to Truss just last month, The Times of India reported.

However, his popularity as the frontrunner among his party colleagues has been replicated yet again as more than half the Tory MPs came out publicly in his support. He now faces the enormous challenge of steering the UK economy through massive inflationary turbulence and also uniting the different wings of a divided Conservative Party.  

A group of people from Portugal has started a 21-km cycling trip from Jomsom to Muktinath, Mustang. The Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) said that they had arrived in Mustang by air route on Sunday. ACAP Jomsom Office Chief Ashok Subedi said that around four dozen people from Portugal had arrived in an ancient forbidden kingdom, bordered by the Tibetan Plateau and sheltered by some of the world's tallest peaks, yesterday. They started their cycling journey from Jomsom using main highways and alternative trekking routes. Motorable roads have started destroying the old trekking routes in Mustang of late. Now, the rural roads have been expanded in Mustang. As there are no alternative trekking routes, the tourists are found using the main roads to reach Upper Mustang. The ring road in Upper Mustang and lower Mustang has destroyed the trekking routes.

Nepal Police celebrated Kukur Tihar, second day of the five-day Tihar festival, amidst a program on Monday. They celebrated the day by worshiping, garlanding and feeding dogs. Dogs are worshiped as protectors of the house. A dog is the most loyal friend to human beings, and according to Hindu myth, dogs are regarded as the guards of Yama, the god of death.

The APF Club and the Lumbini Province were playing the quarter-final match of the volleyball under the Ninth National Games on October 18. Three players sustained injuries during the second set of the third quarter-final. Rupendra Gaire and Tek Raj Awasti of the APF and Bijay Pariyar of Lumbini were sent to the hospital for treatment. Later, the quarter-final match was called off. They were playing on the old mats because of which they slipped and fell down. Prior to that, three players had also sustained injuries. Prem Kumar of Gandaki got one of his legs fractured while playing with Bagmati. Chiranjibi Khadka of Gandaki and Hemanta Malla of APF also got injured. Later, the organizer removed the mats amidst the protest from ordinances and players. The medical center of the Health Sub-Committee near the main gate of the Pokhara stadium saw a large number of players every day. Some came with their legs fractured. Almost all the players come there with some kind of health problems. Most of the players, who came to the medical center, had soft tissue injuries, fractures and were infected with dengue, Dr Ham Nath Acharya of the Sub-Committee Secretariat. He said that 650 players sustained injuries during the tournament. Among them, 130 were referred to different hospitals. Four had to undergo surgery. At least 6, 127 players had taken part in the national games this year. That means, 10 percent were injured in the games. Dr Acharya said that the number of players who suffered injuries has increased due to lack of training, unmanaged ground, dress and discipline among others. Sports expert Diwakar Lal Amatya said that many players got injured owing to lack of fitness and junk food. Another sports expert Sushil Nursingh Rana said that the problem was seen due to lack of regular training and fitness. He said that the players should have special training for at least six months in the big tournaments like national games. Health Sub-Committee Coordinator Dr Bulanda Thapa said that among 6, 000 plus players of 36 games, only four had to undergo surgery which can be considered quite good. He, however, said that paragliding player Nimesh Thapa died due to a technical problem.