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The Royal Swedish Academy on Thursday awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature to French writer Annie Ernaux for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory. "BREAKING NEWS: The 2022 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the French author Annie Ernaux for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory," the official Twitter handle of The Nobel Prize said. "French writer Annie Ernaux, awarded the 2022 #NobelPrize in Literature, was born in 1940 and grew up in the small town of Yvetot in Normandy, where her parents had a combined grocery store and cafe. Her path to authorship was long and arduous," the tweet added. The Nobel Prize laureate, in her writing consistently and from different angles examines a life marked by strong disparities regarding gender, language and class. She has written over 30 literary works. In 'L'occupation' (2002) Ernaux dissects the social mythology of romantic love. On the basis of notes in a diary recording her abandonment by a lover, she both confesses and attacks a self-image built on stereotypes. Writing becomes a sharp weapon for dissecting truth. Ernaux has said that writing is a political act, opening our eyes to social inequality. For this purpose she uses language as "a knife", as she calls it, to tear apart the veils of imagination. With great courage and clinical acuity, Annie Ernaux reveals the agony of the experience of class, describing shame, humiliation, jealousy or inability to see who you are, she has achieved something admirable and enduring. The Nobel Prize laureate Ernaux believes in the liberating force of writing. Her work is uncompromising and written in plain language, scraped clean. And when she with great courage and clinical acuity reveals the agony of the experience of class, describing shame, humiliation, jealousy or inability to see who you are, she has achieved something admirable and enduring. Last year, Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in 1948 and growing up on the island of Zanzibar, Gurnah has published ten novels and a number of short stories. The theme of the refugee's disruption runs throughout his work. He began writing as a 21-year-old in English exile, and although Swahili was his first language, English became his literary tool. (ANI)

The death toll in a mass shooting at a daycare center in Thailand rose to 34, including 22 children on Thursday. The gunman, who was identified as a 34-year-old former policeman, shot himself after the attack. The mass shooting took place Thursday at the Child Development Center in Uthaisawan Na Klang district, Nong Bua Lamphu province, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's office. "The prime minister has expressed his condolences on the shooting incident," the statement read. Earlier, the prime minister's office had urged all the securities officials to catch the culprit. Gun ownership in Thailand is relatively high compared with other countries in Southeast Asia. Mass shootings in the country are rare but in 2020 also, an incident saw a soldier killing 29 people in a shooting spree that began at a military site and then sent shoppers hunting for cover after the gunman entered a mall, reported CNN. (ANI)

Death toll in Amlekhgunj bus accident has reached 12.  According to the District Police Office, Makwanpur, 10 people died on the spot and two breathed their last during the course of treatment at at Hetauda Hospital when a bus they were traveling in met with an accident at the border of Makwanpur and Bara. The identities of the deceased have not been ascertained yet. Police said that the bus (Bagmati Province 006-00 Kha 0210) was heading towards Birgunj from Narayangarh when the tragedy occurred. Police said that 35 people were injured in the incident. of them 15 are in critical condition. They are being treated at District Hospital in Hetayda, Sancho Hospital and Chure Hills Hospital.

The meeting of the top leaders of five-party ruling alliance has started in Baluwatar to discuss the distribution of constituencies for the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections. It is believed that the meeting will discuss and finalize the report sent by the five-party working group. Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) president Upendra Yadav informed that the meeting has started today as well, continuing the daily meeting for the distribution of constituencies. The candidate registration schedule has been fixed for the elections of the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly on Sunday, October 9. Before that, the alliance should divide the constituencies and the parties should nominate candidates. Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal, Janata Samajwadi Party Chairman Upendra Yadav, Rastriya Janamorcha Party Vice-chairman Durga Paudel and other top leaders are in the meeting.

Cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane has been arrested. SP Dineshraj Mainali of Kathmandu Police informed that he was arrested from the airport after arriving in Kathmandu by Qatar Airlines. He said that the legal process will now proceed. Lamichhane, the cricketer accused of raping a minor girl, informed through social media that he will arrive in Nepal today. Although it was supposed to land at Tribhuvan International Airport at 10 am, it was delayed for some time due to bad weather. “As I promised, I am surrendering to the authorities today, I am landing in Kathmandu at 10 am by Qatar Airlines. I have informed the police in writing about surrendering,” he wrote on his social media. He has promised to help the police at every step.  As he did not return to Nepal for a long time, the Nepal Police asked Interpol for help and the international organization for police issued a diffusion notice against Lamichhane.

Due to continuous rains, the level of Narayani has increased and the flood has crossed the alert level. According to the information given by the Flood Information Center of the Department of Water and Meteorology at 7 am this morning, the water level in Narayangadh and Devghat flood measurement centers has crossed the alert level. At 7 am in Narayangadh, the water level had reached 10.61 meters. 9.8 meters is considered as alert level. Reaching eleven meters is considered a danger sign.

The Waling-Galyang section of the Siddharth Highway connecting Sunauli Pokhara has been blocked. A landslide fell from the road in Galang-8 Jholpe at around 4 am today. Coordination is being done to send a dozer to open the road. Due to the incessant rains and the landslides, people coming to visit their relatives for Dasain have been stopped in between. Similarly, the Siddharth Highway, which was blocked due to continuous rain, has been opened one-way at Kuvinde, on the border of Syangja and Kaski.

The Narayanghat-Mugling road has been blocked due to landslides from 8:30 this morning. DSP Narahari Adhikari of District Police Office Chitwan said that due to continuous rain, a landslide with mud fell in Satrakilo situated in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-29. He said that efforts are being made to open the road in coordination with the road department.