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Police on Sunday carried out a raid at a call centre in Janakinagar of Tilottama Municipality-2, Rupandehi and apprehended nine team leaders including an Indian national for their alleged involvement in defrauding people through various means.

A team deployed from the Area Police Office Butwal raided the Blue Sky Business Solution Pvt. Ltd and detained them for cheating the commoners through phone call and WhatsApp among others, DSP Thug Bahadur KC said.

He said that the team recovered 240 sets of mobile phones, hundreds of computers and other materials from the call centre being operated with an investment of Indian and Chinese nationals.

DSP KC said that they had been cheating and blackmailing people by sending fake messages, obscene pictures and videos of of the victims to the mobile phones of their relatives.

Police are interrogating with 240 staffers working at the call centre.

Rupendahi police said that they are looking into the case.

At least six persons died when a bus met with an accident at Laghuwa in Ribdikot Rural Municipality-2 of Palpa on Sunday.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be established, police said.

The incident occurred when the bus (Lu 1 Kha 5952) heading towards Butwal from Majuwa, Gulmi fell some 100 metres down the road at around 4 pm today.

Further details of the incident are awaited, police said.

Nepal recorded 347 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Sunday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2, 360 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 303 returned positive. Likewise, 1,528 people underwent antigen tests, of which 44 tested positive.

The Ministry said that 95 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 3, 177 active cases in the country.

Among them, 3, 035 are in home isolation and 142 are in institutionalized isolation.

Of the people who are staying in institutionalized isolation, 22 are undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Units and two on ventilators.

Meanwhile, the Kathmandu recorded higest 169 new cases today.

According to the Ministry, 35 cases are reported in Lalitpur, 27 in Kaski and 17 in Morang and 12 in Bhaktapur.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) gained 61. 05 points to close at 2,078.51 points on Sunday.

Similarly, the sensitive index plunged by 12. 09 points to close at 398. 33 points.

Meanwhile, a total of 6,423,156 unit shares of 219 companies were traded for Rs 3. 73 billion.

In today’s market, all sub-indices saw green. Life Insurance topped the chart with 207. 77 points.

Meanwhile, Central Finance Co. Limited, Samriddhi Finance Company Limited and Multipurpose Finance Company Limited were the top gainers today, with their price surging by 10%. 00 percent. NMB Debenture was the top loser as its price fell by 1.52 percent.

At the end of the day, total market capitalization stood at Rs 2. 96 trillion.

Three persons died when a tree fell on a commuter bus and a scooter at Sallaghari in Bhaktapur on Sunday.

Police said that the tree crushed the moving bus (Ba Kha 3584) heading towards Dudhpati from Thimi and the scooter (Ba 61 Pa 3978) en route to Sallaghari from Dudhpati.

Chief District Officer Rudra Devi Sharma said that 12 others were injured in the incident.

One of the deceased has been identified as Nitesh Kharbuja.

The identities of others are yet to be established.

The injured are receiving treatment at the Yuwamora Hospital, Bhaktapur International Hospital and Madhyapur Hospital, police said.

Meanwhile, Home Minister Balkrishna Khand has directed the chiefs of the security agencies  to rescue the injured.

Delhi today reported its first monkeypox case as a 31-year-old man with no foreign travel history was diagnosed with the disease. This is the fourth monkeypox case reported in India with the previous three cases being reported from Kerala, NDTV reported.

The man had attended a party in Manali in Himachal Pradesh, news agency PTI reported citing sources.

The West Delhi resident was hospitalised with symptoms of the disease three days ago, it said, adding that his samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology yesterday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal confirmed that the disease was detected in the city, while asserting there's no need to panic.

"The first case of Monkeypox was detected in Delhi. The patient is stable and recovering. There's no need to panic. The situation is under control. We have made a separate isolation ward at LNJP. Our best team is on the case to prevent the spread and protect Delhiites," said Mr Kejriwal.

Two-three suspected samples were coming every week in Mumbai, but these days the frequency has increased to two-three per day, sources told NDTV.

Sixteen laboratories are dedicated for monkeypox, including two only for Kerala.

Monkeypox is a zoonotic virus with symptoms similar to the smallpox, but less severe. The virus transmission occurs from infected animals to humans via direct or indirect contact. It can also be transmitted from humans to humans through direct contact with the infected person's skin or lesions, and respiratory droplets.

So far, more than 16,000 monkeypox cases have been reported from 75 countries across the world. Five deaths have also been reported in Africa.

Apart from India, only one such case has been reported from the WHO's South-East Asia Region - in Thailand, according to NDTV.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency - the highest alarm it can sound.

The government has announced to celebrate the year 2023-2033 as the Visit Nepal Decade.

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation said so while making a working procedure to revive the tourism sector which was hit the hardest by Covid-19 pandemic.

The Ministry said that the Visit Nepal Decade will be announced within three months.

Similarly, the Ministry has planned to bring the airports which are not in use as alternative airports.

The Ministry is also going to conduct a campaign ‘One Nepali One Foreign Friend Send Nepal’ under the leadership of the Non-Resident Nepali Association.

The Ministry said that the government is also planning to start a campaign ‘Night Heritage Tour’ in Kathmandu, Patan, Bhaktapur and Kirtipur.

Likewise, the government is also going to establish the Crisis Management Unit to make the stay of tourists in Nepal safer.

The Non-Resident Nepali Association has welcomed the ‘Nepal Citizenship (9th Amendment) Bill, 2079’ passed by the House of Representatives. The lower house passed the long-awaited bill last Friday.

Executive Chair of the Non-Resident Nepali Association International Coordination Council Kul Acharya said that with the passing of the bill it will connect Nepalis around the world with their motherland and it will be easier to bring in foreign investment to Nepal.

He recalled that since the establishment of the Association it has been emphasizing on utilizing the skills, resources and capital of the expatriate Nepalis for the benefit and progress of Nepal.

Acharya also thanked all the members of parliament, political party leaders, media, and all those who contributed to the endorsement of the said bill from the House of Representatives.

Similarly, another president of the association, Rabina Thapa, also welcomed the Citizenship Bill saying the non-resident Nepalis have a lot left to do for their motherland. “With the new bill I hope that all of us non-resident Nepalis will unite for our homeland”, she said.

General Secretary of the association Dr. Keshav Paudel said that all the non-resident Nepalis have been waiting for this since a long time and assurance of the non-resident Nepali citizenship is the first success towards that end.

According to the bill, if there is proof that any non-resident Nepali’s parents, grandparents or great-grandparents are citizens of Nepal, such persons will get non-resident citizenship. This will be applicable for those living in countries other than the SAARC member states.