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The government has been facing difficulties in achieving its goal to administer the Covid-19 vaccine to all the people.

Though the government had planned to vaccinate all the citizens by March this year, it has been able to administer both doses of vaccine to only 42.7 percent people.

Instead of giving continuation to the regular vaccination drive, the government has launched a booster dose campaign.

So far, 129.66 million people across the country have received both doses of vaccine against Covid-19.

The Ministry of Health and Population said that only 42.7 percent of the total population of 30,376,055 have been fully vaccinated.

The Ministry said that 16,289,425 people have taken their first dose of the vaccine.

Similarly, the government has administered booster doses to 168,939 people. Nepal has so far received 40,388,840 doses of vaccine from various companies. Of them, the government has already used 29,424,756 doses of vaccine.

COVID-19 cases are increasing at an alarming rate in Nepal of late, with 10,000 new cases reported on average each day. Most of the infected people are staying in home isolation.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Health and Population, more than 80,000 people are staying in home isolation. The government, however, is unaware of these people.

Many people, who have difficulty in breathing or have low oxygen levels, are still staying in home isolation.

The government has not reached out to the people to inquire about their health conditions.

Though the government has been chanting slogans about telemedicine, the implementation is almost zero.

“I have been staying in home isolation for the past two days. Neither the ward nor the government has said anything to me,” Ramila Pathak said.

Notwithstanding the number of Covid-19 cases are surging, the government has not conducted contract tracing of the people who came in contact with the infected persons.

In addition to that, the government has not given much attention to the people staying in home isolation.

Dr Krishna Paudel, Director at the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, urged the general public to contact the government’s hotline numbers 1133 and 1115 if they feel any difficulties while staying in home isolation.

Justice Ayesha Malik was sworn in as Pakistan's first female Supreme Court judge on  January 24,  a landmark occasion in a country where activists say the law is often wielded against women, The Dawn reported.

She now sits on the bench alongside 16 male colleagues at the apex court.  “It's a huge step forward,” lawyer and women's rights activist Nighat Dad told AFP. “It is history in the making for Pakistan's judiciary.” 

Justice Malik was educated at Harvard University and served as a high court judge in Lahore for the past two decades. She has been credited with rolling back patriarchal legal mores in Punjab.

Last year she outlawed a deeply invasive and medically discredited examination used to determine a woman's level of sexual experience. “She has broken all barriers in the judicial system and it will allow other women in the system to move forward,” said lawyer and women's rights activist Khadija Siddiqi.

“I hope this will lead to more women-centric decisions by the judiciary in the future.”  Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulated Justice Malik and wished her all the best.

Nepal received over 1.6 million doses of Modern vaccine on Monday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal received 1,660,000 doses of Moderna vaccine today.

The government procured the vaccine through the COVAX facility with financial support of the World Bank. 

The Ministry said that  2.34 million doses of Moderna vaccines will arrive in Nepal on Tuesday.

The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has warned of taking action against those involved in the business of virtual currency and networking.

Issuing a press statement on Sunday, the NRB said anyone found involved in the business of cryptocurrency and pyramid-based networking as a hyper fund, jocyal, crowd1, soul max and global would be punished.

“Virtual currency is not given legal recognition in Nepal. So, people can be defrauded by such virtual currency and networking. It also leads to illegal capital outflow,” the NRB said, adding that even the foreign citizen if founded in this illegal act, would be punished as per law. RSS

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) index plunged by 99.86 points to close at 2820.65 points on Monday.

Similarly, the sensitive index fell 18.08 points to reach 526.03 points.

A total of 17,063,833 units of shares of 228 companies were traded for Rs 8.888 billion.

Likewise, all sub-indices saw red in today’s market with the Life Insurance index leading the table with 569.9 points

At the end of the day, the total market capitalisation stood at Rs 3.98 trillion.

Nepal recorded 10, 319 new Covid-19 cases and four deaths on Monday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 21, 201 tests were conducted across the country.

As many as 2,540 infected people have been recovered from the disease.

There are 82,550 active cases in the country.

Similarly, the Kathmandu Valley recorded 4,676 cases today. As many as 3,634 infections were logged in Kathmandu alone. Likewise, Lalitpur recorded 5877 and Bhaktapur 455 cases.

The number of people infected with coronavirus in the country has reached 1,033,636 while the death toll climbed to 11,659.

Nepal recorded 10, 319 new Covid-19 cases and four deaths on Monday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 21, 201 tests were conducted across the country.

As many as 2,540 infected people have been recovered from the disease.

There are 82,550 active cases in the country.

Similarly, the Kathmandu Valley recorded 4,676 cases today. As many as 3,634 infections were logged in Kathmandu alone. Likewise, Lalitpur recorded 5877 and Bhaktapur 455 cases.

The number of people infected with coronavirus in the country has reached 1,033,636 while the death toll climbed to 11,659.