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You can find everything you want on YouTube. If you want to learn to cook or are looking for some new culinary inspiration, there are dozens of channels with the kind of delicious content you need. Here are our five top picks to get you started.

Food with Chetna

The host of this YouTube channel, which was started in 2015, is Chetna, a passionate cook, creative baker, and author of four cookbooks. There are 860 videos on the channel which has everything from delicious food recipes to tips on cooking and baking. Most of the videos are on cooking Indian food. Chetna, by her admittance, loves to play with flavors and combine traditional British/Western recipes with Indian flavors. Here, you will find lots of easy recipes for quick dinners as well as healthy food. The recipes are simple, use regularly found ingredients, and don’t take a lot of time. Chetna also shares her mother’s tried-and-tested recipes.

Bon Appétit

This is one of the most popular food channels on YouTube with over six million subscribers. It features more than 1500 videos and will teach you everything from how to cook a simple meal to preparing a gourmet one. Plus, there are videos on whipping up mean cocktails, making NYC’s most famous pancakes, and recreating signature dishes from various places. The videos are shot really well, making you drool as the food is cooking and when it’s being plated. If you want to learn how to cook and maybe someday be praised for your culinary skills, this is the channel that you might want to lean on.

Chef Ranveer Brar

This channel has over seven million subscribers and over 900 videos. Chef Ranveer Brar is Masterchef India judge, an author, a restauranteur, and a television celebrity. Brar calls himself a food-sufi who is on a constant culinary quest. His videos are fun with easy-to-follow recipes. Brar has a good screen presence with a sense of humor to match. He teaches you how to cook without overwhelming you with jargon and technique. He mostly teaches you to cook different versions of Indian delicacies. You can learn how to make Bhopali chicken, UP style aloo matar, and Kashmiri paneer masala among many other things.

Emmymade

Emmymade is a versatile and quirky channel that features a wide array of tasty content. Since starting the channel in 2010, Emmy has managed to garner over 2.9 million followers on YouTube. In her videos, Emmy tries out viral TikTok recipes and takes viewers on a culinary tour around the world, from Ukrainian garlic bread to Canadian poutine. The channel has your back if you are in a rush. There are YouTube shorts for when you need a quick idea. There are delicious everyday recipes for ramen, fried rice, and pot roasts. There are recipes for fun stuff that you wouldn’t usually make like mayo popcorn salad, fried ice cream, Thai tea, and homemade boba.

Laura in the Kitchen

Sometimes you aren’t in the mood for regular food like chicken curry, rice, pasta and all. This channel is a true savior in that sense. There is a hoard of feel-good recipes, comfort food, and just plain delicious goodness in this channel. Learn to make a meatloaf. Love eggs Benedict? Laura will teach you how to make one in minutes. Learn to make a pizza from scratch. If you have a sweet tooth, there are plenty of recipes that teach you how to make some simple snacks and desserts. Our favorites are the Fudgy Brownies and the Nutella Popsicle. She also has YouTube shorts that will provide you with some great cooking tips, teach you how to pick the right kind of tomatoes, and how to thinly slice chicken among other things.

Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha has called for collaborative efforts on disaster reduction and local resilience. For this to happen, all three tiers of government could work together, he stressed.

During a program of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) organized at Bhugol Park of Kathmandu on the occasion of the Earthquake Safety Day this morning, the collaboration of KMC with federal and province governments would emerge as a model, which, he argued, could be replicated to other local levels.

He reminded that the constitution has mentioned disaster management as the rights of local governments as well, so all sides' responsibilities are required to tackle the problems on it.  "Federal government is ready to work together with local levels for their capacity building," DPM Shrestha said, adding that the local levels were provided equipment for emergency and rescue operations via the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.

According to the DPM, even the volunteers have a significant role in making disaster management effective. So, the volunteers could be brought under a national system.

DPM Shrestha expressed happiness over the KMC's mobilization of volunteers and initiatives taken for necessary training. He lauded the assistance KMC provided in the quake-hit area following the Jajarkot Earthquake. He wished KMC as the leading local level with resources and capacity to continue such works.

The initiatives taken by the KMC could be replicated by others, he suggested.

Moreover, DPM Shrestha commented, "KMC's role on enforcement of building code for earthquake safety and assessment and retrofitting of unsafe structures is a significant job."

On the occasion, Deputy Mayor of KMC, Sunita Dangol, said Nepal must pay heed to building quake resistant structures in view of the earthquake security.

The locally available resources and technology could be used to make infrastructures robust, she viewed, underscoring the need for further collaboration and coordination among three tiers of government.

Earthquake Safety Day is observed every year on Magh 2 of Nepali calendar since 2055BS. The Day commemorates the devastating earthquake that occurred on Magh 2, 1990BS. Huge number of lives and properties perished in the quake that measured 8.4 in Richter scale. It occurred at 2:24pm.

Senior seismologist at the National Seismology and Research Centre, Lok Bijay Adhikari, informed that as many as 8,519 Nepalis had died, while 80,000 houses were destroyed in the 1990 BS earthquake.

Total 207,248 structures perished in the earthquake.

The recent devastative quake Nepal witnessed was the Gorkha Earthquake of Baisakh 12, 2072Bs. It claimed the lives of 8,670 people and destroyed more than 700 thousand houses.

The price of gold has dropped by Rs 100 per tola in the domestic market on Tuesday.

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the yellow metal is being traded at Rs 119, 400 per tola today. It was traded at Rs 119, 500 per tola on Wednesday

Meanwhile, tejabi gold is being traded at Rs 118, 850 per tola. It was traded at Rs 118, 950 per tola.

Similarly, the price of silver has dropped by Rs 5 and is being traded at Rs 1,415 per tola today.

Nearly 5,000 households in Mugu district are living without electricity and still rely on solar or traditional lamps. 

The lack of electricity access has greatly affected the livelihood of the people, from cooking to charging electronic devices. 

In Chhayanath Rara Municipality alone a total of 2,546 households are living in the dark. It’s the same for the residents of Khatyad Rural Municipality. 

Local people say very few families have installed solar panels to power their homes, but they are not reliable. 

The people of Khatyad Rural Municipality have long been waiting for the completion of a hydropower project which has been in limbo for the last five years. 

The national transmission line has been extended only till Gamgadhi, the district headquarters, and places outside have no electricity. 

A jeep with an Indian number plate plunged into the Trishuli River on Tuesday.

 The vehicle fell into the river at Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality-5 along Narayangadh-Muglin road section early this morning.

Deputy Superintendent of Police at District Police Office, Chitwan, Shree Ram Bhandari, informed that the jeep had fallen some 85 meters down the road.

Meanwhile, Deputy Superintendent of the Armed Police Force, Shailendra Thapa, informed that a team led by a police inspector at the APF disaster management training institute of Kurintar immediately left for the site after receiving information about the incident.

The locals had shared information about the accident.

The divers of APF have recovered the jeep. However, it is not sure whether the jeep had passengers, Thapa added.

Chaku, a sweet made from jaggery, sugarcane juice, ghee, and nuts, is considered essential to celebrate Maghe Sankranti. Joshi Chaku Factory, located in Tangal, Lalitpur, have been inundated with orders for the past three months. They have been working long hours, from four in the morning to eight in the evening.

Sixty years ago, Surya Das Joshi started the Joshi Chaku Factory. Today, he isn’t able to make chaku anymore but his family members are involved in the process and work at the factory. This is how they have been earning a living.

The factory employs eight people to make the chaku and another 30 to pack and deliver the product. The jaggery comes from Biratnagar in Morang and the chaku is supplied to stores in Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Banepa. “We make a nice profit only in the winter season,” says Surya Das.

Maghe Sankranti is a widely celebrated festival on the first day of the month of Magh. For the Tharu community, it rings in the new year. It also marks the end of the winter season. The festival brings warmer weather and longer days as the sun moves towards the northern hemisphere.

Chaku is consumed during winter as it gives strength and stamina. It also warms the body besides containing vitamin B and minerals, including calcium, magnesium, and iron.

Senior correspondent of Annapurna Post Mamata Thapa has been honored with cash by Kamala Karki Memorial Foundation.

Thapa has been honored for her contributions in journalism and is encouraged for her work as the fourth organ of the state and making the Chandragiri municipality proud.

The foundation had also honored national players, journalists, artists, and those who have made contributions to the nation from different angles and the senior female citizens of the Chandragiri Municipality ward number 14 and 15 in commemoration of Kamala Karki during an event held in Naikap, Kathmandu.

Along with journalist Thapa, the foundation honored Anjana Maharjan, gold medalist in SAF Karate Championship in 2023, Namrata Shrestha, former Miss Nepal 2020, Tinthana Baja Khala Sanstha, and senior women Dhanmaya Maharjan of Ward No. 14 of Chandragiri Municipality and Bhagwati Khatri of Ward No. 15.

All the honorees have been given a certificate of appreciation along with a cash prize of Rs 10,001.

A certificate of honor was presented by Bhadrakumari Ghale, a former minister and director of Bhadra Kumari Ashram and the one who gained fame in the fields of politics, literature, social service, artistry and painting in Nepal.

Ghale explained about the importance of mothers during the event. On the occasion of the Rastriya Ekta Diwas Ghale said, “Prithvi Narayan Shah with the unification of the state and taking control over the baise and chaubise states he preserved the culture and tradition.This institution has also contributed to promote mother culture. It is an admirable thing to honor various national heroes in the name of the late mother.”

Poems, songs and other compositions celebrating the glory of the mother were presented at the event. In addition to this, a painting exhibition was also held that showcased the culture, tradition, geography and history of Chandragiri municipality.

The Research Management Cell of Bishwa Shanti Chiran-Milan Campus is going to organize an international conference on “Peace and security concern of Nepal and Role of Nepali Diaspora” on Jan 20 in Kathmandu.

The conference will be held in hybrid (online and in-person) mode .The conference includes a mix of keynote speeches or addresses, panel discussion, and paper presentations. The first session of the conference will be formal and the second session will cover paper presentation, panel discussion and final session will be certificate and memento handover.

The conference is relevant as a look into three main issues. Firstly, it aims to elucidate the concept of a small state to seek to define; secondly, it delves into exploring the security challenges that Nepal faces as a small state and; finally, the conference seeks to suggest or recommend addressing the challenges. Realizing the paucity of substantial research regarding security threats to Nepal in the changed global and regional security domain, this conference attempts to address the existing limitation.

 The conference is expected to strengthen the research culture in academic institutions like community campuses and introduce the fundamental characteristics of small states and analyze how Nepal fits into the picture. The event will illuminate the primary security threats, both internal and external, confronting Nepal in the changed domestic and international scenario and explore the possible strategies Nepal can take to effectively deal with the security threats. It will also help to establish the public relation among the researcher/academician.

The convener of the conference Satya Raj Joshi said, “The event will bring together leading experts, researchers, academicians and professionals from around the world to share insights, exchange knowledge, and discuss the latest advancements in the sector of peace promotion and security concern.”

The participants will get the opportunity to observe the session as they interact, share their views regarding research subject matter. The conference will be conducted through a participatory approach.