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Vice President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav has pointed out the need for timely settlement of challenges posed by climate change, human-animal conflicts and fragmentation of wildlife habitat.

In a message today on the occasion of the International Tiger Day 2025, the Vice President has urged one and all to collaborate to address such challenges adding that tiger conservation contributes to eco-tourism development and economic gains through tourism promotion.   

The tiger population was decreasing in the world due to the smuggling of body parts of tiger and its illegal hunting, the Vice President shared. 

Massive deforestation, forest fires and unmanaged urbanization have posed threat to the tiger habitat every year, according to Vice President Yadav. 

In his message, the Vice President has praised Nepal's significant progress achieved in the past one decade in tiger conservation and has credited the government, local community, social organizations and development partners for this achievement.  

Yadav mentioned, "A balanced management of protected areas, control in poaching, active public participation and other efforts have contributed to the rising number of tigers in Nepal,"  

We have equal challenges with the rise in the tiger population, he viewed.

The International Tiger Day is being observed across the country by organizing various programs today to raise awareness in the community for the conservation of Royal Bengal tigers. 

This Day is observed on July 29 every year with an objective of spreading public awareness for Royal Bengal tiger conservation following the decision from the Tiger Summit of heads of state and government in St Petersburg of Russia in 2010.

The Ministry of Forest and Environment is observing the Global Tiger Day by organizing different programs.

As per the census carried out in 2022, the number of tigers had reached 355 in Nepal. Nepal has become successful in increasing the number of tigers than its commitment. 

In the Summit, Nepal had promised to double the population of tigers from 121. As per the tiger census-2009, the population of tigers was 121 in Nepal.

With the increasing number of tigers in Nepal, different issues including their management, reducing human-wildlife conflict and improving their habitat have become challenging. 

Likewise, debates have been initiated about the number of tigers and Nepal's tiger carrying capacity. Some experts argue that Nepal's tiger carrying capacity is around 400.  

The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, National Trust for Nature Conservation, World Wildlife Fund and Geological Society of London are carrying out a study with the coordination of the Ministry of Forest on tiger carrying capacity of Nepal.

Nepal has been celebrating the Global Tiger Day since 2067 BS and conducting tiger census. 

Royal Bengal tigers are found in Nepal, India, China, Bhutan, Russia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Laos.

The number of tigers in the globe was estimated to 100,000 till 1900.  It decreased to 3,200 in 2010. According to the World Wildlife Fund, the population of tigers reached 4,500 in 2022 due to conservation efforts from around the world.

The monsoon wind has its influence throughout the country at present with the monsoon low pressure trough to its average position in the west and to the north from its average position in the eastern part of the country, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said. 

The weather today will be generally cloudy throughout the country, with a possibility of moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning in most of the parts in the hilly areas of the country and at a few places in the Tarai. 

According to the Division, there is also a possibility of heavy rainfall at one or two places of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces. 

Likewise, the Division stated that the weather will continue to remain generally cloudy throughout the country and partly cloudy in the Tarai tonight. 

There is a possibility of moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning at some places in the hilly areas of the country including one or two places in the Tarai.

Sixteen members of a family have gone missing at Golanjor Rural Municipality in Sindhuli.

Police have started a search operation after 16 members of a single family of Chepta, Golanjor Rural Municipality-6 went missing.

Golanjor Rural Municipality-6 spokesperson Regan Raj Thapa said that the family members of Urmila Hayu have gone missing since this morning.

According to the rural municipality, the missing include Urmila Hayu, her six sons, six daughters, one daughter-in-law, one granddaughter and one son-in-law.

While tracking the telephone, the last location of the mobile was seen in Ramechhap, spokesperson Thapa said.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

A 4,000-year-old handprint has been found on an ancient Egyptian tomb offering by curators preparing for an exhibition, BBC reported.

The discovery was made by University of Cambridge researchers on a "soul house", a type of clay model in the shape of a building, typically found in burials.

Curator Helen Strudwick said the complete handprint, which dates to 2055 to 1650BC, was "a rare and exciting" find. 

The ceramic will go on display as part of the university's Made in Ancient Egypt exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum opening on 3 October, according to BBC.

The UN's climate chief has urged Australia to take more ambitious climate action, as debate over the country's emissions reduction targets heats up in parliament, BBC reported.

"Bog standard is beneath you," Simon Stiell told the country, arguing "colossal" economic rewards could be reaped by aiming higher. 

Australia has pledged to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030, but remains one of the world's biggest polluters per capita and faces criticism for continuing to rely on fossil fuels.

Mr Stiell's comments came as a bill to overturn the nation's goal of net zero emissions by 2050 was moved by an opposition MP in parliament, and the Labor government considers a new reduction target for the next decade - 2035, according to BBC.

Five people were killed in a mass shooting at a food market in Bangkok on Monday, BBC reported.

The suspect in the attack at Or Tor Kor Market died after taking his own life, police in Thailand's capital confirmed. 

Four of those who were killed were security guards and the fifth victim worked at the market. Two other market sellers were injured, police said.

Police Lieutenant Siam Boonsom told local media that the gunman was Thai and he had disputes with the market's security guards before, according to BBC.

Three people have been killed and several others seriously injured after an overflowing sewage shaft caused a passenger train to derail in south-west Germany, local authorities say, BBC reported.

Prosecutors said the train crashed between Riedlingen and Munderkingen near Stuttgart on Sunday following heavy rain in the area.

They said water was believed to have caused the overflow, triggering a landslide on the banks running next to the tracks, which caused the incident.

The train driver, another rail employee and one passenger died, while 41 people were wounded. On Sunday, German Chancellor Freidrich Merz said he "mourn[ed] the victims" and offered his "deepest sympathy" to their families, according to BBC.