Five killed in Darchula jeep accident
Five persons died when a jeep met with an accident at Ullani in Shailyashikhar Rural Municipality-6 of Darchula on Wednesday. Police said that four men and a woman died in the jeep (Se 1 Ja 551) accident. Shailyashikhar Rural Municipality-6 Secretary Manohar Dhami said that a team from the Area Police Office, Gokuleshwor has reached the incident site to carry out an investigation.
Nepal records 852 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday
Nepal reported 852 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 3, 876 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 531 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 507 people underwent antigen tests, of which 321 were tested positive. The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 328 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 5, 462 active cases in the country.
Police, locals clash in Banchare Danda
A clash ensued between police personnel and locals at Banchare Danda on Wednesday. The clash erupted after the police tried to take the trucks carrying garbage to the landfill site by escorting amid protest from the locals. Nuwakot police have taken a person under control for trying to obstruct the vehicles. Police spokesperson Rupak Khadaka said that Dipesh Karki has been arrested for trying to stop the garbage carrying trucks from reaching the landfill site. The locals have been staging protests after the government started dumping garbage forcefully in Banchare Danda.
Artemis: Nasa readies giant Moon rocket for maiden flight
The American space agency Nasa is rolling out its giant new Moon rocket to prepare it for a maiden flight, BBC reported.
Known as the Space Launch System (SLS), the vehicle is being taken to Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a lift-off scheduled for 29 August.
The debut outing is a test with no crew aboard, but future missions will send astronauts back to the lunar surface for the first time in over 50 years.
The near 100m-tall (328ft) SLS is riding an immense tractor to the pad.
It started moving from its assembly building at Kennedy late on Tuesday evening, local time,but with a cruising speed of just over 1km/h (under 1mph), it could take 8-10 hours to complete the 6.7km (4.2 miles) journey.
