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Air pollution has swelled throughout the country due to the wildfires taking place at various places since some days. The Department of Environment said atmospheric pollution has increased across the country including in the Kathmandu Valley due to the bush fires, leading to unhealthy air in Nepal for the past few days. According to the Department, the air pollution measurement stations in the Kathmandu Valley have indicated the polluted air even at present. It is said Kathmandu is in the second position among the world's polluted cities. Kathmandu's air quality index (AQI) measured at 9.30 am today showed that the federal capital is in second place among the world's polluted cities in terms of AQI. People with health vulnerabilities are at risk when the AQI is more than 50 and it is hazardous to all people when it is more than 100. Kathmandu's AQI is 192 at present. Chiang Mai city in Thailand is said to be in the first position in the list of pollution index. Its AQI is 222. Similarly, India's Delhi is in third place, Dhaka of Bangladesh in fourth place, Kolkata of India in fifth place in terms of the highest AQI. Air with measurement of AQI from 51 to 100 is considered normal while the air with AQI above this is considered unhealthy. AQI above 300 is highly hazardous, it is said.  

A 73-year-old woman from Kanchanpur, who was infected with coronavirus, died in the course of treatment at the Seti Provincial Hospital in Dhangadhi. The woman suffering from heart disease was admitted to the ICU of the hospital's Covid ward six days ago after the result of the PCR test was positive, said Mekharaj Upadhyay, the information officer of the provincial hospital. It may be noted that the infection rate of corona virus has started to rise in Sudurpaschim Province for the past few weeks. According to the statistics of Directorate of Health Dipayal, 223 people have been found to be infected in the province in the last 11 days.  

A youth from Kalagaon in Dogdakedar rural municipality-8 has been found murdered. Basudev Joshi (37) was found murdered near his house at 8:00 pm on Saturday, Inspector Yogesh Khatri, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Baitadi said. He was reportedly killed by using a sharp weapon. An investigation has been launched into the incident, police said.  

A member of the royal family of Qatar, Sheikha Asma Al Thani has successfully climbed mountain Annapurna I. She reached the summit of the 8,091 meters high Annapurna I at 4:00 pm on Saturday. Director of Elite Expedition, David Sherpa, shared that Thani climbed Annapurna with the help of a team of Sherpas led by mountaineer Nirmal Purja (Nims). "Thani has become the first Qatari woman to climb Annapurna, the tenth highest peak in the world", he said. The Annapurna I mountain is located in Annapurna rural municipality-4 of Myagdi. Princess Al Thani had previously climbed Mount Everest, Dhaulagiri, Kanchanjunga, Lhotse, Manaslu and K2. A doctor by profession, Thani arrived in Myagdi on March 6 for the expedition to climb Annapurna I. The climbing of the current year's spring season started on Saturday morning in the Annapurna I. This year, 45 people have taken permission to climb Annapurna. Mt Annapurna is the tenth highest mountain in the world. Maurice Hergoz from France had climbed Annapurna for the first time in 1950.