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.
Nepal logs 848 new Covid-19 cases, one death on Tuesday
Nepal reported 848 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 2, 722 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 399 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 897 people underwent antigen tests, of which 449 were tested positive. The Ministry said that 526 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 5, 259 active cases in the country.
At least 31 killed as heavy rains set off flash floods in Afghanistan
Heavy rains set off flash floods that killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing in northern Afghanistan, the Taliban's state-run news agency reported Monday, Business Standard reported. The Bakhtar News Agency said the flooding took place on Sunday in northern Parwan province. The agency said that women and children were among the dead and 17 people were reported injured. At least 100 people remained missing on Monday, the report said, and a search and rescue operation was underway. The flash floods swept away dozens of homes in the three affected districts in Parwan. The province is ringed by mountainous and more often witnesses floods from heavy rains, according to Business Standard. The local weather department said more rains were expected in the coming days in most of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. Heavy rains and flash floods across the country killed 40 people in July and 19 the month before.
