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Kathmandu University is all set to organize Habitat Innovation Conclave, 2023 on March 17 with the involvement of participants from across the globe. "HIC 2023 will provide a platform to graduated students for exchanging and sharing cutting-edge developments and research in energy, science and engineering," said Prof Dr Bim Prasad Shrestha (Convener for HIC 2023). "It will facilitate and enhance connections between academia, industry and stakeholders in the field of energy, science and engineering, and establish a scholarly research culture among graduated students for innovative ideas and research explorations," Shrestha added. Organized with an aim of rethinking the way we live through innovative habitats; Habitat Innovation Conclave is a platform for new-age innovators who think about solving existing problems with a new approach. The motto of the program is, 'Innovation and Sustainability: The Keys to our Future Habitats.' The Energy Efficient Building Design 2021 Batch and The Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU have come together to highlight the importance of energy efficiency, innovation, & habitat. Various stakeholders from all over the world will be sharing ideas on the topic. The major thematic areas of the Conclave include Innovative Building Materials, Building Codes Policies and Standards, Planning Design and Retrofitting with Emerging Technologies, Water and Sanitation, Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Women in Engineering and Habitat. Throughout the Conclave, participants will be engaged in product demonstrations, product simulations, paper presentations and panel discussions. The panel discussions include various speakers, including Deputy Director Dr. Roshan Raj Shrestha of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Deputy Chief of NEEP Narayan Prasad Chaulagain, President of NSET Dr. Amod Mani Dixit, Prof. Dr. Sangeeta Singh, Pulchowk Campus, Programme Manager of UN Habitat Pragya Pradhan, Founder of Abari Nripal Adhikary, Prof. Dr. Amy R Sapkota, School of Public Health Building, University of Maryland. Energy-efficient building design refers to the practice of designing buildings that consume minimal energy to maintain a comfortable indoor environment. This involves the use of a variety of techniques to reduce energy consumption, including the use of efficient lighting, HVAC systems, and insulation.  

There is a possibility of light rain with thunder and lightning due to the effect of the westerly winds today. According to Barun Paudel, senior meteorologist at the Weather Forecast Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the pre-monsoon season is active leading to light rainfall with thunder and lightning in the past few days. The months of March, April and May are considered pre-monsoon. The westerly wind is active with the sun shining throughout the day, leading to light rain with thunder and lightning in the evening. There is hence possibility of light rainfall in the hilly areas of the country in the evening today, Paudel said. The weather forecast bulletin issued by the division also states that the weather will be generally clear in the hilly areas of the country today afternoon. The minimum temperature of Kathmandu today is 10 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is 25 degrees Celsius.

Five persons died and 24 others were injured when a bus met with an accident at Kuhibhir in Phikkal-4 of Sindhuli on Sunday. The District Police Office, Sindhuli said that the identities of the deceased have not been established yet. The ill-fated bus (Ba 2 Kha 6596) carrying 29 persons were heading towards Kathmandu from Rumjatar of Okhaldhunga when the incident occurred. Police said that they are looking into the case.

The hilly region in the country is likely to be partly to generally cloudy today due to a slight impact of the westerly wind, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. The Division said that most of the hilly belts of Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces would remain partly to generally cloudy. The Division also said that light rain coupled with thunder and lightning is likely to take place at one or two places of the hilly regions. Tonight, it will be partly cloudy in the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi and Gandaki Provinces while the weather will be fair in the rest of the country. Light rain or thunder and lightning are likely in one or two places of Gandaki Province this evening, meteorologist Barun Paudel said.