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According to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health and Population, there were two more deaths from Dengue on Tuesday. With this, the total death toll reached 41 since July 2022. The mosquito-prone disease is active in 76 districts of Nepal. 31,103 people have been infected with it to date.

Nepal reported 14 new Covid-19 cases on Monday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 437 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 14 returned positive. Likewise, 690 people underwent antigen tests with no positive cases. The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours and 66 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 798 active cases in the country.

The Nepal Calendar Determination Committee (NCDC) has determined 11:51 am (5 October) as the auspicious time to receive Dashain tika this year. Although one can offer and receive Tika throughout the day, the auspicious hour for it is determined at 11:51 am, Shree Krishna Adhikari, Chairperson of the Committee said. Auspicious time for other countries Nepal- 11:51 AM (Oct 05) Doha, Qatar- 08:15 AM (Oct 05) kuala Lumpur, Malaysia- 10:25 AM (Oct 05) Abu Dhabi, UAE- 09:01 AM (Oct 05) Saudi Arabia- 09:55 AM (Oct 05) Delhi, India- 10:45 AM (Oct 05) Sydney, Australia- 10:41 AM (Oct 05) Melbourne, Australia- 10:55 AM (Oct 05) Brisbane, Australia- 11:05 AM (Oct 05) Tokyo, Japan- 10:39 AM (Oct 05) Seoul, South Korea- 10:51 AM (Oct 05) Wellington, New Zealand- 10:57 AM (Oct 05) Toronto, Canada- 11:39 AM (Oct 04) London- 11:57 AM (Oct 04) California, USA- 11:45 AM (Oct 04) New York, USA- 11:11 AM (Oct 04) Texas, USA- 11:35 AM (Oct 04) Kentucky, USA- 11:55 AM (Oct 04)

Dhulikhel Municipality has submitted a report of the four completed goals of the Millennium Sustainable Development Goals to the United Nations. Last April, the city released a report that it has achieved four goals out of 17 sustainable development goals: education, health, poverty alleviation and safe drinking water. Mayor Ashok Byanju handed over the 2022 report under Sustainable Development Goals to Curt Garigan, head of the UN’s Sustainable Urban Development Department, at the office in Thailand on Monday. "The report of 2022 under the Sustainable Development Goals was submitted to the association, it should be considered a matter of pride," he said. He addressed the meeting of the high-level political platform on sustainable development attended by representatives of 163 countries at the association's office in New York in the first week of July and informed about the four goals achieved by Dhulikhel among the sustainable development goals. In the published report, it is claimed that Dhulikhel is the first city in South Asia to publish a 'voluntary review report' indicating that four indicators of sustainable development goals have been met. After the election of local levels, the city's poverty level has decreased from 14 to 4 percent, the city has provided drinking water (one house-one tap) to 84 percent of the local residents' homes. For quality education, the city has provided free education for local residents studying up to graduation level, as well as other local levels of Kavrepalanchok and other districts.  The city was recently announced as the fifth among 15 cities in the world and the first in Asia to achieve zero carbon emissions. Dhulikhel had previously implemented the 'Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty' campaign for the first time in South Asia. Under the agreement, Dhulikhel has been giving first priority to sustainable development and healthy and clean environmental work with the aim of developing its city area as a tourist city.