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Police have arrested seven persons for allegedly trying to rob a tourist in Nimkha Rural Municipality, Humla.

It has been learnt they they tried to rob a German national.

The tourist was heading Hilsa from Nara Lake in Namkha Rural Municipality-5 when the road construction workers tried to rob him.

Inspector Deepak Malla said that they nabbed the workers based on the complaint filed by the German national.

The detainees have been identified as Himal Sunar, Kamal Thapa, Chabilal Basnet, Madhav Thapa, Ganesh Sunar, Khem Sunar and Bijay Bista.

Nepal on Sunday received 2,299,200 million doses of paediatric Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 from the COVAX facility.

The vaccine will be administered to the children of 5-11 years of age group who received the first dose a few days ago, the Ministry of Health and Population said.

The Ministry has planned to administer the vaccine to the children from July 18-25.

The vaccine should be stored at a temperature of minus 70 degree Celsius.

Earlier, Nepal had received 2.2 million doses of vaccine from the facility.

The weather will be partly to generally cloudy throughout the country today with the possibility of light to moderate rainfall in many places due to the influence of the monsoon wind, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said.

The Department said there is the possibility of heavy rain at one or two places in Bagmati and Gandaki provinces in the next 24 hours. It has cautioned against landslides, mudslides, soil erosion, and a rise in water levels in rivers and seasonal streams in the hilly region.

The Department has urged one and all to adopt alert as the rain will likely affect the daily life and the transport sector as well in these areas.

The weather will be partly to generally cloudy with chances of light to moderate rainfall at some places of the hilly region and at a few places in the rest of the country tonight. Heavy rain is predicted at one or two places of Bagmati and Gandaki provinces.

As per the latest weather information shared by the Department, the minimum temperature in Kathmandu Valley was 21.0 degrees Celsius while the maximum was 28.8 degrees Celsius in the last 24 hours.

Similarly, the lowest minimum temperature 15.5 degrees Celsius throughout the country was recorded in Jumla while the highest maximum temperature 34.5 degrees Celsius was recorded in Janakpur in the last 24 hours, the Department stated.

The government has made it mandatory for government and public officials to acquire a vehicle pass from the concerned authority to use government vehicles on public holidays.

Accordingly, Mayor of Baglung Municipality Basanta Kumar Shrestha used a vehicle of the municipality on Saturday after getting a permit from the Chief District Officer.

The District Administration Office has provided a pass to Mayor Shrestha to use the vehicle for the purpose of carrying out monitoring, inspection and attending meetings.

According to the DAO, the vehicle (Dha. 1 Ja. 17) has been permitted to be used within Gandaki province. This rule had not been effectively implemented in the case of local level officials and employees.

The government has tightened the use of government vehicles on holidays to reduce public spending and lessen the consumption of petroleum products.

CDO Ramesh Dhakal said that any government vehicle would be taken under control if it was used without permission on public holidays.