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Nepal reported 171 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 980 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 105 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 312 people underwent antigen tests, of which 66 were tested positive. The Ministry said that 85 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 397 active cases in the country.

A mountaineer from Ireland, who had climbed Mt Everest 10 times, died while climbing Mt Annapurna at Narchyang in Annapurna Rural Municipality-4 of Myagdi district. An Indian national has been missing and another has been rescued alive by a helicopter. A Kailash Air helicopter rescued Baljeet Kaur from 7, 500 meters on Tuesday afternoon, Indra Singh Sherchan, a member of the rescue team, said. He had gone to climb Mt Annapurna through Pioneer Trekking Company in Kathmandu. Sherchan said Neol Hanna died at the high camp of Mt Annapurna last night. The body of Hanna, who had gone to climb Mt Annapurna through Seven Summit Trek, was brought to the base camp from 6,000 meters this afternoon. Neol and Baljeet were missing since Monday morning. The whereabouts of Anuraj Malu (34) of Kishangadh, Rajasthan, India is yet to be ascertained. Thaneshwor Guragain, Manager of Seven Summit Trek, said that Malu went missing from 7, 500 meters while descending to the base camp after he failed to climb the mountain on Monday afternoon. Four choppers of Simrik, Kailash, Air Altitude and Everest Air were deployed to search for the missing persons.

The loan shark victims have said that they would hold talks only with the Prime Minister. During a press conference organized at Shantibatika in the Capital on Tuesday, they strongly protested against Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha. The loan shark victims said that they would not return home until their demands are met. They also accused the government of suppressing their peaceful protest. Earlier, at least nine loan shark victims were injured in a clash with police at Shantibatika. The Farmers-Workers Struggle Committee has forwarded a six-point demand to the government. The loan shark victims have also accused the government of not giving attention to their demands.

Two persons have been arrested for defrauding 22 persons of Rs 6.6 million assuring them of lucrative jobs abroad. A team of Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office nabbed Sudhan Kumari Shahi and Anil Shrestha. Somendra Singh Rathore, spokesperson at the Crime Investigation Office, said that a complaint was filed at the office stating that the duo had collected Rs 5 lakh each from 22 people on the pretext of sending them to Italy, South Korea, New Zealand and Portugal among other countries for foreign employment. Based on the complaint, police apprehended them from Gongabu. Shahi (28) is the operator of Greenleaf International Consultancy and Nepal Snowfall Mountain Trek and Expedition and Shrestha is the Managing Director. Further investigation into the incident is underway.