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China has provided two million syringes under a grant which have been delivered on January 22. The assistances come at a time when there are reports that scarcity of syringes is hampering the vaccination program.

“China fully empathizes with Nepali people suffering from the recent pandemic. In light of the needs of Nepal, the Chinese Embassy in Nepal provided to Nepal two million syringes under the grant, which have been delivered on January 22, said the Chinese Embassy in a press statement.

With a view to helping Nepal in its fight against the pandemic and realizing its economic recovery, China will keep close coordination with Nepal and provide assistance in anti-pandemic supplies within its capacity, the Embassy said.

Nepal recorded 10,254 new Covid-19 cases and 16 deaths on Saturday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 20,187 (14,462 RT-PCR and 5,725 antigen) tests were conducted today.

The Ministry said that 708 infected people recovered from the disease.

There are 72,862 active cases across the nation as of today.

As many as 3,906 cases of cybercrime have been registered in the fiscal year 2020/21, the Cyber Bureau of the Nepal Police said. Of them, 2,003 women and 1,471 men have become the victims. 

There are many children under the age of 18 years  who have also become the victims of cybercrime.

According to the statistics provided by the Cyber Bureau, 1,052 girls and 56 boys became the victims during this period.

Cyber Bureau Chief Nabindra Aryal said that the cases of cybercrime have been increasing drastically of late due to the greed for money.

People have been using the latest technology to commit crimes.

“Many people have been misusing social media, taking it as normal.  The cases have been increasing as the people do not have to meet and talk directly,” he said, adding, “ There was barely a day that they have not received the complaints of cybercrime.”

According to a preliminary investigation, 3,451 people have been found involved in cybercrime through Facebook in the fiscal year 2020/21.

As many 1,547 incidents of cybercrime were reported in the first three months of the current fiscal year 2021/22.

Due to this fact, such incidents are likely to increase in this fiscal year.

In the recent incidents, 49 girls and 25 boys under the age of 18 have become the victims.

Police claimed that the children have been becoming the victims as they have easy access to social media and the internet.

“There are no homes where children do not use the internet,” Cyber Bureau Chief Aryal said. “There are many children who commit the crime unknowingly,” he added.

Mostly people use Facebook, Viber, Imo, Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok and Twitter among others to commit the crime.

Aryal said that the social media used in Nepal is being operated from abroad, it is easy for people living outside the country to commit the crime.

He said that they are coordinating with the International Police Organization (INTERPOL) to arrest the criminals.

“We have resolved almost all the cases of cybercrime,” Aryal said. More than 70 percent of people have access to the internet. Those who use the internet,95 people carry smartphones. The crimes have been increasing due to the misuse of technology.

Indian Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has constructed a security post at no man’s land along the Nepal-India border near Biratnagar, Capital of Province 1.

The SSB forcefully constructed the security post at the no man’s land in between Daraiya, Biratnagar Metropolitan City-16 and Tikuliya, Jogbani of India.

Locals said that the Indian SSB built the structure unilaterally without informing the Nepali authorities a month ago.

The international law and regulations prohibits constructing any structure on the border between two countries.

The SSB personnel have started carrying out checks by carrying weapons.

Locals said that they have been monitoring the activities in Nepal in the name of providing security and have started troubling the Nepali citizens.

Local Manoj Khadka said that it is a serious matter that the Nepal government has not taken any action yet even though the Indian SSB constructed the security post in the no man’s land.

Khadka said that the Indian government officials deployed for the border security have been fueling the locals to encroach the no man's land.

“We have been protesting against the construction of structure in no man’s land. The Indian side did not care about the protest.” He said, adding, “The Nepal government has been pretending that it does not know anything.”

People residing near the border said that the SSB personnel have been troubling them a lot.

Manoj Subba, Ward Chairman of Biratnagar-16, said that the SSB has been carrying out its activities taking the advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The government should immediately take an initiative to remove the post from the no man’s land. I think the Indian side is hatching a conspiracy to encroach Nepal's land,” he said.

Chief District Officer of Morang Kashi Raj Dahal said that none of the countries can construct any structure in the no man’s land.