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Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba inaugurated an International Conference on Sustainable Mountain Development here on Wednesday.

PM Deuba inaugurated the two-day event organized by the Ministry of Forest and Environment at Chandragiri in Kathmandu. A total of 200 representatives from 13 countries have participated in the conference. Among them, 100 are participating physically while remaining others take part in the event virtually, the organizers said. 

As per the decision of the United Nations to celebrate the year 2022 as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, the Ministry of Forest and Environment is going to organize various programs throughout the year to promote the importance of mountain ecosystems.

Working papers will be presented and discussed on five various genres related to the mountain environment such as Mountain Economy, Mountain Biodiversity and Ecosystem, Mountain Culture, Mountain Women and Mountain-Lowland Connections.

Participants during the conference will prepare the issues that Nepal needed to raise in the national policy and international forums and offer recommendations for formulation of regional policy to protect and promote mountain ecosystems. RSS

The westerly low pressure system is likely to bring partial to general changes in weather conditions in most of the area of the country.

The system will potentially bring partial to general climatic changes in the mountainous area of province-1, Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Karnali Province and Sudurpaschim Province.

According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, light rain with thunder and lightning is likely to take place in some areas.

Partial to general changes will occur in mountainous and hilly regions in the night while weather will normally remain clear in other areas.

According to the Department, the hilly and mountainous regions will see partial to general changes in weather on Thursday. However, the weather will remain clear in other areas.

According to the Weather Forecasting Division, Kathmandu Valley today has witnessed a minimum temperature of 14.8 degree Celsius and maximum 30.5 degree Celsius. RSS

Nepal reported 44 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 4, 495 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 35 returned positive. Likewise, 2, 099 people underwent antigen tests, of which nine were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 481 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 2, 688 active cases in the country.

A rape case has been filed against actor Paul Shah at the Tanahun District Court on Tuesday.

The District Government Attorney’s Office filed the case this afternoon, District Attorney Ram Chandra Sharma said.

Earlier, the rape case was filed against actor Shah in the Nawalpur District Court.

The Attorney’s Office has demanded 12-14 years of imprisonment against Shah and six to seven years against his manager Krishna Joshi.

Actor Shah, who has been accused of raping a minor girl, turned himself in to police on February 27.