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Both domestic and international flights have at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) have been affected since Monday due to poor visibility.

According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the flights to and from the TIA have been affected due to poor visibility. 

TIA spokesperson Teknath Sitoula said that the weather has been hazy since Monday morning and the takeoff and landing would be regular once the weather improves. RSS

The weather will be partly to generally cloudy in most parts of the country with chances of rain and gusty winds at some places due to the influence of the Westerly low pressure system.

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology stated that there is possibility of intermittent rain and gusty wind along with thunder and lightning at some places of the hilly region of Province no 1, Bagmati province and Gandaki province, urging for adopting necessary alertness.

It will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly region of Province no 1, Bagmati province and Gandaki province, and generally fair in the rest of the country tonight with chances of light rain and thunder and lightning at one or two places of the hilly region in Province no 1 and Gandaki province, the Department said. RSS

Nepal reported 42 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 4, 322 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 30 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 149 people underwent antigen tests, of which 12 were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 86 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 1, 198 active cases in the country.

At least 20 people have been killed and several others wounded in a mass shooting in central Mexico, authorities have said, in one of the deadliest attacks in recent years, Aljazeera reported.

The authorities did not immediately release a motive for the attack on Sunday evening that targeted a gathering in the town of Las Tinajas in Michoacan state. Local media reports said gunmen stormed a cockfighting pit and shot at the attendees.

It was a massacre of one group by another,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told a news conference, expressing his regret at the deaths. He blamed criminal gangs for the shooting and said a team was dispatched to investigate the crime.

Officials said those killed included 17 men and three women, according to Aljazeera.

Michoacan and neighbouring Guanajuato state have seen years of violenceamid ongoing turf wars between rival gangs.

Last month, an attack during a wake in Michoacan, believed to be the result of a gang dispute, was reported to have killed up to 17 people.

That attack was believed to be motivated by “revenge” by one cell of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel against another, deputy security minister Ricardo Mejia said. However, the government said it was unable to confirm the death toll because no bodies were found. DNA samples of 11 possible victims were collected at the site, Aljazeera reported.

Michoacan is also the world’s biggest avocado-producing region. Threats against a plant inspector from the United States who worked there last month prompted Washington to suspend Mexican exports of the fruit for more than a week.