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The government has announced a public holiday on the occasion of the Gyalpo Lhosar on Thursday.

A cabinet meeting held on Monday made the decision to this effect, the Ministry of Home Affairs said.

People belonging to the Buddhist community, especially the Sherpas, celebrate Gyalpo Lhosar to mark the beginning of a new year.

The festival is celebrated every year from Falgun Shukla Pratipada, the second day of the waxing moon until the full moon.

As many as one million revelers offered prayers at the Pashupatinath main temple on the Mahashivaratri festival on Tuesday. 

According to the Pashupati Area Development Trust, the prayers and worship that started at Pashupati temple on Tuesday evening continued till  5: 10 am today morning. 

The inflow of devotees was high at the temple area in the evening time than in morning and day, shared Gurjo campaigner Kamal Bahadur Rajalbat. He had freely served devotees with tea made up of different 60 types of herbal plants including Gurjo on the occasion of Mahashivaratri. 

Likewise, thousands of devotees had offered prayers and worship at Gokarneswor Temple on the occasion. Visitors thronged the temple for worshipping Lord Shiva yesterday night. RSS

Apple Inc. halted product sales in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine, saying the company stands “with all of the people who are suffering as a result of the violence," Aljazeera reported.

The iPhone maker said Tuesday that it stopped exporting products into the country’s sales channel last week, ahead of pausing sales. It’s also removing the RT News and Sputnik News applications from App Stores outside of Russia and has disabled traffic and live-incident features in Ukraine as a “safety and precautionary measure” for citizens there.

The action followed a plea by Ukraine for Apple to stop selling products in Russia, with Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov saying the move could help turn Russian youth against the invasion. He also called on the company to shutter its local App Store. Apple has operated an online store specific to Russia for the last several years, as well as an App Store tailored to the country.

This isn’t the first time Apple has cut off a country. Apple stopped sales briefly in Turkey last year because of economic turmoil and currency fluctuation.

In Russia, the company also limited its Apple Pay service and other online offerings in recent days. Nike Inc., another iconic U.S. brand, has halted sales in Russia as well, saying Tuesday that it “cannot guarantee delivery of goods to customers.”

Apple shares dipped to session lows following news of the move in Russia, before recouping some of the losses. The stock closed down 1.2% to $163.20 on Tuesday.

“We are deeply concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine,” Apple said in its statement. “We are supporting humanitarian efforts, providing aid for the unfolding refugee crisis, and doing all we can to support our teams in the region.”

President Bidya Devi Bhandari today visited the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu to offer worship on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri.

President Bhandari entered the main Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and worshiped ritually on the Maha Shivarattri. Bhandari paid obeisance to all the temples and shrines in the Pashupatinath Temple premises, according to Pashupati Area Development Trust's (PADT).

The Head of the State was welcomed by Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale, Ministry's secretary Maheshwor Neupane, PADT member-secretary Dr Milan Kumar Thapa and treasurer Narayan Prasad Subedi among others.

Similarly, Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun also reached the Temple today and worshiped on the occasion, according to the PADT.

Ritual has it that the Head of the State should visit the Pashupatinath Temple and offer prayers and worship on Maha Shivaratri festival that falls on fourteenth day of waning moon in the month of Falgun as per the lunar calendar.

An overwhelming number of devotees thronged the holiest shrine of Lord Shiva today. The PADT has made arrangements for the devotees to pay obeisance as long as they arrive at the Temple tonight. RSS