Preparations for Mahashivaratri in full swing
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Ale has directed the concerned authorities to spare no effort in preparing for the Mahashivaratri festival.
Minister Ale directed the officials of the Pashupati Area Development Trust to manage all the facilities for religious tourists in the Pashupati area. He also drew the attention of the officials to clean the Pashupati area and make good arrangements for toilets.
Minister Ale said that Nepal-India friendship Pashupati Dharamsala would be properly managed
At a program organized by PADT today, it was shared that preparations are being made in full swing for the management of the upcoming Mahashivaratri festival.
A 251-member core committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Ale, who is also the chair of the PADT management council.
This year, the Mahashivaratri festival is celebrated on March 1.
On Mahashivaratri, devotees from home and abroad flock to the Pashupati area. RSS
Nepal records 476 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths on Tuesday
Nepal logged 476 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths on Tuesday.
With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,114,721. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,928.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 6,604 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 299 returned positive. Likewise, 2,820 people underwent antigen tests, of which 177 tested positive.
The Ministry said that 831 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.
As of today, there are 1, 747 active cases in the country.
The Ministry said that 10, 367 people are staying in home isolation while 380 are in institutionalized isolation.
AMN, NBA sign MoU for implementation of ‘Unity for Sustainability’ campaign
Annapurna Media Network, the parent company of Annapurna daily newspaper, and Nepal Bankers’ Association (NBA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of the ‘Unity for Sustainability’ campaign on Tuesday.
AMN, a leading media house in Nepal, launched a two-year ‘Unity for Sustainability’ campaign which aims to collaborate with concerned stakeholders on climate change issues on November 24.
Nepal Bankers’ Association President Anil Kumar Upadhyay, Executive Director Anil Sharma and Chief Executive Officer of Annapurna Media Network Sanat Neupane singed the MoU amid a programme organised at the former’s office in Thapathali today.
During the programme, Chiranjivi Neupane on behalf of the campaign talked about the main objective of the 12-point programme and organizations cooperating with the Unity for Sustainability campaign.
The main objective of signing the MoU was to reduce the impact of climate change in Nepal, advise people to use alternative energy for cooking, encourage the use of green energy in industries and to protect biodiversity.
Nepal has planned to achieve ‘no net’ carbon emissions by 2045.
While signing the MoU, Nepal Bankers’ Association President Upadhyay said that the need of the hour is the green economic development and said that all should think about the same
Similarly, AMN CEO Nuepane said that the Annapurna Media has started a debate and awareness campaign on climate change through all its media and said that this campaign will further broaden the knowledge of the general public on the issue.
He said that climate change is an important issue not only for a person or an organization but for the whole world, stressing on the need to raise awareness on the issue.
Case filed against lab in-charge for making fake PCR reports
The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a case against Binod Kumar Yadav, then lab in-charge of Gangalal National Heart Centre, for making fake PCR reports. The case was filed at the Special Court.
The PCR reports Yadav prepared were found fake after a forensic test. He arbitrarily used the hospital's seal to issue fake reports.
Similarly, he has been accused of collecting swabs in an unauthorized manner at a hospital, preparing fake reports without conducting tests and preparing PCR negative reports based on verbal requests, the CIAA said.
Assistant Spokesperson at Special Court Bed Prasad Bhandari said that a case was filed against Yadav for collecting money by providing fake PCR reports.
