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The Department of Commerce, Supply and Consumer Protection has taken action against three firms during a recent market monitoring.

Dasharath Grocery Pvt of Imadol, Lalitpur was fined Rs 50,000, while Sah and Sah Enterprises of Suryabinayak, Bhakpur Rs 10,000, and A & A Shopping Center of Tikathali, Lalitpur Rs 5,000. 

The firms were fined as they were found involved in illegal transactions. The Consumer Protection Act, 2079 was invoked for the punishment.  

The authority issued directions to 15 other firms to correct their business practice. 

The market monitoring was conducted together with the representatives from local level, consumers' rights and stakeholders. 

The Department has continued market monitoring for some weeks.

With the partial effect of westerly wind and local wind, the country has experienced generally cloudy weather. 

It is generally cloudy in the hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi Province while partly cloudy in the rest of the places at present. 

It is raining lightly with brief snowfall in one to two places of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces. Even lightning and thunder are occurring there, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division. 

The hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces are predicted to have generally cloudy weather later today, while the hilly and mountainous regions of other provinces will be partly cloudy.

The Tarai region will have clear weather.

Some hilly and mountainous regions of the country, including Sudurpaschim Province are predicted to have partly cloudy weather  at night. Generally clear weather is likely in the Tarai region tonight, the weather service added.

Bird flu has been detected in five poultry farms of Morang district.

The authority confirmed bird flu in the chicken belonging to Dahal Agro Farm, Haleshi Mahadev Farm, Athiyabari Farm, A to Z Farm and Kamakhya Poultry Farm located in different places of Morang. 

It was shared by the Veterinary Lab, Biratnagar. 

With the confirmation of disease in the poultry farms, the Lab forwarded a process to destroy the chicken, eggs, feed and other related materials. 

Nearly 10 farmers were reaching the Lab daily with dead chickens for the test, according to Dr Kamal Giri, Chief of Lab.

Among 198 samples tested since last July, 45 were tested positive, he shared. 

Other suspicious cases were sent to Kathmandu for further examination.

The Philippines has become the world's first country to declare a state of national energy emergency in response to the conflict in the Middle East, BBC reported. 

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he had signed an executive order to safeguard energy security, citing the "imminent danger posed upon the availability and stability" of the country's energy supply.

The US-Israel war with Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz - a key shipping route - have sent shock waves through global energy markets, causing shortages and price rises, according to BBC.