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World Intellectual Property Day being marked today
7+ hour, 55+ min ago (175+ words) Kathmandu, April 26: Today marks the World Intellectual Property Day, which is being observed in various countries with a focus on innovation and creativity. The day has been celebrated annually on April 26 since 2000, following its initiation by the World Intellectual Property…...
Man kills seven of his children, and an eighth child, in Louisiana mass shooting
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (644+ words) By Grace Eliza Goodwin and Toby Mann, BBC News, April 20: A father has killed seven of his children and an unrelated child in a mass shooting in Shreveport in the US state of Louisiana that police have described as a…...
Malaysia: Fire in impoverished village destroys 1, 000 homes
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (341+ words) Residents of the affected area traditionally live in wooden stilt houses packed tightly next to each other Image: Bernama/Xinhua/dpa/picture alliance By Rana Taha with AFP, Reuters, April 20: A massive fire destroyed some 1, 000 makeshift homes in a coastal…...
No contact centre of social media platforms creating problems to provide justice to victims
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (192+ words) Kathmandu, April 23: Inspector General of the Nepal Police, Dan Bahadur Karki, has said problems have surfaced to settle the cases of cybercrime in lack of registration of contact centre of social media platforms in Nepal." " " Most of the cases of…...
SC issues show cause notice on writ petition against Attorney General
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (167+ words) Kathmandu, April 23: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a show cause notice on a writ petition filed against appointment of Dr Narayan Datt Kandel as an Attorney General. The writ petition was filed questioning Dr Kandel's qualification for the post....
Female child dies in jeep mishap
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (138+ words) Jeep that met with an accident. By Sujal Shresthan, Pyuthan, April 23: Female child died when a jeep carrying an Indian pilgrimage met with an accident en route to Swargadwari today." Three-year-old Kavya Mouri died when a jeep (Lu 1 Ja 3175)" met…...
Brazilian inmates reduce sentences through reading
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (756+ words) Rio De Janeiro, Mar. 31: When 33-year-old Brazilian woman Emily de Souza heard about a program allowing her to shave off four days from her prison sentence by reading a book, she seized the opportunity to reconnect with a cherished habit....
Court seeks investigation file on leader Khadka's case
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (163+ words) Kathmandu, April 15: The Supreme Court has ordered the Department of Revenue Investigation to submit the investigation file on a case involving former minister and Nepali Congress leader Dipak Khadka." " " Khadka has been arrested on charge of money laundering." " "A division…...
Police seize illegal goods worth Rs. 800, 000 from Nepalgunj
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (295+ words) By Our Correspondent, Nepalgunj, Apr. 17. Police have seized illegal goods worth nearly Rs. 800, 000 that were allegedly brought into Nepal by evading customs duties, as security agencies intensify checks along the Nepal-India border following the formation of the new government. Authorities…...