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5 effects of eating too much sugar on body

If you have been eating too much sugar lately, it not only increases the risk of diabetes, but it can also cause other health problems. Since sugar is used in many foods including drinks, sweets, and cakes, it is difficult to stay away from it easily. Since naturally occurring foods like fruits, honey, and sugarcane...

Six typical Nepali drinks to sip and beat the summer heat

It is already summer here in Nepal. During this time of the year, your body demands different types of refreshing drinks to slake your thirst and keep you hydrated enough. To do so, aside from water, most Nepalis opt for other drinks. Whereas modern soft drinks such as carbonated Coke have already made their way...

Dashain Celebration

ISMT College Pokhara hosts ‘Dashain Fest’ [Pictures]

ISMT College, located in Naya Gaun-15, of Pokhara, recently organized an entertaining Dashain Festival for its students. The event, dubbed “ISMT Dashain Fest,” was held to celebrate Dashain, one of Nepal’s most significant festivals, and provide entertainment for the student body. The festival featured a special performance by The Jukebox Band, along with various student...

Book Launched

Shanti Niketan School launched ‘Delight of Creation’

Shanti Niketan School, located in Parsyang, Ward No. 5 of Pokhara, has officially launched its latest publication, “Delight of Creation.” The book was formally introduced during a ceremony where the school’s founding principal, Dr. Maheshwar Parajuli, presented it to the exam coordinator, Hem Subedi, for distribution among the students. School’s Magazine “Delight of Creation” is...

Need For Innovative Journalism

Dr. Kundan Aryal Despite different platforms and medium of expression, journalism has played an innovative role with the passage of time. Media have been constantly evolving, and today the new media have cultivated human behaviour around the world. Online mass media, which serve edited contents, and social media or Social Network Sites, which ventilate individual...

Tide of Times

Fright From The Right

P Kharel Personalized politics and petulant attitude sharply shrunk the popularity meter of France’s President Emmanuel Macron as quickly as he rose to the seat of power in 2017. However, the first-round presidential election last week on April 10 left him almost high and dry in that Marine Le Pen gave him the shake-up neither...

Poem: Lunatic

Laxmi Prasad Devkota 1. Oh yes, friend! I’m crazy- that’s just the way I am. 2. I see sounds, I hear sights, I taste smells, I touch not heaven but things from the underworld, things people do not believe exist, whose shapes the world does not suspect. Stones I see as flowers lying water-smoothed by...

Nepal’s economy will grow by 3.9 per cent: ADB

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Sept. 26: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecasted that Nepal’s economy would grow by 4.9 per cent in the current Fiscal Year 2024/25, up from an estimated growth of 3.9 per cent in FY 2023/24. This projection is down by about one-third of the government projection for economic growth. Deputy...

Bajura farmers sell apples worth over Rs. 10 mn

Bajura, Sept. 23: Farmers of Swamikartik Khapar Rural Municipality in the north-east part of the district have earned more than Rs. 10 million by selling apples this year. Out of 2,400 households in Swamikartik Khapar Rural Municipality, 1,800 households have earned more than Rs. 10 million by selling apples this year. Uttam Shahi, a farmer...

PM appeals airlines to sell air tickets at concessional rates

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has requested the airline companies to sell air tickets at a discounted price or at the same rate as before. Due to the increase in the number of air passengers, the airline companies were heavily criticized by the public when they charged higher fare than before without any genuine...

Hyundai Motor hits major milestone with 100 million vehicles produced globally

KATHMANDU: Hyundai Motor Company, on Monday, celebrated a significant milestone, marking 100 million units of global cumulative production. This achievement was accomplished in just 57 years since the company’s foundation, making it one of the fastest in the global automotive industry. In honor of this milestone, Hyundai Motor held a ceremony at its Ulsan Plant...

New paragliding fee in Pokhara set at up to Rs 12,750 per hour

POKHARA, Sept 28: The Nepal Airsports Association has revised the paragliding rates in Pokhara due to internal disputes and unhealthy competition among business enterprises. The new rates have been fixed at Rs 7,500 to Rs 8,500 for 15-30 minutes and Rs 11,250 to Rs 12,750 for 30-60 minutes. Pilots will now earn 60 percent of...

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