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Nepal govt to get 4 million Moderna Covid-19 vaccines under GAVI

The Nepal government on Friday signed a deal with GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, to procure 4 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine.

Nepal reports 3,260 new Covid-19 cases, total tally reaches 798,651

Nepal detected 3,260 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking the total tally to 798,651, while the death toll reached 10,212 after 32 fresh fatalities were recorded, the health ministry said

Nepal receives first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid from Japan

Nepal received the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from Japan on Saturday, local media reports said.

Global coronavirus update: Nepal's Covid-19 death toll crosses 10,000-mark

Nepal's coronavirus death toll crossed the 10,000-mark, as the country recorded 25 fresh virus-related deaths on Friday, according to official data. In the last 24 hours, Nepal reported 3,729 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of cases to 777,589, said the Ministry of Health and Population in its daily statement. The death toll stands at 10,019. In the same period, 1,885 people recovered from the disease. A total of 9,493 Polymerase Chain Reaction tests and 6,182 antigen tests were conducted on Friday. There are currently 34,942 active COVID-19 cases at various care institutions in the country.

Nepal sees highest single-day spike of 4,107 Covid cases since relaxation

Nepal on Wednesday recorded the highest single-day spike of 4,107 new coronavirus cases since the government relaxed the prohibitory orders a few weeks ago

Nepal: Covid-19 lockdown extended in Kathmandu Valley till Aug 11

The authorities in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley on Tuesday extended the ongoing lockdown till August 11 to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

Realme to start export of India-made smartphones to Nepal from Q3

Tech major Realme on Monday said it will begin exporting India-made smartphones to Nepal in the third quarter of 2021.

China's Realme to export 'make in India' smartphones to Nepal from Q3 2021

Realme aims to be among the top 2 smartphone brands in the neighbouring country by 2022

Nepal's Deuba thanks Modi; says shared views with him on strengthening ties

Nepal's newly-appointed Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Monday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the congratulatory message

Consider the evidence: Will change of guard change Nepal's fortune?

Deuba was previously appointed prime minister in 1995, 2001, 2004, and 2017, but has never served a full term

Nepal's new PM Sher Bahadur Deuba wins vote of confidence in Parliament

Nepal's new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday comfortably won a vote of confidence in the reinstated lower House of Parliament

First meeting of Nepal's reinstated House of Representatives on Sunday

The first meeting of Nepal's lower house, after its reinstatement by the Supreme Court last week, is set to begin from Sunday.

Nepal govt recommends to President to summon House session on July 18

Nepal's government on Thursday recommended President Bidya Devi Bhandari to summon the new session of the House of Representatives on July 18, according to a Cabinet minister. A Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba made the decision to summon the meeting of the reinstated House on July 18, Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand told reporters. This would be the first meeting of the 275-member lower house of parliament after it was unconstitutionally dissolved on May 22. A five-member Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana on Monday reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives for a second time in five months. The bench issued a mandamus to appoint then Opposition Leader Deuba as the Prime Minister by Tuesday and also ordered summoning new session of House of Representatives on July 18. President Bhandari had dissolved the lower house for the second time in five months on May 22 at the recommendation of then Prim

Nepal instability: Confidence vote to decide government's tenure

If Deuba loses the floor test, the country will go to the polls in six months

Sher Bahadur Deuba takes oath as Nepal's PM for record fifth time

The 75-year-old veteran politician took the oath of office and secrecy from President Bidya Devi Bhandari during a swearing-in ceremony here.

Deuba's immediate task is to usher in political stability in Nepal

Sher Bahadur Deuba assumed office for a record fifth time as Nepal's Prime Minister

Nepal to get over 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Japan

Nepal will receive over a million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Japan at a time when the country is facing a severe shortage of the jabs.

Sher Bahadur Deuba becomes Nepal's prime minister for the fifth time

Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday became the country's Prime Minister for the fifth time, media reports said

'Nepal's Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba to form small Cabinet'

Nepal's Opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba is set to form a small Cabinet on Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court directs to appoint the Nepali Congress chief as the country's new prime minister

Oli supporters protest against SC verdict to reinstate dissolved House

Nepal's caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli supporters on Monday protested against the Supreme Court's order to reinstate the dissolved House of Representatives