With growing cases of Covid-19 in Nepal, 12 districts in the country have entered the phase of community transmission, the Ministry of Health and Population said on Tuesday.
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Today marks the 162nd day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 36,21,245 confirmed COVID-19 cases (yahoo news), including 64,469 deaths.
A rising yen accompanied the news yesterday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will step down as Prime Minister of Japan for health reasons.
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The international organization ASEAN has set an ambitious target of securing 23 percent of its primary energy from renewable sources by 2025.
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While the South Asian subcontinent struggles to flatten the coronavirus curve, with India alone reporting 3.23 million cases and taking third place in the world, Sri Lanka provides a glimmer of hope to curb the regular rate of infection.
The management of the Covid-19 epidemic was disastrous in India. Poor prophylaxis, blocking of all land transport, which forced 460 million people to walk to work, false beliefs (yoga and cow urine in anti-Covid function).
Since Nepal has claimed three territories in India as its own, the tension between the two countries has been on an increase mode. Following the concern of India on the constant quarrel of Nepal government.