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July 17, 2025 7:55 PM
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The Nepal government has suspended Sharad Ojha, Chairperson of the Nepal Insurance Authority (NIA), following the formation of a probe committee to investigate his performance and conduct in office. A three-member committee led by former Justice Krishna Giri, with members Kapil Dev Oli and Jiwan P...
July 17, 2025 7:46 PM
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Nepal has received a foreign aid commitment of Rs. 273.04 billion for the Fiscal Year 2024/25, which is above the annual estimates announced in the budget of the same year. Statistics from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) showed that the country received the commitments of Rs. 215.54 billion for loan...
July 17, 2025 7:33 PM
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In Bihar, at least 19 people were killed and several were injured due to lightning in the state in the past 24 hours. A maximum of five casualties have been reported in Nalanda district, followed by four in Vaishali district this afternoon. Two fatalities were reported in each Patna and Banka dist...
July 17, 2025 7:22 PM
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India has achieved a significant milestone by successfully destroying two Aerial High Speed Unmanned targets at high-altitude in Ladakh by Akash Prime, which is the upgraded variant of Akash Weapon System for the Indian Army. The weapon system is customised to operate in altitude above 4,500 metre...
July 17, 2025 7:17 PM
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Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh formally flagged off mountaineering expeditions to Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro at an event organised in South Block, New Delhi today. The expedition to Mount Everest was conducted to commemorate sixty glorious years of Nehru Institute of Mountaineering...
July 17, 2025 6:51 PM
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The U.S. Senate has approved President Donald Trump’s plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. The Senate voted 51 to 48 in favor of Mr. Trump’s request to cut 9 billion dollars in spending already approved by Congress. Most of the cuts are to progr...
July 17, 2025 6:42 PM
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In a remarkable breakthrough, scientists in the UK used a three-person in vitro fertilization (IVF) technique to bring to life eight children and spared them from genetic mitochondrial disease. The infants-four girls and four boys, including one set of identical twins-were born using DNA from thre...
July 17, 2025 6:23 PM
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Lakshmi Jadala, Asia’s top-ranked para lawn tennis player with an intellectual disability, clinched the gold medal at the National Tennis Championship 2025 (Disability Sports) held in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. With this triumphant win, 15-year-old Jadala has officially qualified for the Special Oly...
July 17, 2025 6:04 PM
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In a significant move to enhance connectivity in Jammu region and facilitate pilgrimage, the Ministry of Railways has sanctioned Final Location Survey (FLS) for an additional new rail line between Jammu and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra covering a length of 77.96 kilometres. Akashvani Jammu Corresp...
July 17, 2025 5:37 PM
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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has accused the interim government of failing to control escalating lawlessness, alleging a deliberate attempt to destabilise the country ahead of February’s parliamentary election. In a statement issued after a standing committee meeting, the BNP cited risin...
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