Nepal

Around 400 kg of plastic ropes have been left on Everest area last climbing season, remaining there for decades; as there is no policy to bring them down, 50 tons of climbing ropes are estimated to lie buried under the snow, polluting mountains

According to the Nepal Independent Power Producers Association, the umbrella organisation of private sector power developers, over twenty projects across the country were damaged in 2021 due to floods and landslides

Balgopaleshwor Temple will remain open this year on Bhai Tika day, the last of the five days of the Tihar festival, with the Kathmandu Metropolitan City making all preparations to open the temple from morning today

The Telecom Authority has prepared a draft regulation allowing and recommending that telecom service providers merge; there are currently 138 internet operators

A Kathmandu District Court verdict prevents businesses from adding VAT at 13% and service charge at 10% to the bill, as they have done so far

The stagnating prices of paracetamol are contributing to its shortage; the price hasn't been revised for 14 years and the government has listed it as an essential drug, providing it for free to state health facilities in the country

About 18% of children under five in Saptari and Udayapur districts were found to be suffering from wasting, compared to the national average of 12%, according to officials of the Ministry of Health and Population

The 'Himalayan Vegan Festival 2022', organised by the World Vegan Organisation of Nepal, in Lumbini, Kathmandu and Pokhara during the month of September, aims to spread awareness of a healthy plant-based diet and promote plant-based culinary tourism

In 2019, the country recorded the highest age-standardised mortality rate for chronic lung disease caused by air pollution, thus having the highest rate in the world, according to results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Nepali Congress president Deuba has appointed 10 women as members of the party's Central Working Committee

The state oil monopoly Nepal Oil Corporation is reluctant to reduce prices despite price cuts by the Indian supplier

The state-owned telecommunications company stated that the 5G trial will be delayed for another few months after blocking trials of the new mobile network technology for a year

The government's spending on social security allowance is set to almost double in two years by the end of the next fiscal year 2022-23 due to measures such as lowering the age of eligibility for old age allowance