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KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Health Ministry, in its regular press briefing, shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country, and government’s response to the health crisis. READ ALSO: Close to 9000 active cases of coronavirus infection in Kathmandu valley alone A screenshot of today’s media briefing. As of today, 944,474 tests through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method have been carried wherein 9,497 tests were carried out in the last 24 hours. At present, there are 7,104 people under quarantine in various facilities across the country. The number of active cases Nepal, currently, is 17,414. 1,172 new cases of the coronavirus infection…

INARUWA, SEPTEMBER 22 Flood and cold wave survivors in Jalpapur of Inaruwa, Sunsari, have accused local representatives of embezzling the fund provided to them as relief grant. Sunsari District Administration Office, in fiscal year 2017- 18 had released Rs 750,000 for survivors of flood and cold wave to be distributed as relief materials. Each flood-hit family ought to receive Rs 25,000. The survivors said local representatives had distributed the amount to those who were aware of the relief grant. A majority of victims were still unable to get the relief grant due to lapses on the part of local representatives.…

LONDON: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp could barely contain the smile when asked after his side’s 2-0 win at Chelsea on Sunday whether it had been a good week for the Premier League champions. The answer was pretty obvious. Two wins from their opening two Premier League games and, more significantly, they ended the week with an even stronger squad than they boasted last weekend. Sadio Mane’s double earned Liverpool what turned out to be a routine victory after Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen was red-carded for pulling down Mane just before halftime. But what will concern Liverpool’s title rivals will be…

ROME: World number one Novak Djokovic overcame a sluggish start to lift his fifth Italian Open title on Monday, defeating Argentine Diego Schwartzman 7-5 6-3 for a record 36th ATP Masters crown. Playing in his maiden ATP 1000 final, eighth seed Schwartzman raced out of the blocks to convert two break point opportunities for a 3-0 lead as Djokovic‘s usually clinical backhand offered up some errors. An on-and-off drizzle at Foro Italico, which included a smattering of fans, added to Djokovic‘s frustration but he still found a way past Schwartzman’s serve to draw level at 3-3. Djokovic‘s relentless baseline hitting…

KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 21 The industries in the country utilised only 40 per cent of their installed capacity in the six-month period between Mid-July 2019 to mid-January 2020, reveals the Economic Activities Study Report 2019-20 (Half Yearly) unveiled by Nepal Rastra Bank today. The results reveal a slump of 20 percentage points in capacity utilisation of the industries compared to the capacity utilisation of 60 per cent in the corresponding period of previous fiscal 2018-19. The findings are even more worrying as the study covers the period before the coronavirus pandemic, which means that the industrial capacity utilisation is expected to…

LONDON: Champions Liverpool and Leicester City maintained their winning starts to the Premier League on Sunday as the second weekend of the new season produced a goal-rush. Sadio Mane scored twice just after the break to give Liverpool a 2-0 victory at Chelsea who played half the game with 10 men after Danish defender Andreas Christensen was sent off. Mane’s second goal came after a dreadful error by Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, fuelling speculation that the London club will confirm the signing of Rennes stopper Edouard Mendy. Leicester joined Liverpool, Arsenal and Everton on six points from two games as…