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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…

LONDON: Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has tested positive for COVID-19, the Premier League club said on Monday, making him the third player in the squad to return a positive test in recent weeks. City winger Riyad Mahrez and defender Aymeric Laporte previously tested positive for the novel coronavirus earlier this month. “Ilkay is now observing a 10-day period of self-isolation in accordance with Premier League and UK Government protocol on quarantine,” the club said in a statement. Gundogan is likely to miss three matches for City while he self-isolates, including Monday’s league clash against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Thursday’s League Cup…

ITAHARI, SEPTEMBER 20 Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City has prepared a 100-bed isolation centre. Located on the premises of Itahari Stadium, the isolation centre will come into operation from tomorrow, said Ward Chair Bhupendra Baral. Construction of the isolation centre began on September 11. Province 1 government had allocated Rs 2 million for it, according to Provincial Assembly Member from Itahari Srabadhwaj Sanba. The health facility has 12 toilets and two spacious bathrooms, clean running water and electricity along with required health services, Baral added. He is also coordinator of the isolation construction sub-committee. Previously, Itahari had set up a quarantine centre…

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. A screenshot of today’s media briefing. As of today, 914,290 tests through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method have been carried wherein 9,584 tests were carried out in the last 24 hours. At present, there are 7,451 people under quarantine in various facilities across the country. The number of active cases Nepal, currently, is 17,478. 1,325 new cases of the coronavirus infection were registered today taking the national tally to 64,122. As many as…