Society - Setopati English Edition

Sunday, Baisakh 26, 2078

Family members pay last respect to their relative who died of COVID-19 before cremation by the River Ganges in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 8, 2021.

India’s double whammy of rising cases and few shots

AP Sunday, Baisakh 26, 2078

Nepal reports record 88 COVID-19 deaths Sunday, 8,777 test positive

Setopati Sunday, Baisakh 26, 2078

Shoppers crowd at a marketplace in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 7, 2021. India's surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh.

India's virus surge pushes Bangladesh into trouble

AP Sunday, Baisakh 26, 2078

Doctors caring with COVID-19 patients ferry medical equipment, at the Farcha provincial hospital in N'Djamena, Chad, Friday April 30, 2021.

Vaccine deserts: Some countries have no COVID-19 jabs at all

AP Sunday, Baisakh 26, 2078

In this April 29, 2021, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Long March 5B rocket carrying a module for a Chinese space station lifts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang in southern China's Hainan Province.

China claims most rocket debris burned up during reentry

AP Sunday, Baisakh 26, 2078

Afghan men try to identify the dead bodies at a hospital after a bomb explosion near a school west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 8, 2021.

Death toll in Kabul school bombing soars to 50

AP Sunday, Baisakh 26, 2078

8,287 test positive, 53 COVID-19 deaths reported Saturday

Setopati Saturday, Baisakh 25, 2078

Indians line up to receive the vaccine for COVID-19 at a medical college in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 8, 2021.

India's surge hits southern states, prompts more lockdowns

AP Saturday, Baisakh 25, 2078

In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, a medical worker poses with a vial of the Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine in Belgrade, Serbia.

WHO gives emergency use authorization for China's Sinopharm vaccine

AP Friday, Baisakh 24, 2078

SC grants bail to ex-CIAA chief Basnet citing old age and health

Setopati Friday, Baisakh 24, 2078

Record 9,023 test positive, 50 COVID-19 deaths reported Friday

Setopati Friday, Baisakh 24, 2078

Body of a COVID-19 victim is wheeled in for cremation in a ground that has been converted into a crematorium in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 6, 2021.

India cases hit new record as calls for strict lockdown grow

AP Friday, Baisakh 24, 2078

Police get out of an armored vehicle during an operation against alleged drug traffickers in the Jacarezinho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, May 6, 2021.

At least 25 dead during Brazilian police raid in Rio

AP Friday, Baisakh 24, 2078

In this Nov. 8, 2020, file photo, Vice President Kamala Harris' maternal uncle, Balachandran Gopalan, talks to media outside his house, in New Delhi, India.

US Vice President Harris’ family in India grapples with COVID

AP Friday, Baisakh 24, 2078

Why patents on COVID vaccines are so contentious

AP Friday, Baisakh 24, 2078

Can COVID-19 vaccines affect my period?

AP Friday, Baisakh 24, 2078

Record 8,970 test positive, 54 COVID-19 deaths reported Thursday

Setopati Thursday, Baisakh 23, 2078

In this April 8, 2021, file photo, a Northwell Health registered nurses fills a syringe with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a pop up vaccination site at the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center in the Staten Island borough of New York.

World mulls next step as US backs intellectual property waiver on vaccines

AP Thursday, Baisakh 23, 2078

A worker sprinkles fuel on burning funeral pyres of COVID-19 victims at an open crematorium set up at a granite quarry on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

India hits another grim record as it scrambles oxygen supply

AP Thursday, Baisakh 23, 2078

Singer Prem Dhoj Pradhan passes away

Setopati Thursday, Baisakh 23, 2078

A displaced Tigrayan boy walks with a relative to receive food at the Hadnet General Secondary School which has become a makeshift home to thousands displaced by the conflict, in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Wednesday.

UN says 155 million people faced severe hunger last year

AP Thursday, Baisakh 23, 2078

Facebook board upholds Trump suspension, but not indefinitely

AP Wednesday, Baisakh 22, 2078

Record 58 COVID-19 deaths, 8,605 infections reported Wednesday

Setopati Wednesday, Baisakh 22, 2078

In this April 29, 2021, file photo, relatives react to heat emitting from the multiple funeral pyres of COVID-19 victims at a crematorium in the outskirts of New Delhi, India.

Indian government faces lockdown calls, contempt charges as infections surge

AP Wednesday, Baisakh 22, 2078

File Photo

Bill and Melinda Gates divorce could shake up philanthropy

AP Wednesday, Baisakh 22, 2078

In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally in Washington. Former President Trump will find out whether he gets to return to Facebook on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

Will Donald Trump return to Facebook?

AP Wednesday, Baisakh 22, 2078

Death toll in Mexico City metro overpass collapse rises to 23

AP Tuesday, Baisakh 21, 2078

Nepal reports record 55 COVID-19 deaths, 7,587 cases Tuesday

Setopati Tuesday, Baisakh 21, 2078

Prohibitory orders in Valley extended till May 12, shops to open from 7-9am

Setopati Tuesday, Baisakh 21, 2078

Rescue personnel stand in front of Mexico City subway cars laying at an angle after a section of Line 12 of the subway collapsed in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 4, 2021.

Mexico City metro overpass collapses onto road killing 15

AP Tuesday, Baisakh 21, 2078

A man walks carrying a refilled cylinder as family members of COVID-19 patients wait in queue to refill their oxygen cylinders at Mayapuri area in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 3, 2021.

India crosses 20M cases, braces for ‘horrible’ weeks ahead

AP Tuesday, Baisakh 21, 2078

File Photo

Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce

AP Tuesday, Baisakh 21, 2078

37 COVID-19 deaths, record 7,388 infections reported Monday

Setopati Monday, Baisakh 20, 2078

COVAX signs deal with Moderna for 500M vaccine doses

AP Monday, Baisakh 20, 2078

NA starts cremating bodies of infected persons at Bagmati bank (Photo Feature)

Narayan Maharjan Monday, Baisakh 20, 2078

Russia turns to China to produce Sputnik shots

AP Monday, Baisakh 20, 2078

Body of a COVID-19 victim lies covered in white cloth next to a burning pyre of another victim at a cremation ground in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 1, 2021.

Why India's pandemic data is vastly undercounted

AP Sunday, Baisakh 19, 2078

7,137 test positive, 27 COVID-19 deaths reported Sunday

Setopati Sunday, Baisakh 19, 2078

Firefighters work to extinguish burning fuel tankers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 2, 2021.

Roaring tanker fire kills 7, injures 14 in Kabul

AP Sunday, Baisakh 19, 2078

Body of a COVID-19 victim is wheeled in a ground that has been converted into a crematorium in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 1, 2021.

Indian court urges government action as hospitals cry for help amidst raging pandemic

AP Sunday, Baisakh 19, 2078

File Photo

Jhala Nath Khanal hospitalized after testing positive

Setopati Saturday, Baisakh 18, 2078

5,706 test positive, 19 COVID-19 deaths reported Saturday

Setopati Saturday, Baisakh 18, 2078

File Photo

India reports record 400K cases, 3,523 deaths recorded

Agencies Saturday, Baisakh 18, 2078

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media on India, prior to boarding Air Force Two, Friday, April 30, 2021, at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, in Hebron, on return to Washington.

US to restrict travel from India over COVID-19 starting Tuesday

AP Saturday, Baisakh 18, 2078

Hospital fire kills 15 virus patients in India

AP Saturday, Baisakh 18, 2078

Afghan security police stand guard in front of the hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April 30, 2021.

21 killed as suicide truck bomber hits Afghan guest house

AP Saturday, Baisakh 18, 2078

5,657 test positive, 33 COVID-19 deaths reported Friday

Setopati Friday, Baisakh 17, 2078

Patan, Bir hospitals to be used only for COVID-19 if necessary

Vivek Rai Friday, Baisakh 17, 2078

Relief supplies from the United States in the wake of India's COVID-19 situation arrive at the Indira Gandhi International Airport cargo terminal in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 30, 2021.

Scientists appeal to Modi to release data as virus rages in India

AP Friday, Baisakh 17, 2078

Israeli security officials and rescuers stand around the bodies of victims who died during a Lag Ba'Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, Friday, April 30, 2021.

Death toll in religious festival stampede in Israel up to 44

AP Friday, Baisakh 17, 2078

1 2 3 4 5 Next