Science & Tech

JAKARTA, Nov 11: From the southern border of Germany to the highest peaks in Africa, glaciers around the world have served as moneymaking tourist attractions, natural climate records for scientists and beacons of beliefs for indigenous groups. With many glaciers rapidly melting because of climate change, the disappearance of the ...

Governments will push for agreement on Monday on how to help vulnerable countries deal with global warming and compensate them for damage already done, a test of whether developing and rich nations can end a standoff over cash for climate change. At the start of a crunch week for the ...

Swabalamban Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (SWBBL) has proposed a 25% dividend for the fiscal year 2077/78. The 374th meeting of the board of directors held on Ashoj 21 decided to distribute the dividend on the paid-up capital of Rs. 94.3 crores. 19% bonus shares worth Rs 17.91 crores and 6% cash ...

Archaeologists and heritage conservationists are excited about the recent discovery  of an ancient statue in Dhulikhel. The statue was found about 300 meters below the surface on the Araniko Highway, in Dhulikhel Municipality-3 of Kavre, by the locals a few days ago. This has animated the social media as well.  ...

The world was slowly going digital, and mobile payment was becoming part of people’s lifestyle. In contrast, Nepal seemed to remain untouched by the emerging technological development. There was no policy in place. Though we planned to start a mobile-payment platform around at 2010, we could not start the project ...

Nepal’s telecommunication sector deserves credit for being one of the key links between the government and the public during the coronavirus outbreak. It was one of the first sectors to jump into action at the start of the crisis, with various telecom companies using text messages and Outbound Dialling (OBD) ...

BY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the universe, originating from a super-massive black hole. Scientists reported Thursday that the blast came from a black hole in a cluster of galaxies 390 million light-years away. The explosion was so large it carved out ...

The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is in the final stage to fix about 50 locations in major highways across the country to install charging stations for the electric vehicles. It plans to establish charging stations in every 200–300 km. According to power Authority”Each station will have 142 kw DC fast ...

The construction of the cruise ship in ward no. 16 of Bharatpur metropolis has now reached its final stage. A cruise ship will be available for public transportation from mid-February. According to managing director of the Rhino Water Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Ram Chandra Kandel”Recent decision of the cabinet too allow registration ...

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who has spent nearly 11 months in orbit on the longest spaceflight by a woman, landed safely in Kazakhstan on February 6 along with two of her International Space Station crewmates Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos. ...