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Domestic airlines agree to cut fares amid festive travel demand

Domestic airlines have agreed to sell tickets below the approved airfares following Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s directive and intervention by Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Khadak Raj Paudel.

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Japan provides Rs 2.767 billion grant to upgrade TIA air traffic control facilities

The Government of Japan has agreed to provide a grant of 2.853 billion yen, equivalent to Rs 2.767 billion, to Nepal for the improvement of air traffic control facilities at Tribhuvan International Airport.

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Bajura police launch school campaign to prevent sexual violence

Police in Bajura have launched a school-focused poster campaign against sexual violence after an analysis of cases registered in the district found that girls aged 10–18 accounted for 60.9 percent of recorded victims over the past five years.

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Asian Paints Champions Cup national stage begins Thursday

The national stage of the Asian Paints Champions Cup 2026, an all-Nepal inter-school U-18 football tournament, begins on Thursday with provincial champions competing for the boys’ and girls’ national titles.

The Supreme Court building at Singha Durbar, which is now in the final phase of construction. Photo: Ratna Shrestha/RSS

Supreme Court halts Sudurpaschim's plan to revise FY27 budget

The Supreme Court has ordered the Sudurpaschim provincial government to halt preparations to reconstruct the budget for the current fiscal year, creating uncertainty over its plan to introduce a new budget.

Science and Tech

Portraits of Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai are shown on the screen as they are awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 7, 2026. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP

Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs

Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs and transformed modern medicine.

Physicist Francis Halzen flashes a victory sign in his hotel in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. Photo: AP

Scientist who hunts mysterious ghost particles in the Antarctic ice wins Nobel Prize for physics

Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved.

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CIB seeks cases against four ANFA officials over Rs 6.65m irregularities

The Nepal Police Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has recommended filing cases against four officials of the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) over alleged financial irregularities amounting to more than Rs 6.65 million.

A student attends a protest against under-resourced schools, in Rennes, western France, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. Photo: AP

Gruesome injuries throw spotlight on France's policing of high school protests

The police tear gas grenade shattered the 14-year-old’s jaw and many of his teeth. The officer who fired it was taken into custody a week later and charged with violent mutilation, punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Following surgery, the boy cannot speak and can only eat with a straw, his mother says.

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