Nepal News archive for 04 March 2010

March 4, 2010 · Filed Under News Archives 

Genetic Variant Offers Protection Against Tuberculosis and Leprosy - Science Daily (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
Hagge, Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal; Saraswoti Khadge, Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal; Mary-Claire King, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Thomas R.

Researchers discover gene that affects susceptibility to TB and clues … - PhysOrg (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
David Tobin, the lead author of a study on genetic susceptibility to tuberculosi stands in a zebrafish aquarium room at the University of Washington. Zebrafish are a model for studying TB. Credit: Leila Gray University of Washington (UW) researchers …

Rate of Glacier Melting May be Key Clue to Tracking Climate Change - Insurance Journal (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
The world has become far too hot for the aptly named Exit Glacier in Alaska. Like many low-altitude glaciers, it’s steadily melting, shrinking two miles (3 kilometers) over the past 200 years as it tries to strike a new balance with rising …

UNESCO chief deplores killing of Nepalese media owner - UN News Centre (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
In Remembrance. 4 March 2010 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the murder of Nepalese media owner Arun Singhaniya, while reiterating her concerns over the ongoing threats faced by …

Glacier melting a key clue to tracking climate change - YAHOO! (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
SINGAPORE/ANCHORAGE (Reuters) – The world has become far too hot for the aptly named Exit Glacier in Alaska . Like many low-altitude glaciers, it’s steadily melting, shrinking two miles over the past 200 years as it tries to strike a new balance …

PureTravel Announce Nepal Tour Operators Live on Website - PR.com (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
Nepal travel guide packed with tips and advice and useful information on activities and adventures. Find out what you need to see and do find out and what’s hot right now. This is a one stop travel destination guide so you can plan your travel …

De La Cruz carries life’s lessons close to heart - San Marcos Daily Record (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
San Marcos — Daniel De La Cruz has traveled the world twice, living in places and conditions that most would never want to experience. From the barren heat of Somalia to the extreme cold of seven degrees below zero in remote parts of Alaska, De …

Genetic variant offers protection against TB and leprosy - PhysOrg (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
Our immune system uses two broad strategies to defend us from infection: innate immunity and adaptive immunity. Innate immunity is the immune response that we are born with; it is the first line of defence, swift, but more generalised than adaptive …

Nepali Times

Dirty dealings (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
The police helped an ex-officer suspected of involvement in Jamim Shah’s murder case to flee, it has been reported.

Up in arms (March 3, 2010) - [read more]
Media and business houses decry the lawlessness and demand tough action against the

While Rome burns… (March 2, 2010) - [read more]
Unidentified men opened fire at an Indian citizen in Lazimpat, Kathmandu on

Two deaths (March 1, 2010) - [read more]
A Young Communist League activist was killed on Saturday when a dispute between YCL and UML affiliated Youth Force turned deadly. The Kathmandu Post writes:
An activist of the Young Communist League (YCL), the youth wing of the UCPN

Fly, fly away (March 1, 2010) - [read more]


Pictures from Holi celebrations in Kathmandu. The festival of colour, also known as Fagu, was celebrated in hilly region on Sunday. It will be celebrated in Terai on Monday. ALL PICTURES: KIRAN PANDAY

No more banda? (February 27, 2010) - [read more]
Sixteen political parties sign a declaration to stop the practice of banda for Nepal Tourism Year 2011.

Misuse and abuse (February 25, 2010) - [read more]
Oli uses police to seize NEA’s vehicle. Koirala fails to produce receipts. Kushwaha pledges

Nepal News

Protesting journalists clash with police (March 4, 2010) - [read more]

Journalists scuffle with police during a protest in front of the chief district office against the killing of Arun Singhania, a newspaper publisher, in Kathmandu yesterday Nepalese journalists yesterday clashed with police as they picketed a government building in Kathmandu to demand improved security after the murder of a newspaper publisher.

Janakpur editor gets death threat (March 3, 2010) - [read more]

JANAKPUR: The editor of Janakpur Today, Brij Kumar Yadav, has been threatened with death on Tuesday by a criminal group that claimed responsibility for the murder of the newspaper publisher Arun Singhaniya.

Protests against killing of journalist (March 3, 2010) - [read more]

Hundreds of journalists in Nepal on Wednesday staged a protest rally in the capital to highlight growing insecurity among media persons after the killing of a top publisher from the Terai region bordering India.

Yechury tries hard to play down a cruciala Nepal visit (March 3, 2010) - [read more]

Senior Communist Party of India leader Sitaram Yechury who played an important role in Nepala s peace process today tried hard to downplay his a cruciala visit to the Himalayan nation.

India to contact Bangladesh over IC-814 hijack plotter (March 2, 2010) - [read more]

India Tuesday said it will get in touch with Bangladesh after confirming the identity of an arrested militant, who has reportedly confessed to having plotted the 1999 hijacking of the Air India flight IC-814 from Kathmandu to Kandahar in Afghanistan.

Nepal: Indian media tycoon dead, MD shot at (March 2, 2010) - [read more]

KATHMANDU: Less than 24 hours after a media tycoon of Indian origin was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southern Nepal, the Indian managing director of an Indian-owned medical college survived a daring attack on his life in the most secure area of the capital Tuesday, police said.

Yechury meets Nepal leaders (March 2, 2010) - [read more]

KATHMANDU: Communist Party of India Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury, who played an important role during Nepal’s second jana andolan in 2006 to help political parties in the country forge consensus, is here on a three-day visit.

Nepal Maoists accuse India of instigating Tibetans (March 1, 2010) - [read more]

Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas have accused India of instigating anti-China activities in Nepal.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

India-Pakistan Talks: Nepali Viewpoint (February 28, 2010) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
May be they should have installed a closed circuit TV camera inside the hall sending live feeds over the Web. That could have saved millions of people from confusion. No one knows for sure what exactly happened inside Hyderabad House, a New Delhi landmark, where foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan held talks [...]

Nepal News archive for 04 March 2010

March 4, 2010 · Filed Under News Archives 

Genetic Variant Offers Protection Against Tuberculosis and Leprosy - Science Daily (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
Hagge, Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal; Saraswoti Khadge, Mycobacterial Research Laboratory, Anandaban Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal; Mary-Claire King, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Thomas R.

Researchers discover gene that affects susceptibility to TB and clues … - PhysOrg (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
David Tobin, the lead author of a study on genetic susceptibility to tuberculosi stands in a zebrafish aquarium room at the University of Washington. Zebrafish are a model for studying TB. Credit: Leila Gray University of Washington (UW) researchers …

Advection’ causing mercury to rise over north-west - Hindu Business Line (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
The weather will be particularly heavy over west Uttar Pradesh and along the Himalaya foothills and Nepal where heavy rains can trigger landslides, according to the forecasts.

Rate of Glacier Melting May be Key Clue to Tracking Climate Change - Insurance Journal (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
The world has become far too hot for the aptly named Exit Glacier in Alaska. Like many low-altitude glaciers, it’s steadily melting, shrinking two miles (3 kilometers) over the past 200 years as it tries to strike a new balance with rising …

UNESCO chief deplores killing of Nepalese media owner - UN News Centre (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
In Remembrance. 4 March 2010 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the murder of Nepalese media owner Arun Singhaniya, while reiterating her concerns over the ongoing threats faced by …

Glacier melting a key clue to tracking climate change - YAHOO! (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
SINGAPORE/ANCHORAGE (Reuters) – The world has become far too hot for the aptly named Exit Glacier in Alaska . Like many low-altitude glaciers, it’s steadily melting, shrinking two miles over the past 200 years as it tries to strike a new balance …

PureTravel Announce Nepal Tour Operators Live on Website - PR.com (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
Nepal travel guide packed with tips and advice and useful information on activities and adventures. Find out what you need to see and do find out and what’s hot right now. This is a one stop travel destination guide so you can plan your travel …

Ban on rice exports lifted partially - Hindu Business Line (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
… wake of fears of domestic shortage of rice from early 2008, the Government has partially lifted the ban on export of non-basmati rice by permitting its exports to Sri Lanka and Nepal with a ceiling on diplomatic grounds to keep the friendly ties …

Nepali Times

Dirty dealings (March 4, 2010) - [read more]
The police helped an ex-officer suspected of involvement in Jamim Shah’s murder case to flee, it has been reported.

Up in arms (March 3, 2010) - [read more]
Media and business houses decry the lawlessness and demand tough action against the

While Rome burns… (March 2, 2010) - [read more]
Unidentified men opened fire at an Indian citizen in Lazimpat, Kathmandu on

Two deaths (March 1, 2010) - [read more]
A Young Communist League activist was killed on Saturday when a dispute between YCL and UML affiliated Youth Force turned deadly. The Kathmandu Post writes:
An activist of the Young Communist League (YCL), the youth wing of the UCPN

Fly, fly away (March 1, 2010) - [read more]


Pictures from Holi celebrations in Kathmandu. The festival of colour, also known as Fagu, was celebrated in hilly region on Sunday. It will be celebrated in Terai on Monday. ALL PICTURES: KIRAN PANDAY

No more banda? (February 27, 2010) - [read more]
Sixteen political parties sign a declaration to stop the practice of banda for Nepal Tourism Year 2011.

Misuse and abuse (February 25, 2010) - [read more]
Oli uses police to seize NEA’s vehicle. Koirala fails to produce receipts. Kushwaha pledges

Nepal News

Protesting journalists clash with police (March 4, 2010) - [read more]

Journalists scuffle with police during a protest in front of the chief district office against the killing of Arun Singhania, a newspaper publisher, in Kathmandu yesterday Nepalese journalists yesterday clashed with police as they picketed a government building in Kathmandu to demand improved security after the murder of a newspaper publisher.

Janakpur editor gets death threat (March 3, 2010) - [read more]

JANAKPUR: The editor of Janakpur Today, Brij Kumar Yadav, has been threatened with death on Tuesday by a criminal group that claimed responsibility for the murder of the newspaper publisher Arun Singhaniya.

Protests against killing of journalist (March 3, 2010) - [read more]

Hundreds of journalists in Nepal on Wednesday staged a protest rally in the capital to highlight growing insecurity among media persons after the killing of a top publisher from the Terai region bordering India.

Yechury tries hard to play down a cruciala Nepal visit (March 3, 2010) - [read more]

Senior Communist Party of India leader Sitaram Yechury who played an important role in Nepala s peace process today tried hard to downplay his a cruciala visit to the Himalayan nation.

India to contact Bangladesh over IC-814 hijack plotter (March 2, 2010) - [read more]

India Tuesday said it will get in touch with Bangladesh after confirming the identity of an arrested militant, who has reportedly confessed to having plotted the 1999 hijacking of the Air India flight IC-814 from Kathmandu to Kandahar in Afghanistan.

Nepal: Indian media tycoon dead, MD shot at (March 2, 2010) - [read more]

KATHMANDU: Less than 24 hours after a media tycoon of Indian origin was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southern Nepal, the Indian managing director of an Indian-owned medical college survived a daring attack on his life in the most secure area of the capital Tuesday, police said.

Yechury meets Nepal leaders (March 2, 2010) - [read more]

KATHMANDU: Communist Party of India Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury, who played an important role during Nepal’s second jana andolan in 2006 to help political parties in the country forge consensus, is here on a three-day visit.

Nepal Maoists accuse India of instigating Tibetans (March 1, 2010) - [read more]

Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas have accused India of instigating anti-China activities in Nepal.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

India-Pakistan Talks: Nepali Viewpoint (February 28, 2010) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
May be they should have installed a closed circuit TV camera inside the hall sending live feeds over the Web. That could have saved millions of people from confusion. No one knows for sure what exactly happened inside Hyderabad House, a New Delhi landmark, where foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan held talks [...]

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