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Annapurna Media Network on Saturday organized an 'EV Rally' to raise awareness about climate change and reducing air pollution.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel inaugurated the fourth edition of the AMN 'EV Rally' organized at Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu today.

The rally, which started from Bhrikutimandap passed through Bhadrakali, Tripureshwor, Teku, Kalimati, Soltimod, Kalanki, Balkhu, Dhobighat, Ekantakuna, Jawalakhel, Kupandol and Tripureshwor before converging into a gathering at Bhrikutimandap.

The price of gold has increased by Rs 4, 200 per tola in the domestic market on Friday.

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association, the precious yellow metal is being traded at Rs 197, 100 per tola today. It was traded at Rs 192, 900 per tola on Thursday.

Similarly, the silver is being traded at Rs 2, 165 per tola today.

Sujan Kadariya has been elected as the Chairman of All Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU). 

He defeated his nearest rival Prakash Paudel by a margin of seven votes. 

In the vote count that concluded last night, Kadariya won the election by securing 732 votes.

The ANNFSU is the student wing of the ruling CPN-UML. 

Anjana Siwakoti and Bikash Shrestha were elected as vice chair and Dipak Dhami as general Secretary.

The Kathmandu District Court on Thursday issued an order to send Durga Prasain and six others to  judicial custody on the charge of inciting criminal activities in the Capital City. 

A single bench of District Judge Dhruba Raj Karki issued an order to send Prasain and six others to judicial custody for their roles in the Tinkune incident. 

Two persons including a photo journalist at Avenues Television Suresh Rajak had died during the violent demonstration of pro-monarchy protesters in Tinkune on May 28. 

Likewise, the court has ordered to release 32 others on bail in the same case. 

Some parts of Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces and some areas in the eastern part of Lumbini Province are experiencing the impacts of monsoon winds at present, according to the Weather Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. 

Also there is an influence of the westerly winds in the western parts of the country. 

According to the Division, there will be partially to generally cloudy weather across the country today.

There is a chance of light to moderate rainfall along with thunder and lightning in some areas of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces.  

Likewise, heavy rain is likely at one or two places in Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces. 

Similarly, some areas of Koshi, Madhes, Gandaki and Sudurpaschim Provinces will receive light to moderate rain along with thunder and lightning tonight. 

Heavy rainfall is predicted in one or two places of Koshi Province, according to the Division.

An Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London, carrying 242 passengers and crew, crashed shortly after takeoff on Thursday (June 12, 2025) afternoon. Barring one miracle survivor, no one else could be rescued. Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was among those killed in the crash.

The Boeing 787-8 aircraft took off at 1:38 p.m. Five minutes later, the aircraft plummeted into the B.J. Medical College hostel mess 5km from the airport, as over 100 students were gathered for lunch. A towering plume of smoke was visible from afar after a massive explosion, The Hindu reported.

Government sources said the pilots gave a ‘Mayday’ call immediately after takeoff, signalling a life-threatening emergency. The aircraft was steered by Pilot in Command Sumit Sabharwal, and co-Pilot Clive Kunder.

After meeting the sole survivor of the crash in hospital, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said none of the other passengers could be saved. “Due to the huge amount of fuel at 1.25 lakh litre and high temperature from the explosion, no one could be rescued,” he said. The Press Trust of India identified the survivor as Vishwaskumar Ramesh, who was travelling in the A11 seat of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, heading to London with his brother, according to The Hindu.

Former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, who served between 2016 and 2021, was among the passengers on the ill-fated London-bound Dreamliner that went down minutes after take-off from Ahmedabad, India Today reported.

Rupani's demise marks the second time a former Gujarat CM has died in a plane crash, six decades after Balwantrai Mehta's fatal air accident in 1965.

At least 204 people were killed and 41 were injured after a London-bound Air India flight carrying 242 people crashedminutes after taking off from Ahmedabad in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. Flight AI171 came down on a government hospital hostel on the outskirts of the airport, leaving a field of debris and scenes of devastation, India Today reported.

Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik confirmed that 204 people had been killed in the Air India flight crash and indicated that the condition of those injured was extremely critical. Three medical students were killed in the crash, Dr Mehul Shah, chief of Gujarat chapter of the Indian Medical Association, said. He added that several medical students were injured and admitted to the hospital.

The Air India flight had taken off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1.39 pm and crashed just five minutes later. It was bound for London's Gatwick airport. A video of the plane, taken just as it had taken off, showed it struggling to remain airborne and gradually losing altitude before it crashed into the ground, igniting into a fireball, according to India Today.