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The weather today will remain partly cloudy in the hilly and mountainous region of Koshi Province and mainly fair in the rest of the country.

Later, tonight the weather will continue to remain mainly fair throughout the country, says the 8 am bulletin by the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.

Furthermore, the meteorological analysis by the Department states that at present, there is no significant weather system affecting the country.

The number of Indigenous people who have died in custody in Australia has hit the highest level since records began in 1980, BBC reported. 

New data from the Australian Institute of Criminology showed 33 of the 113 people who died in custody in the 12 months to June this year were Indigenous, up from 24 compared to the previous corresponding period.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system, making up more than one-third of all prisoners, despite being less than four per cent of the country's population, according to BBC. 

President Donald Trump has launched a scheme offering fast-tracked US visas to wealthy foreigners who can pay at least $1m (£750,000), BBC reported. 

The card will give buyers a "direct path to Citizenship for all qualified and vetted people. SO EXCITING! Our Great American Companies can finally keep their invaluable Talent," Trump said on social media on Wednesday.

The Trump Gold Card, which was first announced earlier this year, is a US visa awarded to those who can demonstrate they will provide a "substantial benefit" to the country, according to the scheme's official website, according to BBC. 

US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said, marking a sharp escalation in Washington's pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro's government, BBC reported. 

"We have just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela - a large tanker, very large, the largest one ever seized actually," Trump told reporters at the White House.

Releasing a video of the seizure, Attorney General Pam Bondi described the vessel as a "crude oil tanker used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran".

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in Oslo, Norway, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, waving from the balcony of the Grand Hotel after months in hiding, BBC reported. 

Machado made the covert journey despite a travel ban, and has mostly laid low since Venezuela's disputed presidential election in 2024. She last appeared in public in January.

From the balcony on Wednesday with a crowd cheering below, Machado placed her hand on her heart and sang with her supporters, before walking outside to greet them in person, according to BBC. 

The International Mountain Day (IMD) is being celebrated today with a variety of programs across the world and in Nepal too. 

The day is observed annually on December 11 as per the calls of the United Nations to raise awareness about mountain importance, development challenges, and opportunities. 

This year the day is being commemorated under the theme "Glaciers matter for water, food, and livelihoods in mountains and beyond."

The day also highlights issues like climate change impacts on glaciers, water security, and sustainable livelihoods in mountainous regions. Various events, webinars, photo contests, social media campaigns and local restoration projects are being carried out under the event. 

It may be noted that the United Nations General Assembly had proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation to raise awareness on the vital role glaciers, snow and ice play in the climate system and water cycle, as well as the far-reaching impacts of rapid glacial melt. 

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, (FAO), a UN agency, glaciers and ice sheets hold around 70 percent of the world's freshwater. 

Their accelerated melting represents not only an environmental crisis, but a humanitarian one, threatening agriculture, clean energy, water security and billions of peoples’ lives. Their retreat, driven by rising global temperatures, is a stark indicator of the climate crisis. Melting glaciers and thawing permafrost increase risks such as floods, glacier lake outburst floods, landslides or enhanced erosion and sediment, endangering downstream populations and critical infrastructure. 

Economically, sectors like agriculture, hydropower, mountain tourism and transportation feel the strain of glacier changes. For many Indigenous Peoples, glaciers are sacred, and their disappearance signifies a loss of identity and connection to nature.

International Mountain Day has been celebrated since the UN's 1992 Agenda 21 recognizing mountain ecosystems, leading to 2002 being declared the International Year of Mountains (IMD). 

This spurred the UN General Assembly to establish IMD in 2003 to raise awareness about mountains' crucial role (water, biodiversity, livelihoods) and the threats they face (climate change).

A total of 7,344 different types of violence against women (VAW) cases were reported to the National Women's Commission in the past six years. 

The complaints were made from various parts of the country to the toll-free helpline established by the Commission. 

Of the registered cases in the last six years, 88 percent were reports of domestic violence against women. According to Commission Secretary Rekha Kandel, the age group of women who were reported to have been subjected to violence is between 26 and 40 years.

The data of the past six years of reports received to the Commission's helpline 1145 also states that women with low literacy rates are more likely to be subjected to violence.

This information was shared during an event held on Wednesday to mark the eighth establishment day of the 'National Women's Commission, 1145 Free Helpline Service'.

In the last fiscal year, the Commission stated that 1,202 complaints of violence against women were registered in connection with domestic violence and deprivation of women's rights.

Commission Chairperson Kamala Kumari Parajuli expressed her commitment to work actively in the field of women's rights in the coming days as in the past.

The government and Gen Z representatives late this evening signed a 10-point agreement at the Office of the Prime Minister, Singha Durbar.

Prime Minister Sushila Karki and Bhoj Bikram Thapa, on behalf of those who attained martyrdom and were injured during the Gen Z movement, signed the pact. 

Following the agreement signing ceremony, PM Karki said the consensus would prove to be a milestone in bringing transformations to the country.

 "The agreement will guide tomorrow's wave for change," she said, adding that it will help strengthen the constitution, contributing to the prevention of bloodshed and disasters in the future. 

"We are the same group. Gen Zs are my children, and we all aspire for the youth force to reach state power. Their ideas and thoughts should be the guiding principles of the State. We wish to see a bright future for our children."

The pact incorporates provisions on issues of good governance, constitutional amendment, and the electoral system, in line with the spirit of the Gen Z movement held on September 8-9.

Government ministers, chief secretary, and senior government officials were present on the occasion.