Pragatisheel Loktantrik Party announced, election symbol eye
The Pragatisheel Loktantrik Party was announced on Sunday.
The party was announced with the unification of Baburam Bhattarai-led Nepal Samajwadi Party (Naya Shakti), Janardan Sharma’s Pragatisheel Rastriya Abhiyan, and Santosh Pariyar, who recently left the Rastriya Swatantra Party, at a program organized in Kathmandu this afternoon.
The leaders have stated that progressive socialism is the party’s guiding principle and its election symbol is an eye.
It has been said that the party will have 151 central members.
Nepse surges by 39. 92 points on Sunday
The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) gained 39. 92 points to close at 2, 600. 22 points on Sunday.
Similarly, the sensitive index surged by 7. 63 points to close at 448. 29 points.
A total of 13,381,926-unit shares of 334 companies were traded for Rs 6. 28 billion.
Meanwhile, Sagar Distillery Limited (SAGAR)
was the top gainer today, with its price surging by 10. 00 percent.
Likewise, Peoples Hydropower Company Limited (PHCL) was the top loser as its price fell by 7. 65 percent.
At the end of the day, total market capitalization stood at Rs 1. 47 trillion.
Around 90 percent population vaccinated against cholera in Bara and Parsa
Around 90 percent of the population in Bara and Parsa districts has been administered with anti-cholera vaccine.
The anti-cholera immunization drive was launched in two-phase.
According to Head of Family Welfare Division of the Department of Health Services, Dr Abhiyan Gautam, the vaccine was administered to 88.25 percent people (322,926) in Bara and 90 percent (589,354) in Parsa.
The immunization drive was launched for the people above one year in Bara from October 12-19 while from October 30-November 13 in Parsa.
Gautam shared that the anti-cholera immunization drive launched in the two districts had the highest coverage so far.
Earlier, the coverage used to be 70-80 percent. Ten percent of the population, who missed the vaccination drive, had received the anti-cholera vaccine under the regular immunization programme.
The Department of Health Services had launched the anti-cholera immunization drive in six local levels of Bara and 14 local levels in Parsa following the outbreak of cholera in two districts in the last week of August.
Vietnam floods leave at least 90 dead and 12 missing
At least 90 people have died and another 12 are missing after days of heavy rain in Vietnam led to flooding and landslides, BBC reported.
The Vietnamese government says 186,000 homes have been damaged across the country, with more than three million livestock swept away. Officials estimate there has been hundreds of millions of pounds worth of damage.
The mountainous province of Dak Lak has been severely impacted, recording more than 60 deaths since 16 November, according to BBC.
Protesters hurl balloons, spray paint on Mahesh Basnet’s car in Biratnagar
Youths hurled water balloons and sprayed paint on the vehicle of CPN-UML leader and former minister Mahesh Basnet in Biratnagar on Sunday.
He was on his way to take part in a program in Itahari when the incident occurred this morning.
The youths also chanted slogans against Basnet.
Meanwhile, police have arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the incident.
The suspects have been identified as Arpit Kunwar (19) of Biratnagar-2 and Sanjog Gautam (25) of Biratnagar-1.
The situation is normal now.
Following the incident, police have tightened the security.
Earlier too, Gen Z youths had staged a demonstration outside Simara Airport when UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel and Basnet were scheduled to arrive in Simara to participate in a program.
G20 summit in South Africa adopts declaration despite US boycott, opposition
A Group of 20 leaders’ summit in South Africaadopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges on Saturday after it was drafted without US input in a move a White House official called “shameful.”
The declaration, using language to which Washington has been opposed, “can’t be renegotiated,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson told reporters, reflecting strains between Pretoria and the Trump administration over the event, Reuters reported.
“We had the entire year of working towards this adoption and the past week has been quite intense,” the spokesperson said.
Western leaders say Ukraine plan needs work, Trump signals scope for changes
European and other Western leaders said on Saturday a U.S. peace plan was a basis for talks to end Russia's war in Ukraine but needed "additional work," part of Western efforts to eke out a better deal for Kyiv before a Thursday deadline, Reuters reported.
Meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit, European and other Western leaders scrambled to come up with a coordinated response to U.S. President Donald Trump'sdemand for Ukraine to accept his 28-point peace plan with Russia by Thursday.
US, Ukraine and European officials hold talks in Geneva on Trump's plan to end war
Top officials from the United States, Ukraine, and national security advisers from France, Britain and Germany hold talks in Geneva on Sunday to discuss Washington's draft plan to end the war in Ukraine, Reuters reported.
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were due to arrive on Sunday for the talks on ending Russia's invasion, now in its fourth year.
On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had until Thursday to approve the 28-point plan, which calls on Ukraine to cede territory, accept limits on its military and renounce ambitions to join NATO, according to Reuters.
