Compensation provided to 143 affected people of conservation area
The Api Nampa Conservation Area Office has decided to distribute financial compensation to 143 people for the damage caused by wildlife in the conservation area.
Information Officer at the office, Manoj Awasthi said the amount will be provided to the people of the conservation area as compensation for the loss of life, livestock and crops due to wildlife.
In the current fiscal year so far, 105 people have been provided the compensation amount while 38 others have been recommended for the same, he informed.
The office had distributed Rs 1.5 million as compensation to 142 persons in the last fiscal year.
Dominican Republic nightclub collapse kills 79
At least 79 people have been killed and more than 150 injured after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo, officials have said, BBC reported.
A provincial governor and former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel were among the victims. Dotel, 51, died on the way to hospital after being pulled from the debris.
The incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday at a concert by popular merengue singer Rubby Perez at the Jet Set nightclub. He was reported among those trapped in the rubble.
Hundreds of people were inside the venue and some 400 rescuers are still searching for survivors. There are fears the death toll will rise further, according to BBC.
Narayangadh-Butwal road expansion: Daunne section to be closed for four hours daily
The Narayangadh-Butwal road project has decided to halt vehicular traffic for four hours daily from today.
Information Officer at Narayangadh-Butwal Road Construction Project, Shiva Khanal informed that the Daunne section will remain closed from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm today.
The timetable will be effective till April 13. The road will remain closed from 11.00 pm to 5.00 am from April 14.
Russian and US crew blasts off in Soyuz rocket bound for ISS
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday on board a Russian spacecraft.
A Soyuz booster rocket launched as planned from Kazakhstan's Russia-leased Baikonur launch complex, putting the trio in orbit aboard the Soyuz MS-27. They arrived at the station slightly more than three hours later, Al Jazeera reported.
Kim and Russians Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky are expected to spend around eight months in the space station. NASA stated that Kim will undertake scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to assist train the crew for future space flights while also benefiting people on Earth, according to Al Jazeera.
Kim, a Los Angeles native, is a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy with dual designations as a naval aviator and flight surgeon. Alongside Kim, Ryzhikov, and Zubritsky, the space outpost will also host Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, and Kirill Peskov; NASA astronauts Don Pettit, Anne McClain, and Nichole Ayers; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi.
