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The World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) is being observed globally today by organizing a variety of awareness related programmes. 

This Day has been observed on April 2 every year since 2007 at the call of the United Nations. 

The Day is marked in order to promote the full realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for autistic individuals, ensuring their equal participation in the society. 

UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, said the Day would be useful to achieve sustainable development goals and to fulfill health related commitments. 

In a message on this Day, Guterres stressed the need of providing health, education and employment opportunities to autistic individuals.

Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has come into operation for 18 hours from today.

Earlier, the airport reduced the operation hours to 10 hours for five months for the runway upgrading works. With the revised schedule, the airport is to remain open from 6:00 am to 12:00 midnight, TIA General Manager Jagannath Niraula said. 

Ge said that works to construct a link way from the Taxiway to the runway have been completed. 

However, the constructions of a parallel taxiway are underway. 

Under the Air Transport Capacity Enhancement Project under the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, constructions of South-West Parallel Taxiway, the International Apron towards the northeast and the Hangar Apron towards the east are going on. 

It is estimated to cost around Rs 15 billion to complete the project that has so far reported 90 percent progress.   

However, it is expected to take one and half years more to complete the entire project. 

UWS Nepal successfully hosted UK Aid Match R4: From Lessons Learned to Actions, celebrating the achievements of UK Aid Match Round 4 and unveiling its transformative new initiative, Zero Education Poverty on Monday.

On the occasion, Surya Karki, Country Director of UWS Nepal, reiterated the organization’s commitment to inclusive education, stating, “This event is not just about looking back at our impact, but about shaping the future of education. We are committed to ensuring that no child is left behind”

The event featured a high-level panel led by Narottam Aryal, President of King’s College, and panels representing local government from UWS’s working area. The panels addressed key priorities like policy reforms, digitalization, infrastructure development, and teacher training, reads a statement issued by UWS Nepal.

During the program, Municipal leaders praised UWS Nepal’s grassroots approach for its visible impact on student learning and parental engagement.

Further, in an experience-sharing session, municipal leaders commended UWS Nepal’s grassroots strategies for their success in boosting learning outcomes and engaging mothers and families in education. They advocated for a nationwide rollout of UWS Nepal’s holistic approach for sustainable impact.

A second panel discussion explored Nepal’s unseen educational crisis, focusing on foundational literacy, educational financing, and policy gaps.

Experts discussed critical issues in Nepal’s education system, ranging from foundational literacy to financing gaps and policy shortcomings, according to the statement.

Panelists emphasized the need for teacher training, local-language learning materials, parental engagement, integrated learning approaches and equitable teacher-student ratios. They emphasized scaling UWS Nepal's low-cost, community-driven model to ensure sustainable, inclusive education reform.

China successfully sent a test satellite for satellite internet technology into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in the country's northwest, on Tuesday.

The satellite successfully achieved the intended orbit after being launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 12:00 p.m. (Beijing Time), according to Xinhua.

Technical verification and experimentation, such as mobile-to-satellite broadband connections and space-ground network integration, are the main uses of test satellites for satellite internet technologies.

The launch marks the 567th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets, Xinhua reported.