India records 2,82,970 new cases, 441 deaths in 24 hours
India reported 2,82,970 new Covid-19 cases, 1,88,157 recoveries, and 441 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Economic Times reported.
The active caseload currently stands at 18,31,000. The daily positivity rate stands at 15.13 per cent. Omicron case tally stands at 8,961.
Lalitpur DAO decides to halt all services except for emergency
The District Administration Office, Lalitpur has decided to halt all the services other than essential ones from Thursday.
Saying that the Covid-19 cases have been increasing rapidly of late in the Kathmandu Valley and some of the staffers of the office have also tested positive for Covid-19, the office has decided to halt all the services except for emergency ones until further notice.
Chief District Officer Ghamshyam Upadhyay said that the office has stopped issuing citizenship certificates and national identity cards among others from today.
Nobel Medical College students in Kathmandu to pile pressure on government
Students of the Biratnagar-based Nobel Medical College, which has been accused of charging more fees than the amount fixed by the government, have reached Kathmandu to pile pressure on the government.
The students led by Manish Bhattarai, coordinator of the Medical Education Struggle Committee, came to Kathmandu saying that the Nobel Medical College has not refund the students who have been charged additional fees yet.
Saying that the Nobel Medical College has been cheating the students, Bhattarai said that they would continue their protest until the college refunds the extra fees collected from the students.
It has been learnt that the Kathmandu Medical College has also been charging extra Rs 600,000 from the students.
The government has been urging the medical colleges to refund the additional fees of the students but to no avail.
Nobel Medical College students in Kathmandu to pile pressure on government
Students of Nobel Medical College in Biratnagar, which has been accused of charging more fees than the amount fixed by the government, have reached Kathmandu to pile pressure on the government.
The students led by Manish Bhattarai, coordinator of the Medical Education Struggle Committee, came to Kathmandu saying that the Nobel Medical College has not refund the students who have been charged additional fees yet.
Saying that the Nobel Medical College has been cheating the students, Bhattarai said that they would continue their protest until the college refunds the extra fees collected from the students.
It has been learnt that the Kathmandu Medical College has also been charging extra Rs 600,000 from the students.
The government has been urging the medical colleges to refund the additional fees of the students but to no avail.
