himalaya Diary News Service

Kathmandu: Indian PM Narendra Modi to visit Nepal for Buddha anniversary celebrations in mid-May. Ahead of Buddha Purnima (birth anniversary) on May 16, the government is planning a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Lumbini in Nepal,…
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When Kristina Hugar was working on her Ph.D. at Cornell, she wasn’t just doing science for science’s sake. “I care very deeply about the environment and climate change, and I wanted to figure out a way to focus my career and life on…
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A $10 million gift from Robert S. Harrison ’76 will enhance the College Scholar Program in the College of Arts and Sciences and support undergraduate scholarships. Harrison, chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees and former CEO of the…
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Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-associated death for women worldwide. While chemotherapy is the mainstream treatment for breast cancer, more than 50% of women undergoing chemotherapy will experience at least one…
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Scientists hope a new web app that allows users to search for threatened species in their postcode will put conservation on the agenda this federal election. The Threatened Australians app, launched today and developed by University of…
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A researcher from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) is a co-founder of Australian biotech company, Ankere Therapeutics (‘Ankere’), which has launched with AU$10 million seed investment. Ankere is dedicated to the…
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WASHINGTON – The World Bank approved today a credit from the International Development Associated (IDA)* in the amount of $100 million, of which $50 million is from the Crisis Response Window, to support Cameroon’s efforts to strengthen…
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WASHINGTON  – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved IDA financing of US$56 million for the Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean (UBEC) project, to support several Eastern Caribbean countries in catalyzing the…
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Kathmandu: A total of 58,348 international visitors came to Nepal in April of 2022 while the number was 22,450 last year. Similarly, the number of departures was 52,663 in the review month.  The arrival rate of foreign tourists in Nepal has…
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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford formally unveiled the CAMS Oxford Institute (COI), a joint institute base in Oxford and supported by Oxford University and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical school.…
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