Pilgrims and devotees worship other Goddesses, Mahakali, Mahalaxmi, and Maha Saraswati. They also offer special gifts to the Goddesses.

Maha Ashtami is considered special as it is perceived that Goddess Durga attained power on this day.

On this festive day, people complete various rituals at Dashain Ghars and holy sites. They also sacrifice animals and offer them to the goddesses at various shrines.

The pilgrims chant the Durga Saptashati scriptures when they throng various goddess shrines. The worshipping starts in the Kathmandu Valley from early morning today, and worshippers even offer ducks as sacrificial animals.

Special Worship and prayer ceremonies are held at Dashain Ghars, where pilgrims also worship tools that range from weapons, vehicles, and machines.

People, who don’t wish to sacrifice animals, offer veggies and fruits instead of killing animals. On this day, a special Kalaratri worshiping ceremony is conducted at midnight. This is done at Dashain Ghar of Hanumandhoka in Kathmandu.

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The Valley has witnessed a heavy downpour in the wee hours of today from 2 AM to 6 AM.

According to meteorologist Kumar Aryal, Kathmandu has recorded 105 mm of rainfall, inundating more than 100 places in just 4 hours.

The coastal areas including Bagmati, Dhobikhola, Bishnumati, Manhora, and Hanumante rivers have overflown due the floods.

The corridors of Anamnagar, Kalopul, Ratopul, Balkhu and other riverside areas of Kathmandu Valley have been inundated.

Likewise, the flash floods have inundated the fruit and vegetable market of Balkhu.

According to Metropolitan Police Office Spokesperson Sushil Singh Rathore, a total of 385 houses have been inundated this morning.

“Areas including Tankeshwor, Teku, Dallu, Balkhu, Tachal, Bhimsensthan, Naya Buspark, Chabahil, Machha Pokhari, Kalopul, and Jorpati were largely inundated by the flash floods,” said Rathore.

“Rescue work was carried out at Mulpani settlements on the bank of Manohara River, Kadagari, Teku and Balkhu areas, informed Rathore.

Meanwhile, the floods in Myagdi district on Sunday night have swept away the Darkhola Hydropower Project II located in Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality-2.

The powerhouse and the canal of the  42 KW hydropower project have been washed away.

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The report was released by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Thursday.

The inflation rate has dropped by 2.55 percent from the 6.15 percent in FY 2019/20. This is probably the lowest annual average price rise in the last two decades.

The improvement in inflation rate last fiscal is mainly attributed to the uptick in prices of edible oils,  pulses, and legumes.

Y-o-Y rise of consumer prices of some products are:

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However, the exams will be held only after COVID-19 vaccination arrangements are made for class 12 students.

The NEB said that they are ready to conduct the examination before Dashain if the Covid-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC) allows it.

The Board also confirmed that 15 days prior notification will be issued for the students after receiving approval from the CCMC.

Last week, the Parliament’s Education and Health Committee has recommended the NEB to conduct the Grade 12 exams promptly, for the repeated postponements would negatively impact the students.

Education Ministry Secretary Ram Prasad Thapaliya blamed the CCMC for postponing the Grade 12 Exams at the last moment.

“All students in the Kathmandu Valley sitting for the tests were vaccinated against COVID-19.”

“Both the Board and the Ministry are in favor of holding the tests,” he added.

The NEB recently postponed the class 12 examinations, which were scheduled to start from Shrawan 31, upon recommendation from the CCMC.

As the exam has already been postponed twice, the NEB stated that it is working on a schedule to ensure that the examination does not have to be rescheduled again.

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As per the Home Ministry, the Chief District Officers of all districts were directed to curb religious gatherings. The directive comes hot on the heels of the numerous religious gatherings on the sacred Hindu festival Janai Purnima.

Innumerable Hindus have started visiting the Pashupati temple today. The holy site had not witnessed such a massive attendance in two years as COVID-19 cases surged at that time. The government opined that such festivities could lead to massive infections.

Tomorrow, another set of festivities is lined up for Newari people in Kathmandu Valley and other cities to celebrate the Gai Jatra festival. All the festivities are happening in full swing despite Kathmandu Valley being on partial lockdown.

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Phanindra Pokharel, Joint Secretary at Home Ministry, stated that government didn’t want the festivities to become the epicenter of infections. “As we are no longer in the mood to impose blanket lockdown, we are discussing ways to impose a smart lockdown, which will be based on scientific methods,” Pokharel said.

The smart lockdown would label the areas with higher infection rates as zones ranging from red to green, with red being the most infected area and green being safe. The labeling will be done on various parameters, which range from infection rate to mortality rate.

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According to the National Education Board (NEB), 24 schools across Nepal have given ‘A’ and ‘A+’ grades to their students even without including the practical subjects.

Schools in all the three districts of Kathmandu Valley have granted ‘A’ and ‘A+’ grades to most of their students, while those in eight districts in the Terai region provided arbitrary marks.

Without further ado, a meeting of NEB on Thursday has decided to investigate all the 24 schools.

Thus, the results of the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) 2021, which were scheduled to be published within August 9, have been delayed.

For the academic year 2020/21, the NEB had made a new provision that the schools must provide a specific reason if they allot more than 80 marks for any student.

However, most of the private schools and some renowned government schools were found to be given marks to their students by violating the rules.

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Among the new cases, 3,703 persons have tested positive through the RT-PCR method, while 819 have tested positive through the Antigen method, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). A total of 12,204 PCR tests were performed in the past 24 hours.

Kathmandu Valley reported the highest 476 new cases, including 310 cases in Kathmandu district, 99 in Lalitpur, and 67 in Bhaktapur.

In the last 24 hours, 369 new cases were reported in Province 1, 51 in Province 2, 882 in Bagmati Province, 486 in Gandaki Province, 189 in Lumbini Province, 40 in Karnali Province, and 42 in Sudurpaschim.

Meanwhile, 41 people have succumbed to the COVID-19, taking the nation’s coronavirus death toll to 8,813.

Fortunately, a total of 4,954 patients have recovered successfully from the virus, taking the total recovery cases to 564,882. Currently, there are 52,648 active cases in the country.

Thirty-five districts have more than 500 active cases each, and 19 districts have over 200 active cases each.

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Shiva Raj Sedhai, DoCSCP Spokesperson, the Department had inspected 1,066 firms in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year. Of the scrutinized companies, the Department charged fines against 990 firms for misconduct during mid-July 2020 and mid-June 2021.

Outside Kathmandu Valley, the Department took action against 269 unlawful companies and collected fines worth NPR 7.77 million.

During the said period, the DoCSCP barred 35 firms from carrying transactions under the charge of food adulteration and disposed spoiled foods worth NPR 37.38 million.

Likewise, the Department fined 97 firms in the Valley for operating during the prohibitory period that is in effect from April 29, 2021. A total of NPR 1.39 million fines were collected from these firms.

According to the Consumer Protection Act, traders should not cheat consumers by engaging in adulteration, giving short measures, or surcharging. The law empowers the government authorities to impose a penalty from NPR 5,000 to NPR 300,000 on the spot.

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In the last 24 hours, the Himalayan nation has recorded 2,407 new infection cases, taking the total COVID-19 tally to 628,942.

However, the day ended on a good note, with daily recovery cases outpacing the new infections by almost 2x times. A total of 3,994 patients have recovered successfully on Sunday, pushing the total recovery cases to 531,105.

Currently, there are 68,995 active COVID-19 cases in the country, of which 64,744 are in home isolation, 5,211 in institutional isolation, 1,100 in ICUs, and 347 on ventilators.

Unfortunately, 46 people have lost their lives to coronavirus, taking Nepal’s total COVID-19 fatalities to 8,412.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), the government has conducted 7,517 PCR tests and 4,889 antigen tests on Sunday. Among them, 2,407 tests came out positive for coronavirus infection.

Among all the regions, the Kathmandu Valley reported the highest 653 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Among them, 483 cases were reported in the Kathmandu district, 58 in Bhaktapur, and 112 in Lalitpur.

As of today, around 44 of 77 districts have more than 500 active cases.

Prohibitory Order in Kathmandu Valley

Citing the decline in cases, the Chief District Officers of the Kathmandu Valley have eased the prohibitory order in three districts which has been extended to June 21 lately.

“We have decided to relax the prohibitory orders citing the decrease in coronavirus cases,” said Dhundi Prasad Niroula, CDO of Lalitpur.

According to the new regulations, grocery and vegetable shops, bookstores, and stationeries are allowed to open till 11 am.

“Though people are not encouraged to walk unnecessarily, restrictions on movements on foot for essential work have been relaxed following proper health protocols,” said Niroula.

“We have also relaxed provisions to allow visa processing for students, diversity visas to the US, and agricultural activities. Time limits have been set for public and private construction firms to operate,” he added.

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The prohibitory order will be effective from 6 AM on April 29 to midnight on May 5.

The Chief District Officers (CDOs) of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur districts took the decision to this effect during a joint meeting held on Monday to discuss various strategies to tame the COVID-19 resurgence.

All the three DAOs issued separate notices with details about the services and activities that are prohibited and allowed during the prohibitory period.

List of Activities Allowed and Restricted During the Prohibitory Period:

• Cinema halls, swimming pools, party palaces, entertainment sites, shopping malls, beauty parlors, saloons, gym and fitness centers, libraries, zoos, and training centers are closed
• Sports activities, conferences, seminars, and gatherings are prohibited
• Movement of private and public vehicles is restricted
• Entry of vehicles into the district is restricted except for ambulances and those carrying emergency goods, and medicine supplies
• Emergency services including ambulance, food, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, drinking water, banks and financial institutions, quarantine and isolation facilities, waste management, and their transportation are allowed
• Shops and business outlets will be closed except for those selling food products, medicines, and medical equipment
• Grocery and department Stores will operate until 10 AM and between 5 PM to 7 PM
• Journalists and media personnel must produce an identity card to cover news and events

However, the businesses that operate during the prohibitory period must adhere to the public health protocols set by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

According to the MoHP, Kathmandu Valley reported 1,912 coronavirus infection cases, including 1,567 in Kathmandu, 223 in Lalitpur, and 122 in Bhaktapur districts, on Monday alone. In the past two weeks, Valley witnessed 10,979 new cases, becoming a COVID-19 hotspot in the country in the recent days.

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