A total of 2 million doses of the Covishield vaccine, by Serum Institute of India, has been dispatched from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Dhaka.
The revised height of Mt. Everest puts an end to the decades-long dispute between the two neighbours on the height of the world's tallest mountain that straddles their shared border.
The Nepal government decided to measure the exact height of the mountain amid debates that there might have been a change in it due to various reasons, including earthquake of 2015.
Minister for Land Management of Nepal, Padma Kumari Aryal said that with our own resources, we have completed the measurement of the Everest and are going to announce it very soon
Initiated through an open call earlier in the year by the Serendipity Arts Foundation and Les Rencontres d'Arles, supported by the French Institute in India, the grant Jury has shortlisted 10 applications from hundreds received
At the time, such changes were considered controversial, but not nearly as controversial as the plan to put the calendar back into sync with the seasons.