Use of electronic goods continues to grow but there’s no policy for its disposal
Most of the e-waste generated in the country comes from television sets, computer display monitors, and refrigerators. More people are also disposing of their phones.
The Post uses data from World Air Quality Index and updates the page every 15 minutes. Data for some cities may not update regularly.
AQI | Air Pollution Level | Health Implications |
---|---|---|
0-50 | Good | Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk. |
51-100 | Moderate | Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution. |
101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected. |
151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects. |
201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected. |
301+ | Hazardous | Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects. |
Most of the e-waste generated in the country comes from television sets, computer display monitors, and refrigerators. More people are also disposing of their phones.
The number of migratory common cranes coming to the country has been decreasing of late due to shrinking paddy fields and wetlands, conservationists say.
In the past few days, some places in the country recorded rise in average temperatures by as much as 8 degrees Celsius. Winter Climate Outlook of meteorology office predicts up to 50 percent chance of less than normal rainfall this winter.
Every year, Nepal loses wild elephants to retaliation. But affected people say they live in fear of the animals.
Traders are turning to social media to reach out to potential customers to sell wild animals for their meat and to be kept as pets, in the domestic market.
The recent spike in air pollution is merely an indication of how polluted Kathmandu’s air has been and how authorities have failed to do anything about it, experts say.
A rapid assessment of linear projects in the Tarai region has found adverse consequences on forests, wildlife habitats, their movement and increased negative interactions between humans and wildlife.
Six people have lost their lives in tiger attacks in and around Bardiya National Park so far this fiscal year. Authorities suspect different tigers behind these attacks.
A speeding car kills the big cat in Parsa. Data shows wild animals are being killed on highways in worryingly high numbers.
This is the third time a speeding vehicle has killed a tiger on the East-West Highway in recent years.