ICYMI: Here are our top stories from Tuesday, August 6
Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (August 6, 2019).This file photo shows rescued trafficked girls including 40 Nepalis during an anti-human trafficking rescue operation earlier in February. Courtesy: Imphal Free Press
Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (August 6, 2019).
Nearly 1.5 million Nepali at risk of human trafficking, report says
Nearly 1.5 million Nepalis are at risk of various forms of human trafficking, says a new report by the country’s human rights commission.
According to the report, released by the National Human Rights Commission on Monday, aspiring migrant workers, Nepalis working abroad, people in the adult entertainment sector, girls and women from rural areas, missing persons and child labourers are among the groups most vulnerable to trafficking. This makes Nepal a source, as well as a transit and destination for human trafficking.
State-owned dairy turns to India as milk demand outstrips supply
State-owned Dairy Development Corporation initiated the process to import 30,000 litres of fresh milk daily from Patna Dairy, India after market demand outstripped domestic production.
Corporation officials signed an agreement to import the dairy product during their Patna visit last week.
The government corporation has been unable to meet market demand because it is barred from importing milk powder, and private dairies have been luring dairy farmers by paying higher rates for scarce fresh milk.
Oil import bill soared 25 percent to Rs214.48 billion in last fiscal
Nepal's oil import bill surged 25 percent in the last fiscal year despite regular supply of electricity to households and industries after years of debilitating load-shedding.
The statistics of the Department of Customs show that the country imported petrol, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, aviation fuel, kerosene, fuel oil and lubricating oil worth Rs214.48 billion in 2018-19. Nepal's oil import bill in 2017-18 amounted to Rs171 billion.
Students fare poorly as they can’t comprehend Maths and Nepali curricula, study shows
Hardly 28 percent of fifth graders grasp the mathematical concepts as intended in the curriculum while 32 percent of the students don't even learn five percent of their course by the time they complete their grades, a study shows.
The Education Review Office under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology carried out the performance study among 28,381 fifth-graders from 1,400 public and private schools in 24 districts, selected randomly. The study was for Mathematics and Nepali.
Phoebe Griffith: Keep an eye on gharials, or they will disappear
Phoebe Griffith has spent about a year in Chitwan, studying the critically endangered gharial. These long-snouted crocodiles once thrived all over South Asia but recent times have seen a drastic decline in their populations, placing on the brink of extinction. Due to habitat encroachment and over-fishing of prey, there are currently just an estimated 230 gharials in Nepal.
Griffith, who spent four years of her childhood living in Kathmandu, returned last year as part of her Oxford University Dphil, as part of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, to evaluate conservation measures in crocodilians. Thomas Heaton spoke to Griffith about her work with the gharials in Nepal and ongoing conservation efforts.
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