ICYMI: Here are our top stories from Tuesday, October 1
Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (October 1, 2019).After numerous complaints from shadow ministers about the failure to hold a meeting, Deuba is now planning to call a meeting to review the progress made by his shadow government. Post File
Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (October 1, 2019).
Congress’ shadow cabinet has largely failed to check on government activities
In order to keep a closer watch on the KP Sharma Oli administration, the primary opposition Nepali Congress had formed a “shadow government” headed by party president Sher Bahadur Deuba. But in the five months since its formation, not a single meeting of the shadow government has taken place. The role of shadow ministers has not been effective either, with little discussion over the content of proposed bills, say party insiders.
Online violence against women in Nepal on the rise
In the last two months, nearly 70 percent of the 353 cases filed at the cybercrime bureau were related to some form of online abuse directed towards women.
According to the bureau, of the 5,574 cases filed at the cybercrime bureau since 2016, which has seen a drastic rise year on year, a majority of them are about online abuse faced by women.
The police say increased internet access has led to a greater misuse of social networking sites, resulting in cybercrimes directed towards women. Police investigations have found women are often blackmailed by their former partners, especially when couples in relationships share their passwords. This blackmail is mostly done by photoshopping women’s images. Some men also tend to misuse women’s pictures to create new accounts to trick other men.
Mustard oil, once king of the kitchen, sees fewer buyers
Fashioned from forged steel and two hewed wooden trunks, an ancient-looking apparatus dominates this dark and diminutive space. The walls, sooty with smoke and oil residue, absorb what little light enters its mail slot windows. At 3am every day, a team puts the medieval rig into action, slowly forcing the wooden beams together, using their weight to apply enough pressure to the contraption’s giant wooden crank. From between the wooden beams, a sack of mustard seeds weeps dark crimson oil.
While mustard oil is commonplace in Nepali kitchens and traditions, traditional mills such as this one have been slowly disappearing over the decades. But here at Khol Ko Tel, just west of Basantapur Durbar Square, the traditional process of producing tori ko tel has not changed for the past 45-odd years.
In Nepal too, eSports has started taking root, with events like ComCosCon, ComCon Nepal and Hackathons hosting gaming tournaments. Even educational institutions like Patan College, The British College, Apex College and Kathmandu University have welcomed eSports by hosting inter-college gaming tournaments. Many of these competitions are directly or indirectly supported by the Nepal eSports Association, the organisation behind the biggest Nepali tournament—the Nepal eSports Championship. The annual event, currently in its second year, hosts local tournaments for games like DOTA 2, CS:GO, Fifa 19 and PUBG. The prize pool for this year’s championship is Rs450,000.
Wi-Fi service to be provided at trekking, pilgrimage destinations
The Nepal Telecommunications Authority has set in motion an ambitious plan to provide ‘speedy and reliable’ wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) services at the country's key trekking and pilgrimage destinations.
The regulator has opened a competitive bidding process inviting domestic internet service providers to submit proposals to operate wireless internet services at 41 trekking stops and religious sites, among them Annapurna Circuit, Everest Base Camp, Janaki Temple, Halesi Mahadev, Pathivara, Baraha Chhetra, Kupondole Gurudwara and Jame Masjid.
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