Despite the possibility of facing a severe energy crisis in the upcoming anticipated rise in the home energy use for heating and cooling, Nepal still lacks a strong policy for energy-efficient construction. Building Energy Efficiency in Nepal (BEEN), funded by the European Union under Switch Asia and started a year ago, is currently being implemented by the University of Innsbruck in partnership with MinErgy Pvt. Ltd in Nepal, Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd in India, and Association Espaola de Normalization (UNE) in Spain. This project is also assisting national and sub-national governments in developing energy-efficient building policies
The vaccine support from Austria, Czech Republic, France, Greece and Italy will contribute to the Government of Nepal’s efforts to continue vaccinating people across the country
The relatives of four Indians who died in a plane crash in Nepal are still waiting to receive the dead bodies of their family members despite spending their third day at a hospital here on Saturday.Nepalese authorities on Tuesday started handing over to family members the bodies of those killed after Yeti Airlines aircraft with 72 people crashed minutes before landing in a river gorge in the resort city of Pokhara on Sunday.Fifty-three Nepalese passengers and 15 foreign nationals, including 5 Indians, and four crew members were on board the aircraft when it crashed.