The SAARC Standing Committee meeting

The SAARC Standing Committee meeting has begun here on the eve of 37th SAARC Council of Ministers' meeting in Pokhara from 16/03/2016.

 

Nepal’s Biggest Iron Reserve Discovered

A huge iron ore reserves has been found in Dhaubadhi VDC of Nawalparasi, according to a government’s survey team. The area could have an estimated 8 million tonnes of iron ore reserve, making it Nepal’s biggest iron ore mines.

 

Nuclear Power Capacity of Different Country

Country	Megawatt Capacity	Nuclear Share of electricity Production
Argentina	1,627	8.4%
Armenia	375	33.2%
Belgium	5,927	54.0%
Brazil	1,884	3.2%
Bulgaria	1,906	32.6%
Canada	12,604	15.3%
China	11,816	1.9%
Czech Republic	3,766	33.0%
Finland	2,736	31.6%
France	63,130	77.1%
Germany	12,003	17.8%
Hungary	1,889	43.3%
India	4,780	3.7%
Iran	915	<0.1%
Japan	44,215	18.1%
Mexico	1,300	3.6%
Netherlands	482	3.6%
Pakistan	725	3.8%
Romania	1,300	19.0%
Russia	23,643	17.6%
Slovakia	1,816	54.0%
Slovenia	688	41.7%
South Africa	1,830	5.2%
South Korea	20,671	34.6%
Spain	7,567	19.5%
Sweden	9,326	39.6%
Switzerland	3,263	40.9%
Taiwan	4,927	20.7%
Ukraine	13,107	47.2%
United Kingdom	9,703	15.7%
United States	101,409	19.3%

Source: http://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/nuclear-power-by-country-1358235381-1

NASA's New Horizons mission

NASA’s New Horizons mission on 14 July 2015 spotted the nitrogen ice glaciers on Pluto appeared to carry numerous isolated hills which are likely to be the fragments of water ice, as per the press release of NASA on 4 February 2016.

Mother Teresa will be made a saint

Pope Francis on 15 March 2016 announced that Mother Teresa will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony on 4 September 2016.

Plane hits market in Bolivia.

The Cessna 206 smashed down near the entrance to the market in Santana de Yacuma, a town about 500 kilometres north of La Paz in Bolivia. 

Small plane crashed into a market in a town in the country's north on Sunday, killing all four people in the aircraft and injuring three vendors on the ground.

Russian Sharapova, 28, will be provisionally suspended from 12 March

Russian  Maria Sharapova, 28, will be provisionally suspended from 12 March. She was found guilty in using  meldonium.The drug was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list on 1 January. The five-time Grand Slam-winner, will face a ban of up to four years. 
 

Simara Gold Cup

Bijay Youth Club (BYC) of Hetauda grab the title of Simara Gold Cup 2016. They won prize of 5 lakhs. 

World Oldest man.

A survivor of the Auschwitz death camp is now the world's oldest man, the Guinness World Records organisation says.

Yisrael Kristal was born near Zarnow in Poland in 1903 and lived through two world wars before moving to the Israeli city of Haifa.

He was 112 years and 178 days old on 11 March 2016.

Nepal to host its first ever Girl Summit

Nepal is all set to organise its first ever Girl Summit in Kathmandu on March 23 as a follow up to the first Girl Summit 2014, co-hosted by the UK government and UNICEF, where commitments were made to end child, early and forced marriage.