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KATHMANDU: Dr Sanduk Ruit, senior ophthalmologist, is presently admitted at Norvic International Hospital after being diagnosed with dengue, a mosquito-borne viral infection.
Dr Ruit was admitted to the Thapathali-based hospital after the onset of a fever on Friday morning, informed Kedar Acharya, personal assistant to the doctor.

Acharya further informed that Dr Ruit experienced some discomfort while he was checking his patients at the Out Patient Department (OPD) of Tilganga Hospital on Friday morning and decided to go for a check-up. He was admitted to the hospital directly and his blood sample was sent for test. His treatment began as the test resulted positive for dengue, Acharya said.
He added that Dr Ruithealth is improving and he is expected to be discharged tomorrow which will be confirmed after the doctors check him today.
Dr Ruit helped establish the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology and is known for treating financially-challenged patients free of cost. Ruit recently won many hearts when he restored the eye-sight of a 13-year-old boy, Roshan Theeng.
In April 2018, the senior ophthalmologist was presented with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, by Indian President Ram Nath Kovind.
There has been an unprecedented rise in the cases of dengue across the country. Dengue cases have risen in 56 districts across the country. According to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, 3,890 patients have tested positive for dengue since July 17 and six of them have died.
As many as 254 people are suffering from dengue in Kathmandu, 32 in Lalitpur, 33 in Bhaktapur and an alarming 1,036 dengue cases have been reported in Chitwan.
Earlier, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Chakrapani Khanal, had also been infected with the disease. He was admitted to Grande International Hospital in the capital city for treatment.
Symptoms of dengue include high fever, severe headache, pain behind eyes, pain in muscles and bones, rashes and back pain.
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The Federation of Nepali Journalists today served a one-week ultimatum to the Department of Information and Broadcasting to make it mandatory for all media houses to implement provision of minimum salary determined by the government for working journalists.
A delegation led by FNJ Acting President Dilip Thapa Magar submitted a letter of attention to DoIB Director General Krishna Murari Neupane at the latteroffice in Kathmandu and issued the ultimatum in making the non-compliant media houses to follow the provision.
FNJ also urged the DoIB to publicise names of media houses that have failed to provide updated details of working journalists employed by them, within a week.
FNJ has warned that it will launch stern protest against the government if the DoIB failed to address its demands. The umbrella organisation of journalists alleged that both the government and media houses had been reluctant in fulfilling their responsibilities in regards to implementation of Working Journalists& Act and minimum salary provision, for working journalists. FNJ has been urging the government to implement the act, and the media houses to respect the work of journalists time and again. It observed that working journalists were entitled to appointment letter, salary and facilities as stipulated by the act.
According to FNJ, some journalists have been facing problems to obtain press accreditation card as concerned media houses didn&t submit details such as designation of the journalists and their monthly salary structure to the DoIB.
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Nepali Congress lawmaker Bhimsen Das Pradhan opposed decision by Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai to make it mandatory to play national anthem before Aarati (prayers) at Pashupatinath temple.
Speaking in the House of Representatives today, he said it was not wise to play national anthem before Aarati at the temple as mourners and funeral attendees also gathered on the temple premises. &Playing national anthem before Aarati at Pashupatinath temple is against our religion, culture and tradition,& he said, adding, &When national anthem is played everybody is supposed to rise from their seats to pay respect to the anthem and the country, but since many people from other countries also visit the temple, how can we expect them to pay respect when they do not understand the meaning of the anthem? How can we expect mourners, who gather on the banks of the Bagmati River, to stand up for the national anthem?& he asked.
He said the government was trying to revive Panchayat era nationalism by forcing people to play national anthem at different places. Pradhan said it would be wise to play national anthem only during national programmes and programmes attended by dignitarians, including president, prime minister and speaker.
He said the government might one day issue order to play national anthem before Muslim prayer Namaj. Lawmaker Pradhan said if the government went on taking such haphazard decisions, people might turn against the hard-earned multi-party system.
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The alleged robbers being made public at the Metropolitan Police Range in Kathmandu, on Sunday, September 08,2019. Courtesy: MPR
KATHMANDU: As many as eight persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in robbery and in possession of arms from a local restaurant in KMC-16 on Sunday.
Subsequantly, police made them public along with the seized items at the Metropolitan Police Range, today.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team deployed from Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, apprehended eight suspects and seized arms and ammunition used in the robbery from a local restaurant and dance bar.
Police identified the suspects as Kushal Adhikari, 38, an absconding army sergeant, owner of high restaurant and dance bar, of Gorkha district, Ram Bahadur Tamang, 29, Dharma Raj Tamang, 25, Peter Tamang, 30, and Rajan Tamang, 30, all hailing from Nuwakot district.
Likewise, Yuvaraj Bhandari, 30, of Gulmi district, Yorsang Ghale, 29, of Rasuwa district, Bijaya Tamang, 27, of Dhading district.
During the raid, police also seized two Chinese made pistols, two sets of magazines, four rounds of bullets, gold alike metal 1 kg, iron cutting machine, ATM cards, nine sets of mobile phone, and four motorbikes used in the crime.
Earlier, they had barged into a hotel room and robbed all belonging of jewellery shop owner on gunpoint before fleeing the scene on Thursday.
Meanwhile, further investigation is underway, police said.

Police displaying seized items from alleged robbers at the Metropolitan Police Range in Kathmandu, on Sunday, September 08, 2019. Courtesy: MPR
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Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today said the government was determined to declare the country fully literate within two years.
PM also said education system of the country should focus on knowledge and skill development among students, according to a press statement released to mark the 40th National Education Day and 53rd International Literacy Day. &We want to assure everyone that present government is committed to establishing system of education that is job oriented.&
He also urged educators to develop school curriculum in line with the governmentobjective. A total of 51 districts out of 77 districts in the country have been declared fully literate.
Meanwhile, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari said the governmentinvestment in education sector should be result-oriented. &The governmentinitiative and investment for achieving quality education must be productive,& she said.
President Bhandari said this during a award ceremony held for outstanding students at Rastrapati Bhawan, Sheetal Niwas, this morning. She also stressed the need of coordination among federal, provincial and local levels to reform public education system.
A total of 231 students from Nepal and abroad achieving ‘different title& were awarded ‘A-grade& Nepal Bidhyabhusan Padak by the president. As many as 101 students were awarded ‘B-grade& Nepal Bidhyabhusan Padak and 11 students with ‘C grade& Nepal Bidhyabhusan Padak. As many as 23 female students of bachelors level from different universities of the country were awarded Nepal Chhatra Bidhya Padak.
Minister of Education, Science, and Technology Girirajmani Pokharel also issued a press release in which he said government had accorded a high priority to reform public education system. According to the release, admission of young children in Early Childhood Development level was 84.7 per cent, and childrenenrolment in ‘Grade I& was 66.9 per cent. Admission rates of students in Grade I to V, Grade V to VII and Grade IX to XII were 96.9, 92.7 and 46.4 per cent, respectively
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Lawmakers today lambasted the government for not being serious about preventing the spread of dengue and demanded a concrete action plan to prevent the disease from spreading. They also demanded that the Parliament be briefed about the disease prevention programmes.
Lawmaker Pushpa Bhusal of Nepali Congress sought attention of Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara and demanded that the government come up with a plan to prevent dengue. She wondered why the government was not serious about such public health issues?
Another lawmaker Dila Sangraula of Nepali Congress criticised the government for being &unsuccessful& in preventing dengue spread.
Lawmakers showed their concern as the number of dengue cases had risen in 56 districts across the country. According to the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, 3,890 patients have tested positive for dengue since July 17 and six of them have died.
As many as 254 people are suffering from dengue in Kathmandu, 32 in Lalitpur, 33 in Bhaktapur and a whopping 1,036 dengue cases have been reported in Chitwan.
Most local levels have not taken any initiative to prevent the disease from spreading.
&Ward office has not formulated any plan to prevent dengue from spreading,& said Mohan Bahadur Bista, chairperson of Ward No 4 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
&We don&t have any particular programme for dengue prevention. It will take some time to mobilise our volunteers for community awareness programmes,& said Dala Bahadur Karki, ward chairperson of KMC-28.
&Nothing has been done till now to prevent dengue outbreak,& said Bharat Lal Shrestha, ward chairperson of KMC-1.
Ward officials say they lack budget and manpower to do the needful.
Kathmandu Metropolitan City, however, claims that programmes to prevent the disease from spreading have been conducted in some of its wards. &Mass awareness programmes are being conducted in all the 32 wards of Kathmandu,& said Narendra Bilas Bajracharya, director of Health Division at Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
&Local bodies should deploy their volunteers on door-to-door campaigns to make people aware about the spread and prevention of dengue,& said Anup Bastola, spokesperson and consultant tropical medicine physician at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital.
&There is difficulty in co-ordinating with local bodies as we don&t have the right to direct them since the country has a three-tier government system. Information about dengue has also not been reported from local levels,& said Bibek Kumar Lal, EDCD director.
Local bodies should actively run programmes and awareness campaigns in schools and the community to help spread information about dengue prevention. If they need any technical help and support we are there to provide them,& said Lal.
Dengue virus is transmitted to humans when female aedes aegypti mosquito bites a person. It is highly likely to bite early in the morning or before dusk.
Symptoms of dengue include high fever, severe headache, pain behind eyes, pain in muscles and bones, rashes and back pain.
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