‘Free Guy’ gives box office a lift, opening with $28.4M: P.7 ALL BE HAPPY, ALL BE WELL National Edition Vol. LVI, No. 245 | August 17, 2021 | Bhadau 1, 2078 | Nepal Sambat 1141 | Gunlathwo Nawami | Tuesday | www.risingnepaldaily.com | Pages 8 | Rs. 5.00 Process begins to contact Govt decides immediate rescue Nepalis in Afghanistan By A Staff Reporter As per the DCS portal, Kathmandu, Aug. 16 of Nepalis from Afghanistan about 134 Nepalis By A Staff Reporter The task force formed on Sunday to in Afghanistan have Kathmandu, Aug. 16 facilitate the operations to rescue Nepalis in Afghanistan has decided to enhance the registered their details by The government has decided use of social media with Nepali nationals Monday evening. to rescue all Nepalis from Taliban- stranded in the war-torn country and manage Embassy of Nepal in India at +918929601925 overrun Afghanistan at the earliest COVID-19 test and quarantine for the returnee migrants. on cell phone Viber and WhatsApp. possible. The meeting has also decided to request The first meeting of the task force led A meeting of the Council of Nepali in Afghanistan to send the information by the Coordinator of Middle Asia, West Ministers held at the official residence about the latest safety and rescue works being Asia and Africa Division at the Ministry of of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur carried on in Kabul. Deuba, in Baluwatar on Monday Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has made a decision Likewise, it decided to coordinate morning, decided to airlift Nepalis to request the concerned individuals and with the concerned agencies to manage remaining in Afghanistan safely, members of their families to inform about COVID-19 test and quarantine facilities for said government spokesperson the people in Afghanistan. the returnee migrants. and Minister for Law, Justice and The government has created an online Earlier on Monday, Minister for Home Parliamentary Affairs Gyanendra registration portal at https://nepalconsular. Affairs Bal Krishna Khand directed the Bahadur Karki. gov.np/ and the concerned individuals or concerned agencies to facilitate the rescue Talking to the media persons their families can update information in the of Nepali nationals stranded in Afghanistan. Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand instructing secretaries and heads of security bodies to begin all after the meeting, Minister Karki portal. Spokesperson of the MoFA Sewa Lamsal necessary procedures for the rescue of Nepalis from Afghanistan in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu on Monday. said, “Taking serious note of the The MoFA has urged the concerned said that the government has made diplomatic (Photo Courtesy: Home Ministry) people to immediately fill the required developments in Afghanistan, it initiative to bring Nepalis home safely from information. People can contact Department Afghanistan. As per the DCS portal, about has been decided to rescue the the diplomatic process has taken its Meanwhile, Minister for Home be appropriate to formulate an action of Consular Services (DCS) at +977- 134 Nepalis in Afghanistan have registered Nepali citizens there safely and course," Karki said. Affairs Bal Krishna Khand Monday plan for the rescue of Nepali nationals 9749326458, MoFA at +9779749326459 and their details by Monday evening. expeditiously." Meanwhile, Prime Minister evening instructed secretaries of the in coordination with the international The government has decided to Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the community, Minister Khand urged give direction to the concerned bodies the government would take serious Ministry of Tourism, Culture and to develop better communication here and diplomatic missions abroad responsibility for the rescue of Nepalis Civil Aviation to immediately begin and coordination among all the line House sessions prorogued to begin and play coordinated roles for in Afghanistan. necessary procedures for the rescue of agencies. safe evacuation of the Nepalis, he said. Prime Minister Deuba said that Nepalis from Afghanistan. During the meeting, Foreign By Ranju Kafle order. Sessions of the House were begun from He said the process was moving the government was serious about Inviting the government secretaries Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal, Kathmandu, Aug. 16 July 18 after the apex court made its final verdict forward to address the remaining the situation of Nepalis there and had including three security heads of Nepal Inspector General of Nepal Police on the writ of House dissolution. problems of ex-British Gurkha made arrangements to rescue people Police, Armed Police Force, National Shailesh Thapa Kshetri, Inspector President Bidya Devi Bhandari prorogued “Please, do ask the Law Minister about the soldiers, who are currently on a hunger in emergency. Investigation Department and two-star General of the Armed Police Force both Houses of the federal parliament from prorogation, he can explain it better,” Pampha strike in London, the Capital city of the “Necessary coordination and general from Nepali Army, the Home Shailendra Khanal, Chief Investigation Monday midnight. The government had Bhusal, a Cabinet minister, said when The United Kingdom. guardianship is the responsibility of Minister directed taking initiative for Director of National Investigation recommended for the prorogation of the eighth Rising Nepal asked for the reason behind the "The government of Nepal is the government for Nepalis awaiting the immediate and safe airlift of Nepali Department Ganesh Prasad Adhikari, session of the House before it could enter its sudden prorogation. committed to resolving the issue of security and rescue. The government citizens from the country in turmoil, Nepali Army’s Major General Saroj business. The House of Representatives was also ex-British Gurkha soldiers through will fulfill this responsibility according to Home Minister’s official Pratap Rana and other officials briefed A Cabinet meeting held on the same scheduled for Monday afternoon where Speaker diplomacy and has urged all concerned consciously and seriously,” he said in Facebook page. the Home Minister about the situation morning had recommended to the President Agni Sapkota read out the letter from the to withdraw their fast-unto-death as a tweet on Monday morning. Expressing the view that it would of Nepalis in Afghanistan. for the prorogation of the House session. The President about the prorogation of the House House of Representatives was jobless after it at the end of the session. Earlier, Speaker and was reinstated last July. two Cabinet ministers, Pampha Bhusal and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba won Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, were in a discussion a vote of confidence in the second meeting of where Sapkota had asked the ministers to the HoR held on July 18, last month. Neither provide business to the House. Smart lockdown may come into the Cabinet could expand nor did the House of According to the record in federal Representatives get proper legislative job in this parliament secretariat, 10 meetings of the duration after the Supreme Court named a new lower House were set in nine days, however no force any time: CCMC Prime Minister on July 12 through a mandamus See page 6 By Purushottam P. Khatri CCMC-Ops Nurahari Khatiwada Kathmandu, Aug. 16 told The Rising Nepal on Monday. "As per the circular issued to the Over 4.7 million people get The COVID-19 Crisis DAOs, smart lockdown now can be Management Centre-Operation imposed from August 16 evaluating (CCMC-Ops) Directive Committee the respective sector's level of first shot against COVID-19 headed by Prime Minister Sher infection and other criteria set by By A Staff Reporter Similarly, 7,467 people have Bahadur Deuba directed all the the smart lockdown modality," Kathmandu, Aug. 16 received Johnson & Johnson vaccine district administration offices Khatiwada said. over the period. (DAOs) across the country to bring From August 16, the More than 4.7 million people have At the same time, 7,051 got the smart lockdown modality into concerned districts and even rural received their first dose of vaccine first shot of AstraZeneca and 57,625 implementation. municipalities can enforce smart against COVID-19 while 3,490,065 got second dose of AstraZeneca in Three weeks ago, the lockdown at any time analysing people have received their full dose place of Covishield in the last 24 government had prepared a their area's overall cases of the as of Monday. hours. scientific and statistics-based smart COVID-19 infection, clarified According to the Ministry of The MoHP on Monday confirmed modality of lockdown that can Khatiwada. Health and Population (MoHP), 3,451 new cases of COVID-19 of be implemented in all concerned For effective implementation 4,716,936 people have received their which 2,566 were detected through districts, regions, municipalities and of smart lockdown, the Directive first shot against COVID-19. PCR tests and 885 cases were detected rural municipalities based on cases Committee headed by PM had The government is administering from antigen tests. of infection, active cases, mortality endorsed the rules related to vaccines including AstraZeneca, With this, the nationwide and physical infrastructure of the COVID-19 Infection Risk Control, Covishield, Johnson & Johnson and COVID-19 tally through PCR method government hospitals. 2021, prepared by the expert team Vero Cell. reached 734,838 and 76,015 were "We have instructed all the members of the CCMC-Ops. According to the MoHP, 158,335 antigen positive. DAOs, especially the Chief Analysing the health security people were inoculated in the last 24 Of the total 15,611 tests District Officers, who will be the risk factors, the government has hours across the nation. conducted in the last 24 hours, 10,093 coordinators of the concerned categorised the risk zones into In the last 24 hours, 25,375 people were Real-Time Polymerase Chain districts to take the specific decision four levels as red, amber, yellow got their first dose and 60,816 people Reaction (RT-PCR) while 5,518 regarding the modality of lockdown and green zones.