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Kathmandu, October 25 Agriculture, Forest and Environment Minister Gita Chaudhary has overseen a series of initiatives in agriculture, livestock management and policy reform during her first six months in office, according to a progress report prepared by the ministry. The report covers work carried out since the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) government was formed on […] The post Agriculture… https://english.onlinekhabar.com/agriculture-minister-achievement.html

Public affairs · DigiGovNepal @digigovnepal · 26 Oct, 08:00

The 80-year-old leftist defied polling expectations and a regional shift to the right, but a deeply conservative Congress and mounting economic pressures threaten to complicate his next term. https://kathmandupost.com/world/2026/10/26/lula-brazil-s-iconic-working-class-president-wins-historic-fourth-term-in-dramatic-comeback

Nepal & the world · DigiForeignNepal @digiforeignnepal · 26 Oct, 07:52

A student election offers a glimpse of how Nepal’s next generation of politicians learns the ways of power. https://kathmandupost.com/art-culture/2026/10/26/fiction-park-a-rehearsal-for-power

Faith · DigiFaithNepal @digifaithnepal · 26 Oct, 07:51

The Medical Education Commission has added 418 seats for the upcoming academic year, including 50 MBBS places in Geta. Medical reforms campaigner Dr Govinda KC has challenged the decision over concerns about infrastructure and staffing. https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/10/26/public-medical-colleges-add-seats-as-entrance-exams-begin-on-saturday

Public affairs · DigiGovNepal @digigovnepal · 26 Oct, 07:50

Recent appointments have renewed debate over merit, experience and political influence. Career judges are absent from the Supreme Court and their share of High Court judges is declining. https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/10/26/career-judges-lose-ground-as-lawyers-gain-sway-in-nepal-s-judiciary

Public affairs · DigiGovNepal @digigovnepal · 26 Oct, 07:49

Reviving Madheshi sub-nationalism and showing its economic potential may be the greatest service ageing leaders can give Madhesh. https://kathmandupost.com/columns/2026/10/25/why-past-struggles-alone-no-longer-appeal-to-the-madheshi-youth-today

Nepal · DigiNepal @diginepal · 26 Oct, 07:41

A Chinese court recently heard a land dispute between neighbours who have been fighting over the same issue for two centuries and across multiple generations, stunning social media users. The court in Yanta district, Xian, in northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, recently presided over a case concerning a land boundary between two neighbouring families, surnamed Du and Zhang. For the past two… https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3372098/chinese-neighbours-go-viral-over-200-year-land-dispute-dating-back-qianlong-era

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 07:12

Are China’s increasingly powerful open-weight AI models a cybersecurity threat, or could restricting them ultimately make the internet less secure? The dilemma has become a growing concern as Chinese developers including DeepSeek, Z.ai and Alibaba Group Holding – owner of the South China Morning Post – continue to challenge their American rivals by releasing models that anyone can download,… https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3371961/weapon-or-armour-contentious-debate-over-chinas-open-weight-ai

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 07:11

Chinese researchers have found that the Yarlung Tsangpo River – soon to host the largest mega dam in the world – may face increased run-off and flood risks over this century. Using tree-ring width chronologies in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, the team reconstructed the river’s run-off history from 1325 to 2020. Along with climate data, this was used to create a model that projected river… https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3371763/tibetan-river-hosting-worlds-biggest-dam-facing-increasing-flood-risk-study

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 07:10

The Nepal Premier League (NPL) returns for its third season with bigger international names, growing commercial ambitions and new developments aimed at raising the standard of the competition. With players such as David Warner, David Miller, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan and Jimmy Neesham set to feature, the tournament is bringing some of the world’s […] The post ‘The focus is now on creating… https://english.onlinekhabar.com/npl-nepal-cricket-future-paras.html

Sports · DigiSportsNepal @digisportsnepal · 26 Oct, 07:00

There are numerous apps on the market that promise to do just that, so we’ve compiled a list of some of the best ones to help you pick the right one for you. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/25/5-best-apps-track-reading-discover-new-books/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 26 Oct, 06:55

While few dispute that China is narrowing the gap with the United States in developing artificial intelligence (AI) models, there is one area where Chinese firms are already the undisputed leaders: video. China has seen a proliferation of advanced generative AI video models – systems trained on visual data to generate or edit video content based on user inputs such as text prompts, images and… https://www.scmp.com/plus/tech/big-tech/article/3371915/china-shoots-ahead-ai-video-models

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 06:12

Hong Kong’s insurance watchdog is tightening oversight of the city’s booming premium financing market, as the once-niche lending arrangement spreads to lower-tier insurance buyers, while also reviewing regulations, particularly on how insurers evaluate clients’ affordability, according to Insurance Authority executives. Premium financing allows policyholders to borrow money from financial… https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3372009/hong-kong-tighten-burgeoning-premium-financing-market-red-flags-risks-emerge

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 06:11

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s tour of a commercial vehicle factory during a surprise visit to the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday points to Pyongyang’s drive to modernise its buses and expand industrial ties with Beijing. In a symbolic move, Kim crossed into China via the newly opened New Yalu River Bridge on Saturday and also returned to North Korea via the bridge later in the… https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3372102/why-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-toured-chinese-bus-factory-dandong

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 06:10

⚡ 6 item(s) name a component we run (patch-watch). • [CRITICAL] CVE-2026-115557 CVE-2026-115557: Python has added a denylist for known compromised certificates to the "ssl" module to ensu… ⚡ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115557 • [CRITICAL] CVE-2026-99078 CVE-2026-99078: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Prevent st… ⚡ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99078 • [CRITICAL] CVE-2026-99079 CVE-2026-99079: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Prevent st… ⚡ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99079 • [CRITICAL] CVE-2026-98959 CVE-2026-98959: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix xattr repl… ⚡ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98959 • [HIGH] CVE-2026-116174 CVE-2026-116174: vLLM from 0.22.0 before 0.24.0 contains an improper input validation vulnerability in the … ⚡ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116174 • [HIGH] CVE-2026-116173 CVE-2026-116173: vLLM from 0.22.0 before 0.24.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows remo… ⚡ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116173 Full brief: https://diginpl.com/security/brief Sources: CISA KEV, NVD (NIST) and security news. DigiNepal links to each source; nothing is rewritten.

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 26 Oct, 06:00

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Nancy Roman Space Telescope are revealing the universe's earliest chapters in detail. To help astronomers understand what they are seeing, researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have developed "Lumina," one of the largest and most detailed simulations ever created of the early universe. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-lumina-simulation-early-universe-life.html

Science & future · DigiSciFiNepal @digiscifinepal · 26 Oct, 05:55

Interpol will seek approval at its general assembly in Hong Kong next month for a new “silver notice” system to target criminals’ assets and speed up financial investigations into transnational crime. Hong Kong’s police chief also pledged to make financial investigations and scams a top priority in discussions with overseas counterparts during Interpol’s annual meeting, which the city is hosting… https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3372074/interpols-hong-kong-meeting-consider-silver-notice-targeting-criminal-assets

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 05:12

“How can South Korea’s law be this weak? Twenty-three people died!” Those were the words of Chinese mother Li Shun-ji after South Korea’s Supreme Court upheld a reduced four-year prison sentence for Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan last Tuesday over a 2024 factory fire that killed 23 workers, including Li’s then-24-year-old daughter, Yan Jing-jing. The blaze at the lithium battery manufacturer’s… https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3372044/south-korean-ceos-4-year-jail-term-over-plant-fire-killed-23-spurs-anger

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 05:11

Still a teenager, Yamal could surpass Brazilian legend Ronaldo Nazario, who won the Ballon d'Or at the age of 21. https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/25/ballon-dor-2026-can-barcelona-phenom-lamine-yamal-become-youngest-winner?traffic_source=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 05:10

After HSBC RedCoin launched on Friday, Anchorpoint – the stablecoin-issuing joint venture led by Standard Chartered – said it plans to launch a retail product on a public blockchain, even as it takes a “prudent approach”. “Our next major milestone is to [help] bring regulated digital money into everyday payments and commercial applications, while connecting traditional payment infrastructure with… https://www.scmp.com/business/cryptocurrency/article/3372060/standard-chartered-led-anchorpoint-plans-retail-stablecoin-hsbc-redcoin-launches

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 04:12

US President Donald Trump at a Sunday campaign rally ratcheted up his push to link US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to Muslim extremists, comparing him to the September 11 attackers while saying Democrats would let violent anti-American terrorists into the United States. “I’m here to keep a jihadist, Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator,” Trump told a receptive… https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3372097/trump-cites-9/11-urging-michigan-voters-oppose-muslim-senate-candidate-el-sayed

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 04:10

French superstar Kylian Mbappe scores brace for Madrid to inflict Barcelona's first domestic defeat of the campaign. https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/25/real-madrid-beat-barcelona-2-1-at-camp-nou-to-halve-gap-to-la-liga-leaders?traffic_source=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 04:07

The populist right-wing leader of 12 years says it is "clear" his party has lost the vote billed as a referendum on the country's future. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw5yn3xlprpmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 03:12

Long before artificial intelligence became the next big thing in the tech industry, Wang Jian was crafting the foundational infrastructure that would eventually power it. In 2008, he joined Alibaba Group Holding – owner of the South China Morning Post – as chief architect and founded Alibaba Cloud in 2009, convincing the company’s leadership to invest heavily in building a cloud computing… https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3371979/why-cloud-computing-pioneer-wang-jian-thinks-space-next-ai-frontier

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 03:11

The footage looks okay, as long as you're not seeking artistry, inspiration, or human interest. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/25/grok-releases-the-first-seven-minutes-of-its-ai-generated-odyssey/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 26 Oct, 03:10

It’s common knowledge that Hong Kong has a spectacular skyline, especially at night. And given our current obsession with boosting tourism and other value-adding objectives, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that our tourism authorities are actively adding more light to our night skyline. The Tourism Board tried holding monthly firework and drone shows in 2024, but had to scale back after a budget… https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3372057/peak-lighting-outcry-spotlights-trouble-fast-track-governance

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 03:09

"That's a 12-year-old view of the world." https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/25/cyberselfish-author-takes-aim-at-techno-libertarianism-as-her-book-returns-from-the-dead/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 26 Oct, 02:05

Manchester United cheer Michael Carrick off after Bournemouth loss but boo Bruno Fernandes, what now for crisis club? https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/25/can-carrick-survive-man-united-slump-and-fernandes-fallout?traffic_source=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 01:46

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro square off in a closely watched election. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/10/25/brazil-election-results-2026-live-polls-close-in-lula-bolsonaro-face-off?traffic_source=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 26 Oct, 01:45