Kathmandu : Minister for Health and Population Pradeep Paudel has admitted that the health professionals are draining due to failure to adopt appropriate policy measures.
In his address to the fifth convocation ceremony of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) Bir Hospital here today, he further claimed that the situation of the State was also to blame for brain drain alongside the policy lacunas.
Minister Paudel shared that more than 1,500 home-grown health professionals are going abroad every year which has resulted in dearth of human resource required for the health sector. He...

South Korean authorities said Monday they would deploy dozens of helicopters and thousands of firefighters and soldiers as they struggle to control multiple wildfires in the southeast, which have been burning for days. Four people have been killed so far, with officials warning that high winds and rising temperatures were hindering efforts to put out the blazes.
In Uiseong, nearly 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres) of land has been affected and around 600 people evacuated, Lim Sang-seop, head of the Korea Forest Service, told a press briefing. “A total of 57 wildfire fighting helicopters are...

Kathmandu :  South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled on Monday to reinstate Prime Minister Han Duck-soo’s powers, marking the latest twist in the country’s turbulent politics after his impeachment as acting president more than two months ago.
Han took over as acting leader from President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was himself impeached over his short-lived declaration of martial law last year. Following the ruling, Han returns to his acting president position immediately.
Prime Minister Han lasted less than two weeks in the post and was impeached and suspended on December 27 after...