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काठमाडौ, श्रावण ८ - राते काइँला भन्ने बित्तिकै खलनायक सुनिल थापालाई सम्झन्छौं । उनलाई नेपाली फिल्ममा बिशेषगरी खलनायकको भूमिका देख्दै आएका छौं । राते काइँलालाई नेपाली सिने संसारमा नचिन्ने विरलै छन् । बलिउडमा समेत अभिनय गरिसकेका थापाको बलिउड यात्रामा भने सम्झना लायक अभिनय पाइएको छैन ।

नेपाली सिने जगतमा खलनायकी चर्चा पाएका थापाद्वारा अभिनित बलिउडको फिल्म मेरीकोमको बुधबार ट्रेलर सार्वजनिक गरिएको छ । उनको अभिनय बक्सिङ प्रशिक्षकका रुपमा प्रस्तुत गरिएको छ ।

बलिउडको चर्चित ब्यानर संजयलीलला भन्सालीको फिल्म 'मेरी कोममा' नायिका प्रियंका चेपडाको गुरुका रुपमा थापालाई देख्ने सकिन्छ ।

उनको बलिउड यात्रा मेरीकोमबाट भने बलिउडमा राम्रै छाप छोडने अनुमान गर्न सकिन्छ ।

भारतकी चर्चित बक्सर खेलाडी मेरीकोमको जीवनीमा आधारित बनाइएको फिल्ममा चोपडाको मुख्य भूमिका रहेको छ ।

करिब ३ मिनेट लामो मेरीकोमको ट्रेलरमा थापाको भूमिका शक्तिशाली देखाइएको छ । फिल्म सेप्टेम्बर ५ मा रिलिज हुनेछ ।

source: http://www.ekantipur.com/np/2071/4/8/full-story/392872.html

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Shiran Technology has acquired the most popular Nepali Android apps "Nepal Load Shedding Schedule" for $20,000 (~Rs 20 Lakh). This is probably the first time that Nepali App is acquired by a company in Nepal.

According to Hello Sukrabar, Shiran Technology will pay $20,000 in cash to Nepal Load Shedding App developers Chandra Man Shrestha and Eliza Shrestha. Besides that the developers will also get the 10% of the revenue generated by the app every year for the next 10 years.

The app has been downloaded more than 500,000 times from the Google Play Store in last two years. The app is generating ~ $500 per month from the display advertising. For some, it's crazy to pay this much amount for the app that doesn't have the future, [The Finance Minister has said, there'll be no Load Shedding in Nepal in the next 3 years :P]. I think Shiran Technology - the maker of 'Cash on Ad' might have bigger plans for the app. I must say, this is an exciting news for the app developers here in Nepal.

Src: http://tech.aakarpost.com/2014/07/nepal-loadshedding-android-app-acquired-for-20-lakh.html

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Barun Valley (बरुण उपत्यका) is a Himalayan valley situated at the base of Mt. Makalu in the Sankhuwasabha district Nepal. This valley lies entirely inside the Makalu Barun National Park.

Barun Valley provides stunning contrasts, where high waterfalls cascade into deep gorges, craggy rocks rise from lush green forests, and colorful flowers bloom beneath white snow peaks. This unique landscape shelters some of the last pristine mountain ecosystems on earth. Rare species of animals and plants flourish in diverse climates and habitats, relatively undisturbed by human kind.

Read More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barun_Valley

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काठमाडौ, असार २० - नेपालबाट दैनिक औसतमा १ हजार ५ सय युवाले वैदेशिक रोजगारीका लागि श्रम स्वीकृति लिन्छन् । स्वदेशमै रोजगारी पाए विदेश किन जानु ? केही कमाउन सकिन्छ कि भनेर विदेश जान खोज्नेहरू ठगिने क्रम गाउँबाटै सुरु हुन्छ ।

गाउँमा दलालले ठग्छन्, राजधानीमा म्यानपावर कम्पनीले । श्रम स्वीकृति लिने क्रममा कर्मचारीदेखि उड्ने बेला विमानस्थल हँुदै सम्बन्धित मुलुकको रोजगारदाता कम्पनी पुगेपछि पनि उनीहरू ठगिनेक्रम रोकिंदैन ।

त्यसरी ठगिनबाट दाजुभाइलाई कसरी रोक्ने ? सफ्टवेयर डेभलप गर्दै आएको जानकी टेक्नोलोजीका अमित अग्रवालको टिमले यसमा केही गर्ने आइडिया ल्यायो । म्यानपावर कम्पनीले कामदारलाई कुन कम्पनीमा काम गर्न पठाउने ? तलब कति हुने ? भिसा प्रोसेसिङ शुल्क कति लाग्ने ? कुन पदमा काम गर्न जाने ? यी प्रश्नका जवाफ खुलाएपछि मात्र सरकारले श्रम स्वीकृति दिन्छ ।

त्यस्ता विवरण कामदार र उनीहरूका आफन्तले थाहा पाए ठगिने सम्भावना कम हुन्छ । त्यस्तो जानकारी कसरी उपलब्ध गराउने ? सबैभन्दा सजिलो माध्यम मोबाइल हुनसक्छ । चलाउन सजिलो, सबैको पहँुचमा रहेको यही डिभाइसबाट एसएमएस गर्नासाथ श्रम स्वीकृतिको विवरण उपलब्ध गराउने सफ्टवेयरको डेभलपमा लागे उनीहरू । त्यो प्रयासले सफलता दिलायो । त्यस उत्पादनलाई उनीहरूले श्रम मन्त्रालयको सिस्टमसँग इन्टिग्रेट गरे ।

अब श्रमस्वीकृति पाएकाले आफ्नो पासपोर्ट नम्बर टाइप गरेर एसएमएस गरेपछि सम्पूर्ण विवरण पाउँछन् । उनीहरूको प्रोडक्ट यति लोकपि्रय भयो कि श्रम स्वीकृति पाउने र उनीहरूका आफन्त गरी दैनिक हजारौंले एसएमएसमार्फत सोधखोज गर्न थालेका छन् । श्रम मन्त्रालयका अनुसार म्यानपावर कम्पनीले आफूलाई बताएभन्दा फरक श्रम स्वीकृति लिएको पाउनेले ठगिएको महसुस गर्दै वैदेशिक रोजगारीमा जान अस्वीकार गरेका धेरै छन् ।

'एक जनालाई पनि ठगिनबाट रोक्न सक्यौं भने हामी सफल हुनेछौं भन्ने लागेको थियो,' अमितले सुनाए, 'अहिले सयौंलाई ठगिनबाट जोगाएका छौं ।' जानकीको त्यही प्रोजेक्ट 'लेबर पर्मिट स्ट्याटस भिया एसएमएस एमबिलियन्थ अवार्ड साउथ एसिया २०१४' को फाइनलमा छनोट भएको छ । डिजिटल इम्पावरमेन्ट फाउन्डेसनले हरेक वर्ष दक्षिण एसियाली आठ देशका मोबाइल टेक्नोलोजीमा उत्कृष्ट प्रोजेक्टबीच प्रतिस्पर्धा गराउने यो अवार्ड दक्षिण एयिामा प्रतिष्ठित् छ ।

यस इनिसिएटिभ्समा एम गभर्नेन्स विधामा विभिन्न मुलुकका जुरीले अग्रवालको टिमको प्रोजेक्ट छानेका हुन् । मोबाइल र टेलिकम इन्डस्टि्रजमा भएका प्रोडक्टको एक्स्प्लोर, रिकग्नाइज र सम्मान गर्ने दक्षिण एसियाकै एकमात्र प्लेटर्फमको एम इन्टरटेनमेन्ट विधामा जानकीकै पिकोभिको र एम हेल्थ विधामा अर्को नेपाली कम्पनी यागिटेनको आमाको माया चुनियो । नेपाली कम्पनी छानिएको एम गभर्नेन्समा ६, एम इन्टरटेनमेन्टमा ९ र एम हेल्थमा ११ फाइनलिस्ट छन् ।

जानकीकै पिकोभिकोले संसारका फोटोग्राफीप्रेमीबीच निकै लोकपि्रय छ । यसका मोबाइल एप्स र वेव दुवै भर्सन छन् । वेब भर्सनबाट भ्रमण, आफन्तको विवाह, पार्टीलगायतका रमाइलापलको फोटोलाई भिडियो बनाएर फेसबुक, ट्वीटरजस्ता सोसल मिडियामार्फत् साथीभाइलाई बाँड्न सकिन्छ । यसको मोबाइल एप्प पनि निकै लोकपि्रय बनेको छ । यसका युजर २ लाखको हाराहारीमा छन् । यसबाट लाखौं भिडियो बनाइएका छन् ।

उनीहरूको यस प्रोजेक्टले 'स्टार्ट अप चिली' मा ल्याटिन अमेरिकी र युरोपेली १ हजार ६ सय कम्पनीमध्ये टप १ सय छानिएर ४० हजार अमेरिकी डलर -झण्डै ४० लाख रूपैयाँ) पुरस्कार पाएको थियो । पश्चिमा प्रयोगकर्ता धेरै भएकाले उनीहरूले अमेरिकामै पिकोभिको कम्पनी स्थापना गरेर त्यसको मार्केटिङ गर्दै आएका छन् । एउटै विग प्लेटर्फममा दुई वटा प्रोजेक्टलाई फाइनल लिस्टमा पार्न सफल जानकीको ब्याक बोन हुन् वीरगंजका अमित, बाराका अरबिन साह, पोखराका धु्रुव अधिकारी, चितवनका सुरज सापकोटा र जनकपुरका मनीष मोदी ।

इन्जिनियरिङ ब्याकग्राउन्डका ती ५ युवाले खोलेको कम्पनीले अहिले ३० जनालाई रोजगारी दिइरहेको छ । अमित कम्पनीका सीईओ हुन् । अरबिनले व्यवस्थापन सम्हाल्छन् । कम्पनीको स्प्यारो एसएमएस धुव्रले हेर्छन् । पिकोभिकोलाई यस स्थानमा ल्याउन सुरज र मनीषको महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका छ । उनीहरुको कम्पनीले विभिन्न संस्था/कम्पनी/व्यक्तिलाई एसएमएस सर्भिस उपलब्ध गराउदै आएको छ ।

रगत खोजी दिनेदेखि एसएलसीको रिजल्टसम्म एसएमएसबाटै उपलब्ध गराउने काम प्यारो एसएमएसले गर्छ । यागिटेनको आमाको माया गर्भवती महिलाका लागि अत्यन्तै उपयोगी एप्स हो । डेभलपर दुर्गाप्रसाद पौडेलका अनुसार गर्भवती महिलाले हरेक साता आउने शारीरिक परिवर्तनबारे भिडियो, अडियो र टेक्स्टबाट जानकारी पाउँछन् । विभिन्न सस्थासँग मिलेर मकवानपुर र चितवनका केही हेल्थपोस्ट क्षेत्रका गर्भवतीलाई एन्ड्रोइड मोबाइल बाँडेको थियो ।

उनीहरूबाट एप्पको राम्रो प्रतिक्रिया आएको पौडेलले बताए । एप्पले कति अवधिको गर्भावस्थामा के गर्न हुन्छ, खानपानमा के ध्यान दिनुपर्छ जस्ता कुराको जानकारीसमेत दिन्छ । एमविलियन्थले अन्तराष्ट्रिय क्षेत्रमा विज्ञता हासिल गरेकाहरुलाई जुरीमा राखेर राखेर प्रोजेक्टको छनौट गर्छ । नेपालबाट नेपाल दुरसंचार प्राधिकरणका निर्देशक आनन्दराज खनाल, आइटीविज्ञ हेमपाल श्रेष्ठले जुरीमा रहेर फाइनलिस्ट छान्ने अवसर पाएका थिए ।

'फाइनलिस्टमा तीन नेपाली कम्पनी छानिनुले नेपाली अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय स्तरमा प्रतिस्पर्धा गर्न सक्षम छन् भन्ने देखाउँछ,' खनालले भने । प्रतिस्पर्धामा इनोभेटिभ, मासमा यसको उपयोगीता, ग्लोबल मार्केटमा त्यसले पार्ने प्रभावलगायत हेरिने अर्का जुरी श्रेष्ठ बताउँछन् । उनका अनुसार झन्डै ५ सय आवेदकबाट ती फाइनलिस्ट छानिएका हुन् । जुलाइ १८ मा दिल्लीमा हुने अवार्ड गालामा उनीहरूलाई प्रेजेन्टेसनका लागि बोलाइएको छ
Source: ekantipur.com

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Joanna Jolly handles some yarsagumba

The Himalayan mountain range that straddles the border between Nepal and Tibet is known as one of the most beautiful and remote places in the world.

Every year, thousands of tourists come here to trek on the Annapurna circuit which takes them high into the snowy mountains to climb passes over 5,000m (16404ft).

This isolated and barren landscape is home to Buddhist communities who have lived, farmed and traded here for centuries.

But in the last few years, this peaceful region has been rocked by jealousy, crime and murder.

All this is down to Yarsagumba, the small, fragile, mummified body of the Himalayan bat moth caterpillar that has been invaded by a fungus - and which is famous throughout the Himalayas as a powerful medicine.

'A sin'

As the freezing night falls in the Himalayan village of Humde, Sangay Gurung and his wife huddle around their fireside, preparing a supper of rice and vegetables.

Sangay tells me he can sell me some Yarsagumba.

Sangay Gurung believes it's a sin to trade in Yarsagumba

He has some of this precious substance because his son has collected it. But he is not happy handling it.

"We believe it's a sin to trade in Yarsagumba," he says.

"In our Buddhist culture we're not supposed to pick it - that's our tradition.

"My grandparents told me this and I obeyed them. I'm 53 now and I've never picked it. But the young generation is different. They don't believe in sin or religion so they're making money from it."

For the past 500 years, Yarsagumba (Cordyceps sinensis), has been prized as an aphrodisiac by the Chinese.

It can be found in the high pastures of the Himalayas above 3,500m, and is traditionally picked in early spring before the monsoon rains.

'Great aphrodisiac'

Each year, hundreds of Tibetan traders cross the border illegally into Nepal to buy Yarsagumba from local villagers and sell it back to China. One kilogram can fetch up to $10,000.

Three dozen villagers are being kept in a makeshift prison in Chame village

"The medical properties of Yarsagumba are numerous and many," says Carroll Dunham, a medical anthropologist who has worked in Nepal for the past 25 years.

"Yarsagumba is known as an immune booster. It's also known as a great aphrodisiac.

"It works in a way similar to Viagra. It's considered to be helpful for impotence in men and it's considered to be a great stimulant."

This has meant that Yarsagumba has become the most valuable commodity in this remote region that has few economic opportunities.

It has become so lucrative that the district government now operates a permit system for those who want to collect Yarsagumba.

In certain areas, the permits are more expensive for people from outside the region. In others, outsiders are completely banned from searching for the drug.

Turf war

For some mountain villagers, the chance to collect Yarsagumba has brought great wealth. But for others, it has brought great misery.

Samma Tsering says her brother is innocent

In June 2009, seven men from the low-lying Gorkha region of Nepal who came to the mountains to pick Yarsagumba were murdered by a local mob protecting their turf.

The men were attacked with sticks and knives and their bodies thrown into deep mountain ravines.

Nal Prasad Upadhay was the police officer in charge of the investigation.

"It was a very big operation. More than 80 police personnel were mobilised in that case," he says.

"Two bodies were collected from a very difficult place - the police had to use ropes to recover them. We couldn't find the other five bodies."

Thirty-six men from the remote village of Nar were arrested for the crime and are still waiting for a verdict.

Barren

There isn't a prison big enough to hold them in the mountain region, so they are being kept in a converted district education office in the village of Chame.

Yarsagumba is found in these beautiful and remote mountains

In the last few months, 17 men were let out on bail. The rest spend their time behind barbed wire, playing cards and basketball, and depend on their relatives to bring them food.

"I think my brother will be freed very soon," says Samma Tsering, who visits the prison daily.

"Whenever I meet him, he says that he hasn't done anything wrong."

Since her brother was arrested, Samma's life has become focused on supporting him.

Because most of the men from her village are in this jail, there is no one left behind to work.

"Our land is barren now," she says.

"There is no one to plough the fields so we haven't been able to grow anything for two years. Women who know how to do the men's work are somehow managing but most of them can't."

A verdict in the case of the Yarsagumba murders is expected in February.

From March, the Yarsagumba picking season will start again and hundreds of locals will scour the mountainsides searching for the valuable drug in the hope that they will make their fortune.

But for many who live here, Yarsagumba is not a blessing but a curse. And they remember the old Buddhist saying that it will bring nothing but bad luck.

Source: http://www.bbc.com