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  Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga, man of political sincerity That is how the senior political leaders of so-called big political parties should have done and should do in future the way the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has done saying that he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response and rapidly dwindling public support. Suga, who took over after Shinzo Abe resigned last September, citing ill health, has seen his support ratings sink to below 30% as the nation struggles with its worst wave of COVID-19 infections ahead of a general election this year. Suga's decision on Friday not to run in a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) election in September means the party will choose a new leader, who will become prime minister. Do our senior leaders have the sense of responsibility of sincerely serving the nation and the people and feeling of resigning on the other hand from PM’s position if failed...

  The Himalayan Times 2 September 2021 Maternity hospitals Nepal used to have one of the finest health delivery systems among the South Asian countries. The decision to establish sub health posts and health posts in all the then Village Development Committee (VDC) back in the 1970s was an extraordinary decision of the then government. Putting health personnel in all these health posts to serve the rural people at their door steps was challenging, however, they were successfully assigned and had started providing basic health services to the rural population.  In each health post, a combination of health staff such as the Auxiliary Health Worker (AHW) at the sub-health post land Health Worker (HW) at the health post lever together with the Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) made up an excellent team of qualified health human resources. They provided basic health services to the visiting patients in a professional manner. Medicines, as authorized by the government, were made ...

The Himalayan Times 26 August 2021 Corrupt ministers Many counties, rich and poor, in the world including Nepal, are desperately struggling to contain the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of people have been infected and many have lost their lives in the first and second wave of the pandemic around the globe. Now, the World Health Organization (WHO) foresees a possible third wave of the pandemic in many parts of the world and recommends the governments to be fully prepared for it. Soon after the production of vaccines in the USA, the UK, Russia and China, governments around the globe were optimistic of getting the vaccines on time so that they would be able to keep their people safe from the pandemic. However, easy access of vaccines throughout the world has not been easy because of the excessive demands for the vaccines, creating panic among governments and their people. This situation allowed unscrupulous and corrupt ministers and bureaucrats in some countries l...