How would Aroaki, Mt Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National Parks in New Zealand be managed while considering the impacts of climate change and tourism?  Westland Tai Poutini National Park is located on the western coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Established in 1960, the centenary of the European settlement of Westland District, it covers 1,320 km², and extends from the highest peaks of the Southern Alps to a wild and remote coastlin

Consultation is underway for the draft management plans that were submitted first in September last year. Each plan discusses ways to manage increasing visitor numbers in the parks. When the plans were first announced, the Department of Conservation (DOC) said every bit of feedback would be fed into the draft plans. Hearings will be held after the closure of submissions. Conservation boards will then consider revised plans before going to the New Zealand Conservation Authority for approval.

चलचित्रले उत्कृष्ट व्यापार नगरेपछि केही समयअघि  अभिनेत्री आँचल शर्मा दाल भात तरकारीको सुटिङमा व्यस्त छिन् । आँचल शर्माको चल चलाचल अलि बडेको छ । यतिबेला चलचित्र  आँचल अलि चञ्चले स्वभावकी छिन् । त्यसो त उनमा मनमा आएको कुरा ओकलिहाल्ने बानी छ । यही बानीले कहिलेकाहीँ उनी फसादमा समेत पर्छिन् । उनले चलचित्र शत्रुगतेमा कलाकारहरूको भीडबीच काम गर्दा आफूलाई घाटा भएको आशय व्यक्त गरेकी थिइन् ।

Four aid workers were convicted Friday on charges connected to their efforts to leave food and water for migrants in an Arizona wildlife refuge along the U.S.-Mexico border. The volunteers, who are members of the faith-based humanitarian aid group No More Deaths, were caught on Aug. 13, 2017, by a Federal Wildlife officer as they left water jugs, beans and other supplies for migrants in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a 50-mile border with Mexico. No More Deaths claims that 155 migrants have died in the refuge since 2001, and that the organization aims to save lives by providing basic supplies.

The judge, United States Magistrate Bernardo P. Velasco, ruled that three of the volunteers – Oona Holcomb, Madeline Huse and Zaachila Orozco-McCormick – were convicted of entering a national wildlife refuge without a permit and abandoning personal property or possessions. A fourth volunteer, Natalie Hoffman, was convicted on an additional charge of operating a motor vehicle in a wilderness area. Each of the volunteers faces up to six months in prison. The decision is the first conviction against humanitarian aid volunteers in a decade, the Associated Press reported.

Velasco wrote in his verdict that the women had failed to get permits for expanded access to the wildlife refuge, had gone off the roads where they are allowed to travel and left behind their belongings. The verdict said that their actions “[erode] the national decision to maintain the refuge in its pristine nature.” No More Deaths responded to Velasco’s verdict by claiming that the decision is part of a larger crisis of conscience in the U.S. Catherine Gaffney, a volunteer for the organization, said that the four volunteers were driven by moral principles.

“This verdict challenges not only No More Deaths volunteers, but people of conscience throughout the country. If giving water to someone dying of thirst is illegal, what humanity is left in the law of this country?” Gaffney said. Five other humanitarian aid volunteers are also facing trial later this winter on similar charges, the nonprofit said.

The judge rejected several defenses the volunteers used to explain their actions, including a defense that they had been acting on their “moral, ethical and spiritual belief to help other people in need.” He also rejected the claim that an Assistant United States Attorney had deliberately misled the organization by telling them that the Department of Justice did not plan to prosecute aid workers. Velasco went on to chastise the organization for misleading the volunteers about the legal risks they faced.

I was lying on my bed
Missed you, he said!
Kissed me on my forehead
And left me like
If he is alive or dead!!

I don’t know where you at
I still look at your hat!
Mountains seem like flat
Waiting for you by
A girl called Ranabhat!!

Drops of rain
My love goes into vain!
You were my main
But, you are just insane!!

Who can leave a girl like this
Just want everything to dismiss!
I don’t love you anymore
Cause I am hella pissed!!

Just come back one time
Cause I can’t resist!
And then, you can disappear
From my life like a mist!!

1/16/2019
© Umanga Ranabhat

Source : http://thenewyorkcitypost.com/wanderer/

काठमाडौं : ‘व्यक्तिगत जीवनले नयाँ मोड लिएको’ भन्दै सञ्चारकर्मी रवि लामिछाने र चलचित्र विकास बोर्डकी अध्यक्ष निकिता पौडेलले विवाह गरेका छन्। उनीहरूबीच सोमबार दिउसो काठमाडौं जिल्ला अदालतमा कानुनी विवाह सम्पन्न भएको छ। आफन्त र नातागोताको छलफल र अनुमतिमा विवाह गरेको’ उल्लेख गरे। विवाह गर्ने सोच नभए पनि आफूहरूबारे चलेका चर्चाले चाँडो भएको उनले फेसबुकमा लेखेका छन्। केही समयअघि २५ वर्ष लामो वैवाहिक जीवन टुंग्याएका थिए। निकिताको ७ वर्ष पहिले नै डिभोर्स भएको थियो।

समस्त दर्शक शुभ चिन्तक,परिवार इस्टमित्रहरु बाट एउटै मात्र कुरा चाहन्छौ, आशिर्वाद।

” ब्यक्तीगत जीवनले नयाँ मोड लिएको छ। एक अर्काका परिवार, आफन्त र नातागोताको छलफल र अनुमतिमा आज निकिता पौडेल जी र मैले कानुनी रुपमा काठमाडौं जील्ला आदालतमा बिवाहा दर्ता गरेका छौ।  हामी दुबै प्रती जसरी मानसिक यातना नै हुने गरि अनवरत समाचार र खोजबीन चल्यो त्यसले हामीलाई एक अर्काको निकै खाचो पर्यो। हामी परम्परागत रुपमा हामी आउदो बैशाखमा बिवाह गर्ने छौ। यो हाम्रो नितान्त ब्यक्तिगत जीवन हो। ” – रवि लामिछाने

सूचना तथा सञ्चार प्रविधिको क्षेत्रमा कार्यरत जनशक्ति, विज्ञ र व्यवसायीहरुको छाता संगठन कम्प्युटर एसोसिएसन नेपाल (क्यान) महासंघले क्यान इन्फोटेक २०१९ आयोजना गर्ने भएको छ । सन् १९९२ मा स्थापना भएको क्यान महासंघले स्थापनाको तिन वर्षपछि सन् १९९५ देखि आयोजना गर्दै आएको क्यान इन्फोटेकलाई यो वर्ष पनि निरन्तरता दिएको हो । ‘सुबिसु क्यान इन्फोटेक २०१९ इन एसोसिएसन विथ ई सेवा’ नाम दिइएको मेला माघ १५ देखि २० गतेसम्म ६ दिन चल्नेछ ।

काठमाडौ बाहिर प्रदेश १ को विराटनगरमा पुस १९ देखि २३, प्रदेश २ को वीरगन्जमा पुस २७ देखि ३०, प्रदेश ३ को चितवनमा माघ २५ देखि २९, गण्डकी प्रदेशको पोखरामा फागुन २४ देखि २८, प्रदेश ५ को बुटवलमा फागुन ३ देखि ७ र कर्णाली प्रदेशको सुर्खेतमा फागुन २४ देखि २८ सम्म प्रादेशिक इन्फोटेक आयोजना गरिएको छ ।

काठमाडौंको भृकुटीमण्डपमा सञ्चालन हुने सूचना प्रविधि मेलामा क्यान महासंघका सदस्य संस्थाका साथै विभिन्न राष्ट्रिय र अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय सूचना तथा सञ्चार प्रविधिसम्बन्धी कम्पनीहरुको सहभागिता रहनेछ । मेलालाई व्यवसायीहरूले व्यापार विस्तारका साथै नयाँ–नयाँ प्रविधिको प्रदर्शनी गर्ने थलोका रूपमा उपयोग गर्न सक्नेछन् भने अवलोकनकर्ताले एकै थलोमा सूचना तथा सञ्चार प्रविधिका नौला प्रविधि र उपकरणको अवलोकन तथा खरिद गर्न पाउनेछन् । यसपटकको इन्फोटेकमा शिक्षा, स्वास्थ्य, कृषि र पर्यटनको क्षेत्रमा प्रयोग भएका नयाँ प्रविधिलाई समेत समावेश गर्ने प्रयास गरिएको छ । त्यस्तै, नयाँ–नयाँ सफ्टवेयर, सुरक्षा उपकरण र नेपाली प्राविधिकले विकास गरेका प्रविधि पनि प्रदर्शनमा राखिनेछन् ।

क्यान महासंघले मेलाको यो संस्करणलाई विशेष बनाउन नयाँ–नयाँ स्किमहरु ल्याएको छ । मेलामा प्रत्येक तीन÷तीन घण्टामा चिठ्ठामार्फत अवलोकनकर्तालाई गिफ्ट ह्याम्पर प्रदान गरिनेछ भने एक जनालाई प्रत्येक दिन बम्पर पुरस्कार प्रदान गरिनेछ । मेलामा कुनै पनि पुराना इलेक्ट्रोनिक सामान लगेर अवलोकनकर्ताले आकर्षक गिफ्ट या अर्को सामानमा छुटसमेत प्राप्त गर्न सक्नेछन् । त्यस्तै, नेपालीले निर्माण गरेको दैनिक जीवनमा प्रयोग हुने रोबोट पनि प्रदर्शन गरिनेछ । सूचना प्रविधिको क्षेत्रमा करियर बनाउन प्राविधिक विषय अध्ययनरत विद्यार्थीले मेलास्थलमै बायोडाटा बुझाउन सक्नेछन् । क्यान महासंघले ती बायोडाटालाई आईटी कम्पनीहरुमा पठाइदिनेछ र रोजगारीका लागि आवश्यक सहजीकरण गरिदिनेछ ।

२५औं संस्करणको क्यान इन्फोटेकको मुख्य प्रायोजक सुबिसु केबलनेट प्रा.लि. हो भने एसोसिएट प्रायोजक ई सेवा फोन पे प्रा.लि. हो । त्यस्तै, सिल्भर स्पोन्सरमा एसएचटिसी इन्टरनेसनल, एस–पावर बिपिई प्रा.लि. र लर्डबुद्ध एजुकेसन फाउन्डेसन रहेका छन् भने अफिसियलमा नेपाल टेलिकम र नेपाल क्लियरिङ हाउस लिमिटेड रहेका छन् । त्यस्तै, अफिसियल बैंक प्रभु बैंक, अफिसियल पेमेन्ट पार्टनर F1 Soft, अनलाइन टिकेटिङ पार्टनर ई सेवा, अफिसियल SMS पार्टनर Sparrow SMS, अफिसियल ISP- SUBISU रहेको छ ।

क्यान इन्फोटेकको अफिसियल इन्स्योरेन्स प्रभु इन्स्योरेन्स लिमिटेड हो । प्रभु इन्स्योरेन्सले प्रदर्शनीस्थल र स्टलको २ करोड रूपैयाँबराबरको बिमा गर्नेछ । त्यस्तै, कम्पनीले प्रत्येक स्टललाई पाँचवटा बिमा पोलिसी प्रदान गर्नेछ ।

कुल १७५ वटा स्टल रहने मेलामा हार्डवेयर सेल्स तथा मेन्टिनेन्स, पावर सोलुसन्स, मोबाइल एसेसोरिज, डिलर र डिस्ट्रिव्युटर्स, इन्टरनेट सेवाप्रदायक, टेलिकम्युनिकेसन्स, आईसिटी कलेज तथा ट्रेनिङ इन्स्टिच्युट, सफ्टवेयर सोलुसन्स, पेमेन्ट सोलुसन्सलगायतका स्टल रहनेछन् । मेला अवलोकनका लागि सर्वसाधारणलाई प्रवेश शुल्क १०० रूपैयाँ र विद्यार्थीलाई ५० रूपैयाँ तोकिएको छ । माघ १७ गते बिजनेस डेका दिन भने सबैले १०० रूपैयाँ प्रवेश शुल्क तिर्नुपर्नेछ ।

आमजनमानस माझ सूचना तथा सञ्चार प्रविधिको प्रयोगलाई प्रोत्साहन गर्ने उद्देश्यले आयोजित मेलामा अनलाइन टिकटको व्यवस्था मिलाइएको छ भने सूचना प्रविधि प्रयोगलाई बढावा दिने उद्देश्यले अनलाइन टिकट खरिदमा १० प्रतिशत छुट प्रदान गरिएको छ । अनलाइन टिकट www.can.esewa.com.np लगइन गरी खरिद गर्न सकिनेछ ।

Costa del Sol is one of the most known travel and tourism destinations in Spain. The Costa del Sol is a region in the south of Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, comprising the coastal towns and communities along the coastline of the Province of Málaga. The Costa del Sol is situated between two lesser known coastal regions, the Costa de la Luz and the Costa Tropical . An alleged ISIS terrorist from neighboring Morocco has been jailed after revealing plans to carry out an attack at a busy Costa del Sol feria. The suspect, named Anwar Andalosi on social media, was arrested in Manilva on Tuesday after planning to carry out attacks at the town’s annual summer fair.

Investigators discovered that the 27-year-old from Morocco, known as M.L., had announced his plans in a video sent to Syrian jihadists in August. He is currently being held without bail ahead of his trial. Officials said he recorded a video at Manilva fair in August 2018, stating that it was his chosen place to plant a bomb.

Instagram has become the go-to destination for all the fans to get latest updates on their favourite stars. And unlike most Bollywood celebs, Hindi television actors handle their social media accounts on their known making the experience more personal and interactive for their fans.  This month, television hotties like Hina Khan, Karishma Tanna, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Shrenu Parikh, Shivangi Joshi and Aashka Goradia treated their fans to some glamourous photoshoots.

 The choice for voters in the Lok Sabha polls will be between ‘stability’ and ‘instability’ with an “honest and courageous” leader in Prime Minister Narendra Modi challenged by an “opportunist alliance” whose leader is unknown, says the BJP political resolution passed Saturday.

The resolution, which was passed at the party’s national convention held here, noted that party workers should draw the “right lessons” from the recent results of state assembly elections.Briefing reporters about the resolution, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the only glue binding the likely alliance of opposition parties was their “hatred for Modi”.The resolution speaks of instability that the opposition alliance may usher at the Centre if it is elected to power, he said referring to short tenures of prime ministers, from four months to a year, in the 1990s, such as that of Chandra Shekhar, H D Deve Gowda and I K Gujral.

“The country has to decide where it has to go,” Prasad said, adding the Modi government had ushered in stability, development and growth with India now seen as an emerging global power and the prime minister as a global leader.The resolution also said people have to chose between stability and instability. “Choice is between stability or instability, between an honest and courageous leader, and a leaderless opportunistic alliance, ‘majboot’ (strong) government or a ‘majboor’ (helpless) government,” the party said in the document.

On the outcome of the assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the political resolution said the party saw the same with “a mixed feeling”, and that the National Council compliments the hard work of party workers in each state.  “All the BJP state governments have given exemplary record of development and good governance. We shall surely draw the right lessons, but surely this will serve as an inspiration for the party workers and cadres to work with renewed vigour in the Lok Saha elections,” the resolution said. Describing the ‘mahagathbandhan’ (opposition alliance) as a “comical alliance”, the saffron party said it was a grand alliance of “desperate, contradictory and opportunistic” political formations which were being raised to take on the Prime Minister, BJP and NDA.