Author: TechSathi

Foodmandu recently went through a massive data breach which was around 50K+ user data leaks. But today we came around massive data breach news which is the biggest and the largest data breach in the history of Nepal to date and the data breach is from Vianet Communications, one of the largest ISP of Nepal. The news we got was from the Mr.Mugger twitter account who had breached the data of Foodmandu previously. But this time he tagged another account named ‘नरपिचास’ and praised him for the data leak of Vianet which is the largest data breach of Nepal. Mr.mugger…

The World Bank has approved a fast-track $29 million COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project to help Nepal prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen its public health preparedness. The agreement was signed today by the Ministry of Finance and the World Bank. The project will focus on the immediate response, and preparedness needs to fight the virus. The project provides emergency support to enhance Nepal’s capacity to detect cases and ensure prompt contact tracing consistent with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and the Ministry of Health and Population protocols. It will also help set up new intensive care units, beds, and…

The COVID-19 pandemic has to lead us all into quarantine or physical distancing. It has caused a lockdown leading us to have leisure time. So, most of us turn towards different things to keep us engaged and positive at this time of crisis. Reading a book is one of the best ways to keep oneself occupied and to keep the adventure alive. As it is also said, reading is an adventure for the heart. If you want to have access to reading materials for school or just for your love of reading, the Internet Archive has opened a National Emergency…

Khalti along with The Arbitary Group organized an online fundraiser concert “Music for Aid” with various marquee artists such as Adrian Pradhan, Bipul Chettri, Kengal M Shrestha and Ishan R Onta among them. The event was held on March 30th through their respective Facebook accounts. In this dire time of the COVID-19 outbreak when everyone is forced into lockdown, this was a great initiative by the organizers to bring together beloved artists of the Nepali Music industry for an online music concert. Music is an art of expression that brings people together and this was indeed a much needed coming…

WHO and Rakuten Viber have joined together to find misinformation and get accurate information about COVID-19 to people in multiple languages with a new interactive chatbot.  This partnership with Rakuten Viber gives WHO the potential to reach over 1 billion people in their local language directly through their mobile phones.  Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared, “WHO’s aim is to reach as many people as possible with reliable health information through innovative digital technology. Information is powerful and can help save lives during this pandemic.” At such a time, it is normal for people to panic but what has been fueling this panic to a greater extent is the spread…

If you’re bored from being stuck at home all day long with nothing to do then you’re not the only one. Like you, many of us are facing the same boredom as well with the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Keeping that in mind, we’ve come up with a list of top online mobile games that you can play with your friends to shrug off boredom and have some fun while you’re at it. UNO Miss playing UNO with your friends? Want some of those heated matches back? Well, for all of those UNO addicted people there’s good news for you if…

The first batch of essential medical supplies donated by the Jack Ma Foundation and the Alibaba Foundation for Nepal arrived in Nepal today to help Nepal combat the spread of Coronavirus; COVID-19. The Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal took receipt of the supplies and will distribute them throughout the country. This delivery is part of the donation of essential medical supplies by the two Foundations to 23 Asian countries totaling 7.4 million masks; 485,000 test kits; 100,000 sets of protective clothing along with other medical equipment. Mr. Lino Ahlering, Managing Director for Daraz in Nepal acting on behalf…

With a nationwide lockdown being enforced in our country since the last few days, the medium of communication has been limited to mostly online platforms and phone calls. While many of us might be in lockdown with our families, a lot of us may be spending our time quarantined in different places. Therefore, in times of such a crisis, everyone is eager to communicate with their loved ones to know how they are doing. For this very reason, the Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA) directed all national telecom to provide a bonus on recharge and come up with offers. Nepal Telecom:…

Businesses have been hit hard with the COVID-19 outbreak. Many companies have shut down whereas others have been using the work from a home portfolio. Although, this might work to quite an extent but still with lockdowns and fears of the virus spreading it is really difficult for businesses to provide their product or service. For instance, if you are an owner of a bookstore or maybe even an online bookstore how are you going to deliver the book to your customer during a lockdown. Another example could be of food delivery services, how to deliver food to customers with…

Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) has officially unveiled the HUAWEI P40 Pro+, HUAWEI P40 Pro and HUAWEI P40, the new HUAWEI P40 Series flagship smartphones featuring cutting-edge designs with ground-breaking camera innovations that radically expand mobile photography and video capture possibilities. The HUAWEI P40 Series continues the series; the heritage of imaging excellence. The large 1/1.28-inch sensor has a binned pixel size measuring 2.44μm to massively boost light intake for enhanced low-light performance, while a new periscope design realizes 10x true optical zoom. The HUAWEI P40 Series is powered by Kirin 990 5G and supports high-speed 5G and Wi-Fi 6…