Alok Rajouria

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

The Nepalese flag is the only one in the world that isn't rectangular or square. It is also the only flag whose height is taller than its width.

The flag we see today was adopted in 1962. Prior to that, though, it looked quite different.

As always, there's a great story.

1/n

[Er. Kamal Rijal, Ph. D. @kamalrijal1]

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[IWMI @IWMI_]

🤖 IWMI researchers are developing a groundwater game powered by Generative AI to simulate real-world challenges. Now, a large-scale user study will help explore its potential to improve understanding and decision-making.💧

👉 https://t.co/3mD5Yip6as

#Groundwater #SeriousGaming

[IWMI @IWMI_]

🚀 Calling all innovators! 🌍 Join the Circular Bioeconomy Innovation Challenge and showcase your sustainable ideas! Win exciting prizes! 🏆
Registration: Until 10 Sep 2024

Open to all college students - females are strongly encouraged to apply!
More: https://t.co/E6N0MGnBre

[The Kathmandu Post @kathmandupost]

Nearly 60 percent of drinking water in Lalitpur district contaminated with deadly microbes

Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited, the water supply agency, urges the public to boil water properly before drinking.

https://t.co/GrIYFQKUIu

[The Kathmandu Post @kathmandupost]

Barred from screen: How Nepal’s films are failing blind, deaf viewers

Lack of audio descriptions and closed captions in movies is a critical shortfall for 2.2 percent Nepalis who are living with disabilities.

https://t.co/bv7liZszZS — by @AaratiRay1

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

The environmental impact of foods (CO₂e emissions per kilogram of the final product):

🥩 Beef (beef herd): 99.48 kg
🍫 Dark Chocolate: 46.65 kg
🐑 Lamb & Mutton: 39.72 kg
🥩 Beef (dairy herd): 33.30 kg
☕️ Coffee: 28.53 kg
🍤 Prawns (farmed): 26.87 kg
🧀 Cheese: 23.88 kg
🐟 Fish (farmed): 13.63 kg
🐖 Pork: 12.31 kg
🍗 Poultry: 9.87 kg
🥚 Eggs: 4.67 kg
🍚 Rice: 4.45 kg
🥜 Peanuts: 3.23 kg
🍬 Cane Sugar: 3.20 kg
🧈 Tofu: 3.16 kg
🥛 Milk: 3.15 kg
🥣 Oatmeal: 2.48 kg
🍅 Tomatoes: 2.09 kg
🍷 Wine: 1.79 kg
🌽 Maize: 1.70 kg
🌾 Wheat & Rye: 1.57 kg
🍇 Berries & Grapes: 1.53 kg
🍌 Bananas: 0.86 kg
🥔 Potatoes: 0.46 kg
🍎 Apples: 0.43 kg
🌰 Nuts: 0.43 kg
🥕 Root Vegetables: 0.43 kg
🍊 Citrus Fruit: 0.39 kg

This data shows how different food items contribute to this environmental impact, the above list ranks foods based on their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, using data from Poore and Nemecek and Our World in Data.

[Onlinekhabar @Online_khabar]

देशको इतिहास र भविष्यप्रति नयाँ पुस्ताको कुनै रुचि छैन https://t.co/AOQ4tV6QqB

[University of Hawaii at Manoa @uhmanoa]

Your #UHManoa placed in the top 2.5% out of more than 20,000 universities worldwide in the Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings released on May 15 ➡️ https://t.co/6nK3fsJESk #TakeMeToManoa

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Decline in % of adults who smoke (from 2000 to 2020):

🇳🇵 Nepal: -34.1%
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone: -30.2%
🇰🇮 Kiribati: -27.9%
🇳🇴 Norway: -27.8%
🇮🇳 India: -27.3%
🇦🇹 Austria: -25.9%
🇵🇪 Peru: -24.8%
🇨🇺 Cuba: -22.9%
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: -22.9%
🇲🇲 Myanmar: -22.8%
🇬🇧 UK: -22.5%
🇬🇷 Greece: -21.4%
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🇸🇪 Sweden: -19.8%
🇩🇰 Denmark: -19.8%
🇵🇰 Pakistan: -17.3%
🇨🇦 Canada: -15.4%
🇩🇪 Germany: -14.4%
🇰🇷 South Korea: -14.2%
🇯🇵 Japan: -13.2%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: -12.1%
🇵🇭 Philippines: -12%
🇧🇷 Brazil: -11%
🇲🇽 Mexico: -10.9%
🇺🇸 United States: -10.8%
🇦🇺 Australia: -10.8%
🇦🇷 Argentina: -9.5%
🇪🇸 Spain: -9.1%
🇮🇷 Iran: -7.9%
🇷🇺 Russia: -6.5%
🇳🇬 Nigeria: -5.6%
🇻🇳 Vietnam: -5%
🇿🇦 South Africa: -3.2%
🇮🇹 Italy: -3.1%
🇹🇷 Turkey: -2.2%
🇪🇹 Ethiopia: -1.7%
🇨🇳 China: -1.1%
🇫🇷 France: -0.8%
🇪🇬 Egypt: 0%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: +0.1%
🇮🇩 Indonesia: +2.2%
🇭🇷 Croatia: +2.5%
🇲🇩 Moldova: +3.7%
🇯🇴 Jordan: +4.1%

🌍 World: -11.19%

[Not Jerome Powell @alifarhat79]

If you buy a $50k electric vehicle to save $80 a month on gas you’ll need 52 years to break even.

[UN Women Nepal @unwomennepal]

We're thrilled to kickstart our scoping trip for Empowered Women Prosperous Nepal project in Madhesh province.

We're meeting with provincial stakeholders & community members to learn more about the situation and needs of women & girls.

#Partnership4GEWE
@EUinNepal @unwomenEU

[George Mack @george__mack]

What is ignored by the media -- but will be studied by historians?

Here's 7 more examples:

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

Why is Messi letting Martinez mock & humiliate Mbappe like this? They’re teammates at PSG, just so weird & graceless.

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

Have you ever seen anything like it!? 🤯

[केदार शर्मा @kedar_sharmaa]

तपाईँलाई आफूले सिके पढेजसरी नै शहीद, दशैँ, दूध, फूल आदि लेख्न मनपर्छ भने, र तपाईँलाई एकेडेमीको भाषिक बलमिचाइँ मन पर्दैन भने तपाईँको लेखनलाई सघाउने शब्दकोश बल्ल बजारमा आएको छ।
शब्द +उखान टुक्काको प्रविष्टि - ८८ हजार +
पृष्ठ - २०५२
मोल - २८९५/-
मूल्य - अमूल्य

[सुरेश तामाङ Sur Esh Tamang, PhD @mailalama]

@EastWestCenter Alumni gathering #Kathmandu #Nepal
@pkafle_jhapa @rajouria @relaxsharma @KoshRKoirala @KamalRajSigdel @Premphyak @beachmonkie @uhmanoa

[Aroosh Rajouria @ArooshRajouria]

I just published Sonnet 12 & 18 Analysis By Aroosh Rajouria https://t.co/t4ahA7uOhM