Nepal wins four medals, including its first silver, at Astronomy Olympiad
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Kathmandu, Nov. 15: Nepali students have won four medals, including the country’s first silver, at the fifth Open World Astronomy Olympiad in Russia. At the competition, which wrapped up Saturday in Sirius, Russia, Riwash Rai took silver, while Omraj Puri, Sneha Koirala and Suyash Koirala each won bronze.
According to Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO) chair Suresh Bhattarai, it is the first time a Nepali student has won silver at the International Astronomy Olympiad. Earlier this month, at the fifth International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad-Junior in Thailand, Shahwaz Alam won gold and Sahaj K.C. took bronze.
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नेपालीमा
नेपालले खगोल विज्ञान ओलम्पियडमा पहिलो रजत समेटेर चार पदक जित्यो
काठमाडौं, नोभेम्बर १५: नेपाली विद्यार्थीहरूले रुसमा सम्पन्न पाँचौं ओपन विश्व खगोल विज्ञान ओलम्पियडमा देशको पहिलो रजत पदक समेटेर चार पदक जितेका छन्। रुसको सिरियसमा शनिबार सम्पन्न भएको प्रतियोगितामा रिवास राईले रजत, जबकि ओमराज पुरी, स्नेहा कोइराला र सुयश कोइरालाले प्रत्येकले काँसा पदक जितेका हुन्। नेपाल खगोल विज्ञान समाज (नासो) का अध्यक्ष सुरेश भट्टराईका अनुसार अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय खगोल विज्ञान ओलम्पियडमा नेपाली विद्यार्थीले पहिलो पटक रजत पदक जितेको हो। यसै महिनाको सुरुमा थाइल्यान्डमा सम्पन्न पाँचौं अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय खगोल विज्ञान र खगोल भौतिकशास्त्र ओलम्पियड-जुनियरमा शाहवाज अलमले सुन र साहज के.सी. ले काँसा पदक जितेका थिए। द राइजिङ नेपाल गोरखापत्र संस्थानको एक उपक्रम, नेपाल सरकारको एक उपक्रमद्वारा प्रकाशित नेपालको पहिलो अंग्रेजी ब्रडशीट दैनिक हो। द राइजिङ नेपाल डेली.कम दैनिक पत्रिकको अनलाइन संस्करण हो।
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