- Wednesday, 29 July 2026
By Indira Aryal
Save migratory birds from light pollution
World Migratory Bird Day is being celebrated today with the theme of “Dim the Lights for Birds at Night,” to create awareness about bird conservation and focus the steps that individuals, communities, and the governments can take to reduce the impact of light pollution on migratory birds. The day is officially celebrated on the second Saturday of May across the globe specially focusing on summer migratory birds asking to take action to conserve migratory birds. This year, the day is focused on the impact of light pollution on birds. Light pollution attracts and confuses migrating birds. They are likely to land in areas where they are more vulnerable to accidents and other dangers, and the message is for people around the world to turn off the lights during the night when they are not in use.
Efforts For Gender-Friendly Newsrooms
Nepal’s news mediascape has continued to grow over the years. The expansion of media outlets since the 1990s has reached over 8,000. Among them, over 800 are radio stations, 164 television stations, 3,120 online news media platforms, and over 7,000 are print media houses in Nepal. Altogether 13, 077 journalists have registered themselves at the Federation of Nepalese Journalists as members, according to the Centre for Media Research. Despite this, male journalists still dominate the voice in the news media.
