India, Sept. 14 -- Nepal's first female prime minister made hospital visits to injured protesters her first official act on Saturday, as the country slowly returned to normalcy under military watch.

Sushila Karki, 73, visited two hospitals to meet families of protesters wounded when police opened fire on anti-corruption demonstrators, a day after taking her oath as interim prime minister following unprecedented violence that killed at least 51 people.

She also visited the sites that were damaged and set on fire by protesters. Nepal police on their social media handles shared photos of Karki visiting the sites across the city.

Karki was sworn in Friday night after day-long deliberations between President Ramchandra Poudel, army official...