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To those who knew him, Mumbai doctor-mountaineer Milind Chitley was far more than a friend-and now, with each passing day after the August 26 Nepal floods, the hopes of his family and well-wishers to find him are fading.As memories of his role as the official doctor of the historic 1988 first...
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As the death toll from Nepal's devastating flash floods climbed to 903, families of missing people gathered at Bidur, making rounds of help centres, checking lists of missing and deceased persons and waiting anxiously for information about their loved ones. Many broke down while recounting...
11:33
A torchlight vigil in Manipur's Kakching district demanding NRC updation prior to the Census exercise in the northeastern state turned violent, with some protesters pelting the police with stones, and the law enforcers retaliating with tear gas shells, leading to injuries to a few agitators,...
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A Chinese rescue worker walks near a barrier lake formed following a mudslide
In a desperate search through the dense forests of Nepal, Jagarnath Mishra has set out to rescue his friend Narendra Nepali on Monday, who is believed to be trapped after surviving devastating floods and unable to walk due to severe injuries.Speaking to ANI, Mishra narrated the call, saying,...
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China provided USD 2.2 million in financial assistance to Nepal for victims of the devastating flash flood, with President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Qiang expressing condolences over the loss of lives and property, the government said on Monday.Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zhang Maoming...
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Relief supplies headed from India to Nepal
The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rose to 903 on Monday, with more bodies being recovered and nearly 4,250 people still missing following the disaster, authorities said.Bodies have been recovered from all eight affected districts as rescuers race against time to search for those missing...
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We need a plan to ensure that the good outweighs the bad, writes Bill Gates.Read more here.
10:16
Bangladesh has said it saw no risk in joining the Mecca defence pact with Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan, asserting it would not restrict Dhaka's engagement with other partners.Signed on August 7, the 'Makkah Joint Defence Agreement' establishes a framework for collective deterrence and...
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A 16-year-old student from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly subjected to a brutal gang-rape aboard a moving sleeper bus that travelled nearly 47 kilometres across the national capital region before the suspects abandoned her near a major transit terminal, police said.The incident reportedly occurred...
09:57
Following a controversial circular saying women should not be present on public platforms, Islamic scholar Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar on Sunday said women should remain confined to their homes.The Kanthapuram faction of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, the state's premier council...
09:39
The glacial collapse and flash flood near the Nepal-China border are a devastating reminder of how fragile mountain environments can be, particularly in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Sunday.He said scientists and local communities have been warning for years that...
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Cockroach Janta Party leader Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday said that the BJP thinks that it has become bigger than the RSS, but it should pay heed to what Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has been saying. He was replying to a reporter's question about the Rashtriya...
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The inaugural meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee established under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (Makkah Accord) will be held on Monday in Istanbul, Turkiye.Pakistan will be represented at the meeting by Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Federal Minister for...
09:19
Hundreds of Pune residents have staged a protest demanding a ban on loud music and DJ systems during the upcoming Ganesh festival, claiming the menace caused by unbearable sound makes them fall sick and travel out of the city for a few days.However, some representatives of Ganesh Mandals alleged...
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An FIR has been registered against Rahul Gandhi, following a complaint by a member of the Valmiki community in Haldwani alleging that the Congress leader gave a casteist spin to a religious ritual held at the venue of the AICC chief's programme, police said on Sunday.The FIR has been registered...
08:46
Shortly after American forces struck Larak Island, Iran claimed of have launched ballistic missiles at two US air bases in Jordan, Press TV reported.Sharing footage by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Press TV claimed that the ballistic missiles were launched at the technical and...
08:26
Two suspected sharpshooters carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 each in the murder case of Haryanvi singer and YouTuber Ankit Balyan were killed in a police encounter in Shamli on Monday, police said.The two accused, identified as Mohit (22) and Sumit (24), both from Sonipat in Haryana, were injured...
