Kathmandu: The death toll from flash floods in central Nepal rose to 469 Friday as search and rescue operations continued for a third day, with nearly 1,000 people still missing in the Himalayan nation. The massive flash floods originating in Tibet swept through central Nepal...
Kathmandu: As many as 290 Indians have remained out of contact in the aftermath of the deadly floods in the Bhote Koshi river, which have left a trail of destruction across the Himalayan country, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Thursday. The Ministry also...
New Delhi: Two hundred and eighty-eight Indians remain missing following the devastating flash floods in Nepal, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Thursday. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the missing Indians included those working on hydropower projects and tourist groups. Twenty-one Indians from Tamil...
Kathmandu: The death toll in the massive flash floods in Nepal rose to 177, as authorities in Nepal on Thursday race against time to find thousands of missing people, including 300 Indian tourists, in one of the country's worst disasters in recent years. The flash...
Kathmandu: The death toll in the massive flash floods in Nepal rose to 162, leaving many, including security personnel and foreign tourists, missing in one of the country's worst disasters in recent years, police said Thursday. The flash floods Wednesday wreaked havoc across three districts...
Kathmandu: At least 72 people died and nearly 500, including 133 Indians, are missing after a torrential flash flood originating in Tibet swept through central Nepal districts, causing devastation in towns and villages, washing away bridges and damaging at least a dozen hydropower projects Wednesday....
Kathmandu: Seventeen people were killed and nearly 500 others, including 105 Indians, are missing after a massive flash flood originating in Tibet swept through central Nepal districts, causing devastation in towns and villages, washing away bridges and damaging at least a dozen hydropower projects Wednesday....
Kathmandu: At least 105 Indians are among the nearly 400 persons missing after the devastating flash floods in Nepal's Rasuwa district bordering Tibet Wednesday. A sudden, massive flood swept through two central Nepal districts bordering Tibet, killing four people, causing extensive devastation at settlements along...
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to increase potato production and make Odisha self-sufficient in the production of the tuber, the state government had launched Potato Mission in 2014-15. The scheme was implemented in 2015-16 with an initial outlay of Rs 50 crore. The allocation has since...
Toronto: Canada struck back at the United States Tuesday with retaliatory tariffs on about USD 20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment, as the trade war between the once-friendly neighbours escalated sharply. The tension threatened one of the...
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