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India sends more relief supplies to flood-hit Nepal

New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- India on Thursday sent a second tranche of relief supplies in a military transport aircraft to flood-ravaged Nepal. New Delhi on Wednesday dispatched 10 tonnes of HADR (Humanitar... Read More


Why Nepal is so vulnerable to disasters: Melting glaciers, unstable lakes and shifting tectonic plates

Kathmandu, Aug. 27 -- Nepal's devastating flash floods on August 26 were the result of several factors that make the Himalayan nation particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. The country's exposu... Read More


Not earthquake, but 'glacier collapse' caused Nepal flash floods: US Monitor

Washington, Aug. 27 -- The Nepal flash floods were triggered by a glacial collapse and not by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake as reported earlier, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The USGS said additi... Read More


Relocate Hathras gang-rape victim's family in Ghaziabad or Noida within 3 months: Allahabad HC directs UP govt

Lucknow, Aug. 26 -- Expressing strong displeasure over the Uttar Pradesh government's non-compliance of its earlier directions, the Allahabad High Court has directed it to rehabilitate and relocate th... Read More


Sukesh Chandrasekhar convicted for impersonating Supreme Court judge to secure bail

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- A Delhi court has convicted conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar for impersonating a sitting Supreme Court judge and attempting to influence a judicial officer into granting him bail. Chi... Read More


DRDO successfully tests combat parachute system at 22,000 feet in Ladakh

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday successfully conducted a high-altitude trial of its indigenous Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) at th... Read More


Haryanvi singer Balyan shot dead

Muzaffarnagar, Aug. 26 -- Youtuber and Haryanvi singer Ankit Balyan was shot dead by unidentified assailants outside a gym in Shamli district on Wednesday evening, police said. The incident took place... Read More


India rejects 'politically motivated, malicious' references in UN racial discrimination report

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- India on Wednesday rejected references made in a report by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), describing them as politically motivated and highl... Read More


Treat waterlogging as 'disaster', prioritise real-time redressal of complaints: Delhi LG to officials

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- Delhi Lt Governor (LG) Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday said he has directed senior officers to treat waterlogging in the national capital as a "disaster" and mount a war-footi... Read More


NEET aspirant allegedly dies by suicide in Kota, eighth coaching student death this year

Kota (Rajasthan), Aug. 26 -- A 20-year-old NEET aspirant from Madhya Pradesh allegedly died by suicide after hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her rented apartment in Kota, police said on Wednesda... Read More