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Nepal flood death toll rises to 1,342; Disaster management committee meets to review rescue, relief operations

According to the latest NDRRMA update issued at 6 pm on September 6, around 4,996 people remain missing, including around 1,967 in Rasuwa and 2,340 in Nuwakot. Around 589 foreign nationals are also listed as missing.

China’s assimilation campaign faces growing international pushback as World Uyghur Congress calls for action

The WUC said abuses have continued since the report, pointing to China’s recently enacted Ethnic Unity Law as another instrument of assimilation. According to the organisation, the legislation threatens Uyghur cultural, linguistic and religious identity and includes provisions that...

Tibet Death Toll Rises To 43, Over 500 Missing In China-Nepal Border Flash Floods

According to the latest Xinhua report, 43 people have died and 519 are still missing in Tibet.

‘In a single moment, the disaster took away my sisters’: 16-year-old Nepal flood survivor

When a 16-year-old Sameer Tamang reached his school in Nepal’s flood-hit Rasuwa district, the Bhotekoshi River was already a roaring wave of destruction that washed away his home and took away his sisters. “My younger sister had an injury...

Flood alert issued along Budhigandaki river basin following mountainous deluge in Nepal’s Gorkha

A flash flood in Gorkha's Therang River swept away four houses and a suspension bridge on Sunday. No casualties were reported as residents escaped safely. Authorities have issued a high alert for communities along the Budhigandaki River basin.

Police looking into ‘shameful’ racist online comments about Nepal-Tibet disaster, Air India: Singapore Senior Minister Shanmugam

Singapore Senior Minister K. Shanmugam announced police investigations into shameful racist online comments regarding the Nepal-Tibet disaster and SIA's investment in Air India. He warned against rising xenophobia, urging strict action to protect the nation's social harmony and multicultural...

Incredible India paradox: Rich in assets, short on experience

Countries inherit endowments, but competitive advantage stems from skills, infrastructure, demanding customers, supporting industries, capable firms, and institutions that continuously improve products. India is trying to anchor its development… The post Incredible India paradox: Rich in assets, short on experience...

Human lives more precious than hubris

Spinmeisters for the Chinese regime talk endlessly about the massive investments that China has made in Nepal. What they forget to mention is that much of this is for the… The post Human lives more precious than hubris appeared first on...

Survival tactics and dual-use tech that help locate survivors

Following a massive glacier collapse along the Nepal-Tibet border, an avalanche of water, rock, and ice tore through mountain valleys, burying villages and critical infrastructure. International rescue teams… The post Survival tactics and dual-use tech that help locate survivors...

“I promise to speed up search efforts”: South Korean FM Cho Hyun arrives in Nepal to discuss missing nationals

According to South Korean Yonhap news agency, Cho was scheduled to meet his Nepali counterpart Shisir Khanal and other Nepalese government officials to discuss Seoul's support for search-and-rescue efforts and long-term cooperation, including reconstruction.

Human-induced heating, including climbers’ urinating, contributing to rapid melting of Himalayan glaciers

(TibetanReview.net, Sep05’26) – China and Nepal may have to seriously consider curtailing or, otherwise, better managing their Mt Everest economy if they are to slow the pace of the already rapidly melting glaciers around the world’s tallest peak under...

Global press watchdog condemns China’s Tibet-blackout on Aug 26 flash flood crisis

(TibetanReview.net, Sep05’26) – One of the world’s top press freedom organisations has on Sep 2 strongly condemned China for imposing sweeping restrictions on media professionals from accessing vital information on the Tibetan side of the border following the devastating...

Nepal flash floods: Death toll surges to 1,344 as rescue efforts continue; around 5,000 still missing

The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal surged to 1,344 on Saturday as more bodies were recovered from the eight affected districts, officials said. Rescue teams continued to search for around 5,000 people, including at least...

Chinese national rescued alive from Nepal flood tunnel after 10 days

A Chinese national has been rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, 10 days after catastrophic flooding, the Nepali Army said on Saturday. Major rescue operations were underway at hydropower projects in flood-affected districts, where hundreds of men...

Nepal floods: Death toll surges to 1,344 as rescue efforts continue; around 4,900 still missing

The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal rose to 1,344 on Saturday as more bodies were recovered from the affected districts, police said. Rescue teams continued to search for around 4,900 people who remain missing. Of...

China Tightens Control in Disaster-Hit Regions in Tibet

The Chinese authorities have prohibited Tibetan businessmen and voluntary aid workers from travelling directly to the areas affected by the recent flood and landslides.

Nine days after Nepal deluge, 2 pulled out alive from tunnel

Two men were rescued alive on Friday from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project, nine days after a devastating flashflood trapped them inside, even as the Nepal tragedy death toll rose to 1,295 while more than 5,000...

China restrict Tibetan volunteers, relief efforts in flood-hit Kyirong

Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 4: Chinese authorities have imposed stringent restrictions on movement into flood-hit Kyirong region in occupied Tibet, preventing Tibetans from other parts of the region from travelling to the disaster zone to provide relief and express...

Dalai Lama returns to Dharamshala after more than two-month sojourn in Ladakh 

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 4: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamshala on Friday after spending more than two months in Leh, Ladakh, bringing to a close an extended summer sojourn marked by religious...

MEA confirms 275 Indians missing, pledges extra relief supplies as Nepal flood death toll reached 1,294

Three more Indian citizens were pulled to safety from Trishuli Bazaar since yesterday, identified as Abhijit Suresh Pawar, Dipika Abhijit Pawar, and five-year-old Samarth Abhijit Pawar, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal informed in a post on X. 

Families Urge US To Step Up Search For 90 Americans Missing In Nepal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Families of Americans missing after devastating floods in Nepal have appealed to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for an expanded rescue operation to help locate their relatives. The US State Department told the families that 90...

Dalai Lama back in D’shala after over two months in Ladakh

(TibetanReview.net, Sep04’26) – The Dalai Lama returned to his exile home in Dharamshala, India, on Sep 4 morning to a rousing yet solemn welcome by the Tibetan and local host community after a knee surgery in Delhi followed by...

China warns of more Tibet glacier collapses, disasters after the deadly Aug 26 floods

(TibetanReview.net, Sep04’26) – Referring to the devastating glacier-avalanche triggered Tibet-Nepal flash floods of Aug 26 morning that wiped out villages and markets while claiming what may amount to several thousand lives, China said Sep 2 that such disasters may...

‘Hare Krishna’ through 9 days of darkness: Nepal man rescued from tunnel on Janmashtami

“I was chanting Hare Krishna,” said 30-year-old Sanjay Sah shortly after he was pulled to safety from a tunnel in Nepal on Friday, bringing an extraordinary ordeal to an end on a day when millions were celebrating Krishna Janmashtami....

China’s New Ethnic Unity law sparks concerns at Tibet festival in New Delhi

A three-day festival on Tibet’s culture and contemporary realities began in New Delhi amid concerns over China’s recently enacted “Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress Law,” which Tibetan leaders say could deepen assimilation policies affecting Tibetans and other ethnic communities.