Month: August 2026

Glacial collapse caused seismic activity, ‘catastrophic’ Nepal floods: USGS

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Glacial collapse caused seismic activity, ‘catastrophic’ Nepal floods: USGS

A drone view shows mud covering properties following a flash flood in Trishuli, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A glacial collapse caused seismic activity and “catastrophic” downstream impacts in Nepal and Tibet, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Thursday (August 27, 2026). The agency said seismic activity initially reported…

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Nepal flash floods LIVE: Nearly 160 killed, over 750 missing; rescuers search for survivors

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Nepal flash floods LIVE: Nearly 160 killed, over 750 missing; rescuers search for survivors

Rescue workers searched for hundreds of people still missing on Thursday (August 27) after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and China’s Tibet a day earlier, triggering catastrophic flooding that swept through mountain towns ‌and valleys, killing scores of people. Officials at Nepal’s Tourism Ministry…

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Death toll from Algeria wildfire rises to 12

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Death toll from Algeria wildfire rises to 12

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Forest fires killed 12 people and injured dozens in northeastern Algeria on Wednesday (August 27, 2026), the Interior Minister and Civil Protection authorities said. The tolls rose from earlier local media reports of two deaths and an unspecified number of injuries in coastal Bejaia province, around…

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Delhi HC asks National Mission for Clean Ganga to review Delhi Jal Board’s plan for 13 sewage treatment plants

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Delhi HC asks National Mission for Clean Ganga to review Delhi Jal Board’s plan for 13 sewage treatment plants

Delhi High Court. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Delhi High Court has directed the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to review the Delhi Jal Board’s proposal to set up 13 new decentralised sewage treatment plants (DSTPs) to prevent untreated sewage from flowing into the Yamuna. The court’s August 24 direction came after local…

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Military judge sets June 2028 trial date for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

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Military judge sets June 2028 trial date for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan, March 1, 2003. File | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. military judge on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) set a summer 2028 trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three others accused of plotting the September 11,…

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Thirty-four Australians missing in Nepal flash floods: PM Albanese

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Thirty-four Australians missing in Nepal flash floods: PM Albanese

A resident walks along a street covered in mud following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devghat, in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Thirty-four Australians are missing following flash flooding through the Nepal-Tibet border region, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday (August 27, 2026). “At this point,…

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Bhandup police arrest murder accused absconding for 29 years

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Bhandup police arrest murder accused absconding for 29 years

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Bhandup police have arrested a 61-year-old man on August 18, 2026, who had been absconding for 29 years after being accused in three cases of murder, attempt to murder, and dacoity registered between 1989 and 1991, police said on Tuesday (August 25, 2026). The accused, identified as…

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Anthony Andrews appointed India U17 women’s assistant coach

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Anthony Andrews appointed India U17 women’s assistant coach

Anthony Andrews. File photo: Special arrangement. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has appointed Anthony Andrews as the assistant coach of the India Under-17 women’s national team, with Joakim Alexandersson continuing as the head coach. Andrews also serves as head coach of East Bengal FC and will continue to hold that position too. He has…

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Anthony Andrews appointed India U17 women’s assistant coach

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Anthony Andrews. File photo: Special arrangement. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has appointed Anthony Andrews as the assistant coach of the India Under-17 women’s national team, with Joakim Alexandersson continuing as the head coach. Andrews also serves as head coach of East Bengal FC and will continue to hold that position too. He has…

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Tahir Hussain moves Delhi HC against conviction in IB officer’s murder case

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Tahir Hussain moves Delhi HC against conviction in IB officer’s murder case

Tahir Hussain. File. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain has approached the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and life sentence for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the February 2020 riots in north-east Delhi. The appeal, which was filed on August 24,…

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