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Nepal Finance Minister meets Jaishankar, as both sides plan for PM Balen Shah visit

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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets Nepal Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle, in New Delhi on Friday, September 18, 2026. Photo credit: X/SJaishankar via ANI Nepal’s reconstruction plans post-floods and the “reset” of India-Nepal ties with the newly elected government were at the top of the agenda as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with Nepal’s…

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Why WFP calls Nepal flood relief one of its toughest missions | Explained

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Why WFP calls Nepal flood relief one of its toughest missions | Explained

Flash flood survivors eat food inside a relief shelter at Devighat in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on September 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: Weeks after catastrophic floods hit Nepal, authorities are scrambling to mount a relief effort with over 6,000 people still missing and death toll climbing to 1,410. Aid operations…

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‘Second life’: Nepal tunnel survivor recalls ordeal

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‘Second life’: Nepal tunnel survivor recalls ordeal

For 10 days, Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah survived in darkness inside a flooded tunnel, drinking muddy water and losing all sense of time as he desperately prayed for rescue. When a disaster response team finally pulled him to safety on September 4, Mr. Sah’s first question showed how deeply the ordeal had disoriented him….

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Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 bn: foreign ministry

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Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be .78 bn: foreign ministry

Nepal, a largely rural nation of 30 million people, contributes a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions compared to industrialised nations. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The reconstruction bill after deadly floods sparked by a glacial mountain collapse that hit Nepal last month would amount to $4.78 billion, the foreign ministry said on Friday (September…

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Around 600 children missing in Nepal’s Rasuwa, Nuwakot after flash floods; toll rises to 1,282

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Around 600 children missing in Nepal’s Rasuwa, Nuwakot after flash floods; toll rises to 1,282

Nepal Army personnel interact with school children at an army rescue camp, in Trishuli Battar, Nuwakot district, Nepal. File | Photo Credit: PTI Around 600 children remain unaccounted for in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts after the devastating flash floods, as the death toll rose to 1,282 on Friday (September 4, 2026) with more than…

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Nepal warns of more possible floods as communities grapple with devastation

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Nepal warns of more possible floods as communities grapple with devastation

A drone view shows people walk on a road and houses covered in mud following deadly flash floods and mudslides, in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Authorities in Nepal are warning of possible fresh flooding on Sunday (August 30, 2026) and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain…

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Nepal needs help in technical areas, not search and rescue, Foreign Minister says

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Nepal needs help in technical areas, not search and rescue, Foreign Minister says

A Nepal Army official conduct a search and rescue operation along side a river area at Charaudi, in Dhading district, Nepal, on August 28, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI  Nepal needs foreign ​help in specialised and technical areas in which ‌it does not have expertise in the aftermath ​of the devastating flood that ⁠hit its…

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Nepal monitoring two lakes, flood risk to remain until they’re fully drained: official

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Nepal monitoring two lakes, flood risk to remain until they’re fully drained: official

A view of a building partially damaged and surrounded by thick mud and debris as rescue operations underway following the devastating flash floods, in Trishuli on August 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI  Nepal ​is monitoring ‌two lakes upstream of the ​flood ⁠zone, one of which began overflowing ‌on Friday (August 28, 2026), an official…

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