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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


Building Immunity from Birth

New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- Few health interventions have stood the test of time as convincingly as breastfeeding. Long before modern medicine understood immunity, nutrition or the gut microbiome, mothers w... Read More


Nepal floods toll hits 392, over 1,500 missing as rescuers race against time

Kathmandu, Aug. 27 -- The death toll from the flash floods triggered by a glacial collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border rose to 392 on Thursday, with 359 deaths reported in Nepal and three in neighbour... 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


India sends relief, rescue support

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- India on Wednesday sent 10 tonnes of humanitarian and medical supplies to flood-hit Nepal as rescue operations intensified after a sudden flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border... 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


Bihar, UP on high alert; Shah speaks to CMs

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- Lucknow/Patna, August 26 Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were placed on high alert on Wednesday after flash floods in neighbouring Nepal caused widespread destruction and raised the pos... 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