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Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the decision was tied to preparations for U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to visit Kyiv for peace talks

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Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, a Republican, said she would immediately appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, asserting that the decision has thrust our State into a full-fledged Constitutional crisis. Missouri's new districts were used in the August primaries

Denmark, Greece, Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands agreed to the initiative as Copenhagen hosted talks on the creation of migrant detention centres outside Europe

A week after the floods, Indian volunteers are travelling up to 10 hours over damaged mountain roads to reach families who have lost homes and livelihoods, while some areas of Rasuwa remain accessible only by helicopter.

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Risks of fresh floods loomed due to incessant rainfall in the upstream areas of the Bhotekoshi River

The External Affairs Minister said attacks on commercial shipping featured prominently in his discussions with Ukrainian counterpart

Ukrainian attacks on civilian merchant ships and reported threats of attacks on civilian aircraft were acts of state terrorism, which he said complicates the prospects for bilateral peace talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said

Drones with a takeoff weight exceeding 25 kilograms, as well as those with thermal imaging capabilities and docking stations face a 100% tariff; smaller drones face a 25% duty

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Russia's aviation watchdog called Ukraine's warnings illegitimate and invalid.

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Indias aid to Nepal comes as the death toil there rose to over 1,100 people on Wednesday (September 2, 2026)

Government issues fresh flood alert after satellite imagery shows that a lake has formed upstream of Bhotekoshi River; towns were wiped out in a span of a couple of hours, says Foreign Minister Shishir Khamal

Several people have died in Nepal after floods triggered by a glacial collapse along the Nepal-Tibet border, with 288 Indians still missing.

According to information disclosed by the authorities, three women fromTiruchiand 16 persons fromThanjavurare among those affectedby the floods.The Coimbatoreadministration is coordinating with Indian embassies in Nepal and China to determine the number of missing pilgrims

The Government of West Bengal is actively coordinating with the Embassy of India in Kathmandu and proper administrative channels, says Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari

Government says the RTGS, the AP Bhavan and other departments are making concerted efforts to establish the whereabouts of seven persons and ensure safety of all the affected residents and pilgrims from the State

The veteran Congress leader says he will write to PM Modi seeking comprehensive compensation, assistance for the affected families

The party calls for coordinated efforts to facilitate the safe and early return of the affected people, including those from Visakhapatnam

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Karnataka CM D.K. Shivakumar speaks to survivor from State, assures support

A glacier collapse in Tibet caused catastrophic flash flooding in a border area of China and Nepal

The MEA Spokesperson said that India is working on mobilising Bailey bridges, but has no information NDRF and Armys Corps of Engineers being mobilised so far

The veteran leader said he would write a formal letter to PM Modi seeking his intervention for comprehensive compensation and assistance measures for affected families.

Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are on alert as floodwaters from neighbouring Nepal move towards the border, after devastating flash floods killed at least 100 and 65 people.

India on Thursday sent a second tranche of relief supplies to flood-ravaged Nepal in a military transport aircraft. On Wednesday, 10 tonnes of HADR, or Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, material were dispatched to the neighbouring country.

A 57-member group from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry had travelled to Nepal as part of a tour; 20 of them have been rescued, while 34 from T.N. are yet to be brought to safety. Besides this group, another 49 people had travelled to Nepal from Chennai

A total of 103 people from Tamil Nadu who had gone on a pilgrimage were stranded in Nepal due to devastating floods on Wednesday

The relief supplies included emergency items such as temporary shelters, blankets, hygiene kits, solar lamps, and medicines. It is learnt that New Delhi will send more relief supplies in the next few days

Bihar was put on alert as floodwaters from the neighbouring country entered the Gandak river and reached a barrage on August 26

According to officials, apart from the SEOC numbers0135-2710334, 2710335, 2664314, 2664315, 2664316, and 8218867005people can also contact the toll-free number 1070

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