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Floods kill at least 189 people, displace 4 million in India, Nepal
Jul 19, 2020 10:54Nearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighboring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on Sunday.
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Floods, landslides kill 40 in Nepal, many missing
Jul 12, 2020 04:43Heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides that killed at least 40 people and displaced thousands in western Nepal, officials said on Saturday.
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Coronavirus cases surge in South Asia as countries try to stem epidemic
Mar 18, 2020 17:05The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Indian subcontinent has topped 500 amid fears that inadequate health facilities could be overwhelmed in a region home to nearly 1.9 billion people.
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Eight Indian tourists die in Nepal resort
Jan 21, 2020 13:39Eight Indian tourists, including four children, have died after they were found unconscious in their room at a hill resort in Nepal, officials say.
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AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers: Iran 4-0 Nepal
Nov 09, 2019 06:10In the AFC under-19 Championship qualifiers, Iran's National Team have dominantly topped group D, after shipping 4 late, unanswered goals to Nepal.
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Thunderstorm kills 27, injures 600 in Nepal
Apr 01, 2019 11:42At least 27 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a freak storm hit southern Nepal, destroying houses, uprooting trees and toppling electricity poles, officials said.
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Nepal tourism minister among 7 killed in helicopter crash
Feb 27, 2019 12:48A helicopter crashed in bad weather in eastern Nepal on Wednesday, killing all seven people on board, including the tourism minister, a home ministry official said.
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One dead, 2 injured in Nepal bomb blast
Feb 23, 2019 13:40A man has been killed and two injured in a bomb attack outside a telecom company office in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepali police say.
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About 23 dead in Nepal student bus crash
Dec 22, 2018 20:33Twenty-three people have been killed in western Nepal when a bus carrying school students and teachers back from a botanical field trip plunged into a gorge, police say.
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Nepalese raise awareness about global plastic waste crisis
Dec 05, 2018 17:47Young Nepalese created a map of the Dead Sea with used plastic bags Wednesday in a bid to set a new international record and raise awareness about the vast volumes polluting the world's oceans.