Head teacher of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School of Trishuli Valley in Nuwakot district of Nepal Rajendra Dawadi’s rapid steps have saved the lives of 1,643 students when one village after another was being submerged in the devastating flood of Nepal.
The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal has risen to 768, with more than 2,500 people still missing, according to the country's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority on Sunday, August 30.
A six-year-old girl has been rescued alive after spending three days trapped beneath mud and debris following devastating floods in Nepal’s Rasuwa district.
A leader of India’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Gurpreet Singh Gopi, was shot dead by armed assailants in Mamdot town of Punjab on Sunday (August 30).
Iran has executed at least 20 Afghan nationals between January and August this year, according to a report by the Iran Human Rights Organisation.
Nepal’s flood-hit areas are facing severe shortages of essential medicines and safe drinking water, raising fears of a fresh health crisis as thousands remain displaced in shelters.