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Gyirong: Rescue personnel conduct search operations at the core affected zone of the Gyirong mudslide disaster in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2026. The land route along National Highway 216 to Gyirong Port was largely restored on Sept. 2, allowing rescue personnel, relief supplies and search-and-rescue equipment to enter the core zone and continue search operations. (Xinhua/Ding Zengnida via IANS)
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Tibet-Nepal floods put China’s stark death toll gaps and rising climate risks under spotlight

Rome, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The August 2026 flood tragedy that struck the Tibet-Nepal border continues to raise questions weeks later, particularly over the sharply different reactions in Nepal and…

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CM Shivakumar briefs Central drought study team on Karnataka’s rainfall deficit, crop losses
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CM Shivakumar briefs Central drought study team on Karnataka’s rainfall deficit, crop losses

Bengaluru, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Saturday held a meeting with a high-level Central government team that arrived in Karnataka to assess the ground situation…

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Three villagers die after touching live wire laid in farmland in Bihar’s Sitamarhi
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Three villagers die after touching live wire laid in farmland in Bihar’s Sitamarhi

Patna, Oct 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three villagers, including a husband and wife, lost their lives after coming into contact with live electric wires allegedly laid across a paddy field in Sitamarhi…

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Fire breaks out in electrical goods warehouse at Patna’s Chandni market
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Fire breaks out in electrical goods warehouse at Patna’s Chandni market

Patna, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) A major fire broke out on Friday in a warehouse located on the third and fourth floors of an electrical goods shop at Chandni Market near Patna Junction, officials said.…

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Four minor girls drown in pond in Bihar’s East Champaran during Jitiya festival
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Four minor girls drown in pond in Bihar’s East Champaran during Jitiya festival

Patna, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four minor girls drowned while bathing in a pond in Bankat village under the Paharpur police station area of Bihar's East Champaran district during the Jitiya festival on…

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Katihar: A view of partially submerged areas following severe floods, in Katihar district, Bihar, on Sunday, September 13, 2026. (Photo: IANS)
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Flood crisis deepens in Bihar as embankments breached by Gandak River across multiple districts

Patna, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The flood situation in Bihar has worsened following heavy rainfall in Nepal’s Gandak basin, with the river swelling sharply and embankments breached at several locations.…

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Major blast, fire at Mangaluru Refinery and Petrochemicals unit leaves 1 dead, 9 injured (Lead)
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Major blast, fire at Mangaluru Refinery and Petrochemicals unit leaves 1 dead, 9 injured (Lead)

Mangaluru, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) A major blast, followed by a fire, was reported at Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) in Karnataka’s Mangaluru on Wednesday, leaving one person dead…

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Girl dies after school staircase collapses in Bihar’s Khagaria
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Girl dies after school staircase collapses in Bihar’s Khagaria

Patna, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) A schoolgirl lost her life, and four other students were injured after a staircase collapsed at Jatadhar Mishra Primary School in Amani Panchayat under Mansi block of…

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Kushinagar: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath interacts with a child during his visit to a flood-affected area in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. (Photo: IANS/X/@myogiadityanath)
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CM Yogi visits Kushinagar, takes stock of flood-affected areas after river embankment breach

Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the flood-affected regions in Kushinagar on Tuesday, after the Narayani River embankment breach…

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Three children drown to death in village pond in Jharkhand’s Jamtara
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Three children drown to death in village pond in Jharkhand’s Jamtara

Jamtara (Jharkhand), Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three young children drowned to death in a pond at Chegayadih village under Jamtara Sadar police station limits in Jharkhand on Tuesday, officials said.…

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Bagaha: A view of a houses submerged in floodwaters in the Bagaha Assembly constituency of West Champaran district, in Bihar on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. (Photo: IANS)
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Flood situation: Bihar Dy CM says Nepal rains trigger fresh crisis; Pappu Yadav demands probe

Patna, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bihar's flood situation has again come under pressure following heavy rainfall in Nepal's Gandak river basin and a sharp rise in water discharge at the Valmikinagar…

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Nepal PM thanks India for support during recent disasters
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Nepal PM thanks India for support during recent disasters

Kathmandu, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Tuesday expressed special gratitude to India for its support following the recent deadly floods, landslides and other…

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Rasuwa: Border Roads Organisation (BRO) personnel, along with the Indian Army and NDRF, assist ongoing rescue and road connectivity efforts at the Chillime Hydropower Plant, where personnel remain trapped in the aftermath of flash floods in Rasuwa, Nepal, on Sunday, September 6, 2026. The operation is being carried out in coordination with the Nepal Army and local authorities. (Photo: IANS/X/@BROindia)
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27 killed in floods, landslides across Nepal since Sep 24

Kathmandu, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 27 people have been killed and seven injured across Nepal in natural disasters, including floods, landslides, inundation, strong winds and lightning…

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New Delhi: Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan attends the National Agriculture Conference on the Rabi Campaign 2026 at the National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC), Pusa, in New Delhi, Monday, September 28, 2026. (Photo: IANS/PIB)
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Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to visit Maharashtra to assess drought

New Delhi/Mumbai, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) With nearly two-thirds of Maharashtra grappling with severe drought conditions, the Union government has stepped in to assess the crisis first-hand. Union…

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CM Samrat Choudhary conducts aerial survey of flood situation in Bihar’s East Champaran
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CM Samrat Choudhary conducts aerial survey of flood situation in Bihar’s East Champaran

Patna, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Monday arrived by helicopter at Hussaini block in East Champaran district to assess the flood situation around Dumaria Ghat…

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Crops over 45,000 hectares damaged due to heavy rains in Andhra Pradesh
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Crops over 45,000 hectares damaged due to heavy rains in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Agricultural crops on 44,029 hectares and horticultural crops across 1,734 hectares were damaged across Andhra Pradesh during the recent heavy rains triggered by a…

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Four Assam labourers die after suspected toxic gas leak in septic tank in Meghalaya
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Four Assam labourers die after suspected toxic gas leak in septic tank in Meghalaya

Shillong, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four construction labourers from Assam died after reportedly inhaling suspected toxic gas while working inside an underground septic tank at Rangdokram village in…

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(161128) -- SOLUKHUMBU, Nov. 28, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Nov. 20, 2016 shows Mt. Amadablam from a hill near Tengboche in Solukhumbu, Nepal. A Sherpa was killed and a British Mounataineer was injured after an avalanche, triggered by an earthquake of local magnitude 5.6 early on Monday morning, hit a group of mountaineers on Mt. Amadablam in eastern Nepal. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma) ****Authorized by ytfs****
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Two bodies recovered from avalanche-hit Himlung base camp in Nepal

Kathmandu, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two bodies have been recovered from the avalanche-hit base camp of Mount Himlung in Nepal's western mountainous district of Manang, the Nepal Police said on Sunday.…

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Three Agniveers missing during Dibang Valley floods declared dead, Army condoles demise
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Three Agniveers missing during Dibang Valley floods declared dead, Army condoles demise

New Delhi, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three Indian Army Agniveers, who went missing during floods in Arunachal Pradesh's Dibang Valley on August 14, have been declared dead, with their identities…

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Godavari River level rises at Bhadrachalam in Telangana after heavy rain
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Godavari River level rises at Bhadrachalam in Telangana after heavy rain

Hyderabad, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The water level in the Godavari River in Telangana was rising following recent rainfall and increased inflows from upstream, officials said on Sunday. The water…

27 Sept·Gopi
TN: Karur marks first anniversary of crowd crush that killed 41
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TN: Karur marks first anniversary of crowd crush that killed 41

Karur, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) A year after 41 people died at a rally addressed by Vijay in Tamil Nadu's Karur, the families of the victims and those who survived the crush are marking an anniversary…

27 Sept·Gopi
MP CM announces Rs 4 lakh aid for families of three children drowned during Ganesh immersion
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MP CM announces Rs 4 lakh aid for families of three children drowned during Ganesh immersion

Bhopal, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has expressed deep grief over the tragic drowning of three youths during a Ganesh idol immersion ceremony in Badnawar, Dhar…

26 Sept·Gopi
19 dead in Nagaland after suspected hooch consumption; police arrest 19
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19 dead in Nagaland after suspected hooch consumption; police arrest 19

Kohima, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 19 people have died in Nagaland’s Mokokchung and Tuensang districts over the past two days after allegedly consuming suspected spurious liquor, prompting…

26 Sept·Gopi
Four youths die of electrocution in Ganesh pandal in MP’s Mandla
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Four youths die of electrocution in Ganesh pandal in MP’s Mandla

Bhopal, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four youths were electrocuted to death and three others injured after an electric current spread through a Ganesh pandal in Hirapur village under Nainpur police station…

26 Sept·Gopi
Restoration of cloudburst, flash flood-hit infrastructure underway: J&K govt
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Restoration of cloudburst, flash flood-hit infrastructure underway: J&K govt

Srinagar, Sep 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The J&K government on Friday informed the Legislative Assembly that restoration of infrastructure damaged by flash floods and cloudbursts is currently underway across…

25 Sept·Gopi
BJP MLAs walk out of Karnataka Assembly, LoP Ashoka hits out at Cong govt over Rs 2,500 drought relief
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BJP MLAs walk out of Karnataka Assembly, LoP Ashoka hits out at Cong govt over Rs 2,500 drought relief

Bengaluru, Sep 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs on Thursday staged a walkout from the Karnataka Assembly in protest against the state government's handling of drought relief, with…

24 Sept·Gopi
Torrential downpours damage 613 km of roads across Andhra Pradesh
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Torrential downpours damage 613 km of roads across Andhra Pradesh

Amaravati, Sep 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Heavy rains under the impact of Deep Depression in the Bay of Bengal have damaged 613 km of roads in Andhra Pradesh, State Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy said on…

24 Sept·Gopi
MP: 16-year-old boy dies after electric shock at Ganesh pandal in Jabalpur
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MP: 16-year-old boy dies after electric shock at Ganesh pandal in Jabalpur

Jabalpur, Sep 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 16-year-old boy died after suffering an electric shock from a live pole at a Ganesh pandal in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur, police said on Thursday. The incident…

24 Sept·Gopi
Odisha reels under deep depression, heavy rainfall continues
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Odisha reels under deep depression, heavy rainfall continues

Bhubaneswar, Sep 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Several districts of Odisha continue to receive incessant rainfall due to the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal, and the state government is making all…

23 Sept·Gopi
Eight luxury cars burnt as fire breaks out at Mercedes workshop in Jaipur
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Eight luxury cars burnt as fire breaks out at Mercedes workshop in Jaipur

Jaipur, Sep 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) A massive fire broke out at a Mercedes workshop in Balaji Market in Rajasthan's Jaipur, destroying around eight cars along with expensive spare parts and accessories.…

23 Sept·Gopi
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