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Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on Sunday. Eight people were missing, either washed away by floods or buried in landslides, while 12 others were injured and being treated in hospitals, police spokesperson Dan Bahadur Karki said. «Rescue workers are trying to clear the landslides and open the roads,» Karki told Reuters, adding heavy equipment was being used to clear debris.

ALSO READ: Captain Babar Azam on Pakistan's T20 World Cup 2024 exit, 'cannot play in every player's place, there are 11 players...Lamicchane made his return in the Nepal cricket team against South Africa last week. He was not playing international cricket for over a year, reason being he was facing an eight-year prison sentence before his rape conviction, reported NDTV Sports.Report says that he had been training regularly at Kathmandu's TU Ground after he was cleared of charges.Despite Nepal's cricket board and multiple agencies made efforts, Lamicchane's arrival in the USA was delayed by two months, as he ailed to obtain a US visa twice in May.ALSO READ: Babar Azam is given enough chances to improve as Pakistan captain, but…: Shahid AfridiFollowing this, Nepal requested the ICC to allow Lamichhane as a late addition to their World Cup squad, which was later approved."We, along with Nepal government, had tried hard to secure a US visa for Lamichhane but that didn't work out.

Anwarul Azim Anar in a flat in New Town, Kolkata, authorities are intensifying efforts to apprehend the alleged mastermind, Akhtaruzzaman Shaheen. A team of Dhaka policemen, led by their detective chief, has arrived in Kolkata and revealed suspicions that Shaheen, a childhood friend of Anar, has fled to the United States. The primary suspect in the murder of Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar, Akhtaruzzaman Shaheen, is believed to have escaped to the US via Dubai from Kathmandu. The Bangladeshi detective chief, Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid, disclosed this information during his visit to Kolkata, where the crime took place.

Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa also known as 'Everest Man' on Sunday morning broke his record by climbing the world's highest peak, Mount Everest for the 29th time. The 54-year-old Sherpa climber and guide in the last spring season had climbed the 8848.86 meters tall highest peak two times within a week setting a record for the 28th summit. But the climber has hinted at his plans to climb the peak twice this time again.

Air India and Lufthansa have strengthened their relationship with the German major expanding the code-share agreement on the popular India-Australia route. Under this new pact, passengers of Lufthansa, from its hub in Frankfurt and Munich, will be able to travel to Sydney and Melbourne via Delhi and Mumbai airports on Air India.

National Testing Agency (NTA) declaring the CUET PG Result 2024 today, April 13, the agency has released a list of toppers as well. Candidates who have appeared for the Common University Entrance Test (Postgraduate) 2024 can check and download the CUET PG 2024 Result from the official website at pgcuet.samarth.ac.in. The NTA conducted the CUET PG 2024 between March 11 and 28, 2024 via a computer-based test (CBT) in 572 different centres located in 262 cities including nine cities outside India (Manama, Dubai, Kathmandu, Muscat, Riyadh, Ottawa, Abu Dhabi, Vienna, and Qatar) How to check CUET PG Result 2024:

National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced that 23 candidates have achieved a perfect score of 100 in the JEE-Main engineering entrance exam. The majority of these high scorers hail from Telangana. A total of 11.70 lakh candidates appeared for this crucial exam. Out of the 100 NTA scorers, seven are from Telangana, two from Haryana, three each from Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, two from Delhi, and one each from Gujarat, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. The NTA officials clarified that the NTA score is not the same as the percentage of marks obtained but represents normalised scores. A senior official explained, «NTA scores are normalised scores across multi-session papers and are based on the relative performance of all those who appeared for the examination in one session. The marks obtained are converted into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session of examinees.»

National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the final answer keys and announced the results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2024 session 1 exams on Monday. The Paper 1 exams were held on 27, 29, 30,31 January and 1 February, while the Paper 2 exam was held on 24 January. Among the candidates who scored 100 NTA scores, seven are from Telangana, two from Haryana, three each from Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, two from Delhi and one each from Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Reuters. The fatal airplane crash in January 2023 took the lives of all the 72 people on the Yeti Airlines flight, including five Indians.

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₹1924 (Dibrugarh-Guwahati) for economy class. Premium economy class (Dibrugarh-Guwahati) tickets flight starting at ₹2324. For those seeking the ultimate in luxury, business class the prices are starting at ₹9924, guaranteeing a journey with spacious seats and personalized service.

Asian buyers, who are scrambling for cheaper alternatives, particularly as New Delhi is unlikely to lift the curbs before general elections next year. The world's biggest exporter of onions banned shipments on Dec. 8 after domestic prices more than doubled in three months following a drop in production. Now retail shoppers from Kathmandu to Colombo are struggling with high prices, since traditional Asian buyers, such as Bangladesh, Malaysia and Nepal, and even the United Arab Emirates, rely on imports from India to bridge domestic gaps.

Lakhbir Singh Rode, who was allegedly involved in the 1985 bombing of the Air India jet Kanishka, has passed away in Pakistan due to a heart attack. The news of his demise was confirmed by his brother, Jasbir Singh Rode, who is also a former Akal Takht Jathedar.

Nepal officially records its inaugural same-sex marriage five months after it was legalized by the Supreme Court. As reported by PTI, 35-year-old trans-woman Maya Gurung and 27-year-old gay man Surendra Pandey legally married at Dordi Rural Municipality in the Lamjung district of Western Nepal, as confirmed by Sanjib Gurung (Pinky), the president of Blue Diamond Society—an organization dedicated to the rights and well-being of sexual minorities in Nepal.

Supreme Court legalised it, Nepal on Wednesday formally registered the first case of same-sex marriage, making it the first South Asian country to do so. Trans-woman Maya Gurung, 35 and Surendra Pandey, 27, a gay, got legally married and their marriage was registered at Dordi Rural Municipality of Lamjung district in Western Nepal, according to Sanjib Gurung (Pinky), president of Blue Diamond Society, an organization working for the rights and welfare of the sexual minorities in Nepal.

Air India aircraft that was to fly to Delhi returned to Kathmandu airport on Saturday evening after pilots heard a noise while taking off, according to an airline official. Also, prior to taking off, it was noticed after boarding passengers that a door in the aircraft was unserviceable. The plane was cleared for take-off after following necessary airworthiness protocols.

TikTok creator Manjita Manandhar was caught off guard when the Himalayan nation banned the popular social media platform last week for disturbing «social harmony and goodwill». «I was shocked as the decision came suddenly,» said Manandhar, who earns about $1,500 a month by making content for restaurants, hotels and brands, and posting them on the app.

₹10 crore on Sunday. The relief materials arrived to Nepal via a special Indian Air Force C-130 flight at Nepalgunj, said the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu in a statement on Sunday. The consignment of relief materials included tents, blankets, tarpaulin sheets as well as essential medicines and medical equipment, officials said.

Gangetic plains because the soft soil of the region amplifies seismic energy originating from the Himalayan belt, seismologists said. On Friday night, a strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 jolted Nepal sending waves of tremors across north India, including in Delhi-NCR.

By Gopal Sharma

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday condoled the loss of lives in the devastating earthquake in Nepal and said in this hour of crisis, Indians stand shoulder to shoulder with the neighbouring country. At least 140 people were killed and several others injured when a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Nepal just before midnight on Friday, destroying hundreds of houses in the Himalayan country's remote mountainous region in the most devastating tremor since 2015.