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    India: Himalayas Approach Tipping Point as Glaciers Melt 65% Faster, Threatening 20 Per Cent of Economy

    A major new assessment of the Indian Himalayas warns that the region is approaching a critical tipping point.
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    Agri-business

    Bhotekoshi-Trishuli Floods Inflict Rs 2.2 Billion Blow on Nepal’s Farms and Livestock

    As detailed assessments continue and reconstruction plans take shape, the focus on agriculture and livestock remains critical.
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    Aid

    Nepal Seeks Grants for $4-5 Billion Flood Recovery as Soft Loans Loom Large

    The coming weeks will be critical. Once the PDNA is complete, the government intends to convene donors and present a clear financing strategy.
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    Clean tech

    Nepal: President Paudel Demands Climate Justice

    Paudel closed his address by recalling Nepal’s history of confronting earthquakes, floods, landslides and pandemics with courage and determination.
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    Accountability

    Nepal’s Deadly Glacier Floods: A Climate Wake-Up Call as Death Toll Tops 1,000

    In a heating world, communities on the climate frontline cannot be left waiting years for the resources they need to survive.
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    Climate change

    Desperate Race Against Time: Mud-Choked Hydro Tunnels Hold Hundreds of Missing Workers

    The scale of the challenge has made this one of the most complex rescue efforts in Nepal’s recent history.
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    Animals and wildlife

    Nepal’s Tiger Success Story Now Tests Human Safety as Attacks Rise Near Protected Areas

    Expanding wildlife rescue centres to every province and linking them with tourism is also under discussion.
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    Climate change

    Warning Signs Overlooked Before Nepal Glacier Collapse Trapped Thousands

    The disaster has already prompted international assistance, including satellite damage mapping and support for rescue operations.
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    Editors Guild Report Lays Bare Credibility Crisis in Mainstream Indian Television

    The Editors Guild has positioned itself as a moral and ethical anchor for the industry, repeatedly calling for accuracy, balance and resistance to external pressures.
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    Sri Lanka: Signature Campaign Seeks Fresh Presidential Pardon for Controversial Godman

    The initiative, supported by senior members of the Maha Sangha, comes in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling that invalidated a previous pardon granted to the controversial Buddhist monk.
    Climate change

    Nepal Monsoon Rains Kill 27 as Landslides and Floods Strike Still-Recovering Nation

    The human cost is measured not only in the 27 confirmed deaths and four missing, but also in the 1,082 families whose homes or livelihoods have been disrupted at a moment when many were still recovering from August’s far larger trauma.

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    Editors Guild Report Lays Bare Credibility Crisis in Mainstream Indian Television

    The Editors Guild has positioned itself as a moral and ethical anchor for the industry, repeatedly calling for accuracy, balance and resistance to external pressures.
    Civil society

    Sri Lanka: Signature Campaign Seeks Fresh Presidential Pardon for Controversial Godman

    The initiative, supported by senior members of the Maha Sangha, comes in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling that invalidated a previous pardon granted to the controversial Buddhist monk.
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