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    Nepal Faces Pressure to Protect Indigenous Lands Amid Hydropower Controversy

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    Nepal’s Deadly Flash Floods: What Went Wrong?

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    Nepal’s Prime Minister Calls for National Unity as Flood Death Toll Rises to 224

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    India: Govt. Pushes for Unified Water Conservation Efforts

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    Greenpeace India Welcomes India’s Leadership in signing the Historic UN Ocean Treaty

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