Top news of the day: Nepal flash floods death toll reaches 768; power failure disrupts NEET PG exam at two Jaipur centres, and more
Nepal faces a severe humanitarian crisis with 784 deaths from flash floods, while India and Uzbekistan have elevated their diplomatic ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership. Additionally, technical failures at NEET-PG exam centers in Jaipur have forced a retest.
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These events cover significant regional humanitarian disasters, international diplomacy, and domestic educational administrative challenges.
The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rose to 768 , even as over 2,500 people remain missing, its disaster authority said on Sunday (August 30, 2026), as rescue efforts entered a fifth day. Chinese state media had earlier confirmed 16 dead in Tibet and 546 people missing. That takes the overall toll to 784 dead and 3,044 missing. Bodies have been recovered from eight affected districts as rescuers race against time to search for those missing and rescue those stranded on the fifth day since the disaster.
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