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Arunabh Saikia
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Nepal toll surges as rescuers struggle through 'unimaginable' disaster
by Arunabh Saikia - September 1, 2026 - 8:04am
Rescuers struggled on Monday through mud and debris for a sixth day, as the number of missing people soared to nearly 4,500 since tsunami-like glacial floods roared down from the China-Nepal border, creating an "unimaginable"...
Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000
by Arunabh Saikia - August 29, 2026 - 10:24am
Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages. ...
Death toll nears 400, rescuers search for 1,400 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods
by Arunabh Saikia - August 28, 2026 - 9:56am
Rescue teams waded through mud on Thursday searching for more than 1,400 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck the Nepal-Tibet border, as the death toll rose again to 392, with entire villages swept...
India PM vows to pursue Kashmir attackers to 'ends of the Earth'
by Arunabh Saikia - April 25, 2025 - 12:51pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to hunt down the gunmen responsible for killing 26 civilians in the tourist spot of Pahalgam on Tuesday, accusing Pakistan of supporting "cross-border terrorism.&q...
India uses AI to stop stampedes at world's biggest gathering
by Arunabh Saikia - January 22, 2025 - 12:35pm
Keen to improve India's abysmal crowd management record at large-scale religious events, organizers of the world's largest human gathering are using artificial intelligence to try to prevent stampedes.
The farm fires helping to fuel India's deadly air
by Arunabh Saikia - December 1, 2024 - 1:18pm
Blazing flames light the sky as Indian farmer Ali Sher burns his fields to clear them for new crops, a common but illegal practice that is fuelling deadly pollution killing millions.
Indian doctors stage nationwide strike over colleague's rape and murder
by Arunabh Saikia - August 17, 2024 - 3:36pm
Indian doctors launched a nationwide strike Saturday, escalating protests after the "barbaric" rape and murder of their colleague that has channelled outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women.
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