Public Works Minister Aadhav Arjuna have arrived in New Delhi to monitor rescue and relief efforts for Tamil Nadu residents stranded in Nepal following devastating flash floods.

Public Works Minister Aadhav Arjuna, School Education Minister Rajmohan, Agriculture Minister Vinoth and Minister for Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Thennarasu — have arrived in New Delhi to monitor rescue and relief efforts for Tamil Nadu residents stranded in Nepal following devastating flash floods. The ministers visited the Help Centre Control Room at Tamil Nadu House in Delhi to coordinate operations on the ground.

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Nepal: Rescuers race to save 100 trapped inside hydropower tunnel

Rescue teams are in a desperate race to reach approximately 100 people trapped inside a hydropower tunnel in Nepal as the flash flood disaster — now believed to have been triggered by a glacial collapse — continues to unfold. People from 30 countries are missing, with Indians among those unaccounted for. A veteran Mumbai mountaineer who gave up medicine for the mountains is among those missing. A glacial collapse is now emerging as the likely trigger, raising questions about India’s own preparedness for similar cascading Himalayan disasters.

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Penguin India drops Sonia Gandhi’s book after author rejects changes

Penguin India has decided not to publish Sonia Gandhi’s book after asking for changes that the author rejected. Several Indian publishers are now in the fray for the rights, with HarperCollins reported to be close to finalising an agreement to publish and distribute the book in India — a development that will keep one of Indian publishing’s more politically sensitive titles in the news cycle.

MPSC 7th rank holder reveals ‘get 10 wrong’ paper leak plot

A candidate who secured 7th rank in the MPSC examination has revealed the mechanics of a paper leak designed to evade detection — including a deliberate instruction to get ten answers wrong to avoid raising suspicion. The disclosure has deepened the Maharashtra public services examination scandal and given investigators a rare inside account of how the fraud was engineered.

Chandipura virus: Two in three confirmed cases in Gujarat have died, toll at 28

The Chandipura virus outbreak in Gujarat has killed 28 people, with two of every three confirmed cases proving fatal — a case fatality rate that has alarmed public health authorities and placed the state’s disease surveillance and containment capacity under urgent scrutiny.

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra bookings surged in 2026 — then came the Nepal floods

After four years of pause, bookings for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra had seen a marked surge this year, with many pilgrims taking the Nepal Rasuwa route — the same route now devastated by the flash floods, making the disaster a particular tragedy for a pilgrimage community that had only just been able to return to the journey.

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