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India’s Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, met school principal Rajendra Dawadi following the disaster and conveyed that India would support reconstruction of the school. In his official communication, the Ambassador praised Dawadi’s timely action, saying his intervention helped save more than 1,600 children before floodwaters overwhelmed the school.
The findings fit into a much wider pattern already documented by Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and US authorities. In several of those earlier cases, investigators were able to connect influence operations more directly to Chinese state-linked organisations or individuals associated with Chinese law enforcement.
Cities such as Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva and Tashkent offer a combination of Islamic architecture, Central Asian history, ancient trade routes and cultural links stretching back centuries. The removal of advance visa requirements could make short leisure trips and business visits substantially easier.
Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra (Retd), who headed the IAF’s Western Air Command during Operation Sindoor, has said that India destroyed five Pakistani fighter aircraft in flight, while additional aircraft—including multiple F-16 fighters—were destroyed or damaged during precision strikes against Pakistani airbases.
The consignment includes portable generator sets, dignity kits, food packets and water purification tablets to support emergency relief operations in affected areas. The flight is also carrying doctors, paramedics and a reconnaissance team for tunnel rescue operations, strengthening India’s on-ground assistance to Nepalese authorities.
Located on the left bank of the Swat River in present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Barikot is identified with ancient Bazira, also known in regional traditions as Vajirasthana. Archaeological evidence indicates human occupation in the area from at least the second millennium BCE, followed by successive Early Historic, Indo-Greek, Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, later Hindu Shahi and early Islamic phases.
The disaster struck on the morning of August 26, 2026, when an enormous surge of water, mud, rocks and debris entered the Bhote Koshi river system near Nepal’s border with Tibet and swept downstream through Rasuwa and Dhading districts. The flood subsequently entered the Trishuli river and affected areas farther downstream, including Nuwakot and other districts along the river corridor.
UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Marc-André Franche welcomed the Cabinet decision, describing it as an important step towards enabling people displaced for many years to return safely and with dignity.
Noor made the remarks during a reception at the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi marking five years since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul. The event was significant as it was the first public Victory Day reception organised by Afghanistan’s current authorities in India since the change of government in August 2021.
The significance for India is considerable. As the country expands indigenous production of aircraft, UAVs, missiles, sensors, electronic warfare systems and other advanced technologies, engineers and specialists working inside the defence-industrial ecosystem increasingly possess knowledge that can itself become a target of foreign cyber-espionage operations.
