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Month: August 2026
Environment
One Flood, Three River Names: How Bhote Koshi Becomes Trishuli, Narayani and Finally Gandak
From the high Himalayan borderlands of Tibet and Nepal to Bihar’s Gangetic plains, the current flash-flood disaster has exposed an extraordinary river corridor — one in which geography,…
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Environment
Natural Disasters & Nepal – The Geographical Reasons and Population Distribution
A young, still-rising mountain range Nepal sits directly on the collision zone between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, a process that began roughly 40–50 million years ago…
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Environment
Nepal Flash Floods: Bhote Koshi, Trishuli and Narayani Rivers Explained — Death Toll, Missing Foreigners, Causes and History
Nepal flash floods 2026 explained — how the Bhote Koshi, Trishuli and Narayani rivers turned deadly, latest death toll and missing tourists by nationality, the glacial collapse behind…
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Economy
UPI Timeline: From 21 Banks to More than 23 billion Transactions a Month
NPCI states that the UPI pilot was launched on 11 April 2016 by then RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. The next milestone subsequently recorded is 25 August 2016 – as the point at…
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Economy
UPI’s Overseas Network
Country Current documented linkage First live Bhutan P2M Jul 2021 Singapore P2M + P2P via PayNow Aug 2021 / Feb 2023 UAE P2M Apr 2022 France P2M Feb…
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Economy
UPI vs Pix: How India and Brazil Built Two Instant-Payment Giants — and Where They Differ
India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Brazil’s Pix have become two of the most consequential experiments in instant digital payments. Both allow money to move between bank or…
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Geopolitics
National Space Day & India’s Global Space Ambition
India observed its third National Space Day on 23 August 2026, completing three years since the Chandrayaan-3 mission placed the Vikram lander safely on the Moon. National Space…
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SciTech
National Space Day 2026: India Marks Three Years Since Chandrayaan-3
India is observing its third National Space Day, commemorating the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s successful lunar landing on 23 August 2023. The 2026 theme—“Towards Viksit Bharat: Innovating, Collaborating and Aspiring to…
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Environment
Strong El Niño 2026: WMO Maps a Hotter, More Uneven Global Season
A strong El Niño is intensifying and is expected to dominate global climate patterns during August–October 2026, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The outlook points towards above-normal temperatures…
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SciTech
World Humanoid Robot Games 2026: 2,056 Robots Compete in Beijing
Beijing has become a live testing ground for humanoid robotics as 2,056 robots representing 666 teams compete in the second World Humanoid Robot Games. The five-day event, being held from…
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Environment
Colorado River Crisis: US Orders 1.25 Million Acre-Feet of Annual Water Cuts
The United States has finalised a new operating framework for the drought-stricken Colorado River, reducing annual water deliveries to the three Lower Basin states by 1.25 million acre-feet in…
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