South Asia News

As BRICS expands to include nations like Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the UAE, internal disputes over resources, maritime boundaries, and regional proxy conflicts inevitably increase. However, the bloc’s strength relies on pragmatic diplomacy, allowing member countries to compartmentalize geopolitical disagreements.

Heavy rain caused the Ueda River in Japan’s Nagoya city to overflow, flooding roads and sweeping away cars. The Japan Meteorological Agency recorded a record 104.5 millimetres of rain in one hour. Nagoya issued its highest-level emergency warning for parts of three wards, urging residents to move to safer locations.

Nine days after devastating floods hit Nepal, hydropower worker Sanjay Sah was rescued alive from the Trishuli-3A tunnel. Trapped in darkness, Sah said he kept chanting the Krishna Mahamantra while waiting for help.

Two hydropower workers were rescued alive from the debris-filled Trishuli 3A tunnel in Nepal on September 4, nine days after catastrophic Himalayan floods struck the region. Their survival has renewed hopes for hundreds still missing.

Eight passengers were seriously injured after a Dhaka-bound New Green Line Express bus overturned on the Mawa-end slope of Bangladesh’s Padma Bridge on Monday afternoon. Fire Service officials said the bus, travelling from Magura to Dhaka, lost control while descending, reportedly because of excessive speed, hit the roadside railing and overturned.

Nepal is burying unidentified flood victims instead of cremating them because hundreds of bodies have overwhelmed morgues and many are too decomposed for identification. Before burial, authorities collect DNA, details and record each grave location.

A Japanese kindergarten has gone viral for installing a retractable roof over its outdoor play area to protect children from intense summer heat. The movable shade allows youngsters to continue playing without direct exposure to harsh sunlight.

A terrifying video from flood-hit Nepal shows a family clinging to one another inside a two-storey house as raging water, mud and debris tear through the area. Homes, vehicles and roads were swept away in the disaster.

The danger from Nepal-Tibet floods may not be over, with China warning that rising water behind a debris blockage could trigger fresh flooding within the next 72 hours. A major glacier and rock collapse, rather than the 4.4 earthquake, caused the disaster. Unstable lakes, blocked rivers and fragile Himalayan infrastructure remain serious concerns.

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev broke down while addressing followers after around 80 Isha Foundation members went missing in devastating flash floods near the Nepal-Tibet border. The group was reportedly at Gyirong’s immigration centre when floodwaters swept the building away. Sadhguru has appealed for permission to join rescue efforts.