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NVIDIA founder and Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang has contributed USD 10 million, equivalent to approximately Rs 1.51 billion, to Nepal’s Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund to support rescue, relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts following the devastating Bhote Koshi floods of August 26. The contribution is among the largest individual donations announced for the government’s disaster response. Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle expressed gratitude to Huang in a social media video, describing the contribution as an unprecedented show of support.

04-SEP-2026 11:19 AM

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Joint search and rescue teams have rescued two people alive from inside the Trishuli-3 ‘A’ Hydroelectric Project tunnel in Rasuwa, 10 days after catastrophic flooding inundated the region. The survivors have been identified as Kabir Maharjan and Sanjay Sah. The rescue operation gained momentum early Friday morning after security personnel detected human voices coming from inside the tunnel.

04-SEP-2026 10:32 AM

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Search and rescue teams have cleared about three feet of the entrance to the cable duct tunnel at the Trishuli 3 ‘A’ Hydropower Project in Nuwakot, where people are feared to be trapped following the devastating Bhote Koshi River flood in Rasuwa. A 93-member team led by the Nepal Army is carrying out the operation with support from a Chinese rescue team and other technical personnel. The rescuers are using five excavators, compressors and breakers to clear the blocked tunnel entrance. The entrance is buried beneath collapsed iron structures, large boulders and debris extending about 40 meters in length and reaching around 20 meters in height.

03-SEP-2026 07:18 PM