Headlines- Two days after catastrophic flash flood struck the border between China and Nepal, rescue workers have resumed searching for hundreds of people who are still missing.
- At least 538 people killed and another 1,300 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
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- In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
- Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Tag: Majuli
May 28, 2021
The Largest River Island in the...
Majuli is a sub-division of Assam’s Jorhat District in north-eastern India, and is the world’s largest river island. Majuli is 90 kilometres or 55 miles long (east to west) and about 16 kilometres or 9 miles wide (north to south). Thousands of migratory birds flock to its water bodies. Majuli Island has a total of twenty-three communities