No contact with 288 Indians in Nepal, another 200 stranded on China side: MEA
India is working tirelessly to locate its citizens impacted by the catastrophic floods in Nepal, with 290 nationals still unaccounted for, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Among the missing are individuals employed on hydropower projects and members of tourist groups. The devastating floods have claimed the lives of at least 359 people in Nepal and left 826 missing, including 558 in Tibet, according to official reports.
Rajiv Jaishankar, India's External Affairs Minister, convened a meeting with key officials, Indian ambassadors in Kathmandu and Beijing, to review the situation. India has dispatched a second aid shipment carrying 37.5 tonnes of relief material, medicines, and food packets to Nepal.
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