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As Nepal is fighting hard to recover from the 7.9 magnitude earthquake - the deadliest to hit the country since 1934, here we bring you some latest updates from the internet.
- On World Press Freedom Day (May 3), #GoHomeIndianMedia was trending on Twitter worldwide as Indian media were blamed for taking this matter insensitively and was accused to be covering the issue on a bad angle.
- 3,00,000+ houses were damaged and more than half of them were completely destroyed.
- The country face water shortage as the pipelines were damaged.
- The nation is also at risk on the medical front as they face the threat of contagious diseases spreading among the quake-hit areas.
- United Nations revealed that a huge amount of relief materials sent from all over the world stay stagnated, still awaiting customs clearance at Kathmandu airport.
- Death toll rises to 7.040 and 14,021 were injured. 30 Lakh people are in need of food and shelter.
- 8 million people including 1.7 million children are affected.
- 1000 foreigners are reported missing in the country, a week after the incident.
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