Around 400 students and staff at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Gurdaspur were stranded due to severe flooding, submerging the school’s ground floor. NDRF and army teams were deployed for rescue operations as rivers in Punjab’s border districts overflowed due to dam water release, impacting several districts.

Ladakh sees rare August snowfall in Leh, Kargil, Drass and Khardung La, disrupting travel and marking an early winter onset.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong further added that Australia is a friend to both India and the US and always encourages dialogue.