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Rapper-turned-PM faces first big test after Nepal disaster
Shah says Nepal needs more international support as reconstruction is estimated at $4.78 billion and more than 6,000 people remain missing, officials said.
Now Balendra Shah faces his biggest test as his country's leader after a catastrophic flood on the China-Nepal border killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands missing.
The disaster has pushed climate diplomacy to the centre of the 36-year-old's premiership, overshadowing the anti-corruption agenda that powered his rise to office.
Shah is due to address the United Nations General Assembly this week, using his first foreign trip as prime m…