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TopicAssam floods

Topic: Assam floods

Physics Wallah CEO Alakh Pandey is in flood-hit Assam. He is urging people to help

The Physics Wallah CEO travelled across inundated villages with relief supplies, helping displaced families and sharing their stories on social media.

‘Cockroach’ movement rewrites India’s protest playbook, says global media

International publications also look at the Assam’s worst floods in six decades, and how US-Iran war is making staple & affordable food more expensive in Asian economies.

China’s Motuo dam is coming. Assam has no buffer and no real-time data

China, which harbours ambitions to control the Yarlung Tsangpo, as the Brahmaputra is known in Tibet, is moving ahead with its mega hydropower project at Motuo.

Meghalaya university in eye of ‘forest land grab’ row: Himanta cried ‘flood jihad’, but experts in doubt

A govt-appointed committee says Meghalaya’s University of Science and Technology was built on forest land without proper permission, causing massive flooding in Assam.

From climate change to infra collapse, why deadly floods have become Northeast’s new normal

New Delhi: The Northeast was battered by devastating floods this year, displacing thousands and claiming dozens of lives. Experts say it's time the government...

21 lakh people affected, over 50 dead in flood-hit Assam. 3 rhinos drown in submerged Kaziranga

Over 70% of the national park is under water & 70 animals have died in the floods that have forced people & animals into relief camps. Brahmaputra still flowing above danger level.

Assam flood toll swells to 46 as eight more dead, 80% of Kaziranga park submerged

Floodwaters of the rain-swollen Brahmaputra & its tributaries have affected over 11 lakh people in 28 districts, inundating roads, villages, embankments & farmlands.

14 dead in Assam floods, AASU urges state leaders to prioritise people’s safety over elections

Over 535,000 people across 13 districts have been affected by floods in Assam over last 5 days. All Assam Students' Union (AASU) urges govt to focus on rescue & relief rather than polls.

Rain & floods claim 8 lives in Assam, 4 in Manipur. PMO announces Rs 2 lakh ex gratia for next of kin

Floods in aftermath of cyclone Remal have affected nearly 3.5 lakh people in 11 districts in Assam & more rainfall is predicted in state till 4 June. River water level recedes in Imphal.

Flash floods in Assam kill 8, displace over 1 lakh people

Water from the swollen Brahmaputra River has engulfed nearly 450 villages in 17 districts in the hilly state in northeastern India.

On Camera

Indian politicians need to learn to take a joke

From stand-up comics facing FIRs to political leaders bristling at memes, India remains deeply uncomfortable with the freedom to mock.

India’s crude import bill jumped by 57% year-on-year to $63.4 bn in April-July as oil prices rose

India’s crude import volumes remained largely unchanged in April-July, but higher oil prices sharply increased the import bill, with renewed US-Iran tensions raising the risk of another rise in costs.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman