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.
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.
The India Meteorological Department has issued an 'orange alert' and predicted 'very heavy' to 'extremely heavy' rainfall across several districts of Assam over the next few days.
Floods have displaced millions of people in northeast India and Bangladesh this year. Driving the annual phenomenon is a volatile confluence of factors that make a bad problem worse.
In intervening night between 19 & 20 June, water from Barak river gushed through the embankment that had breached at Bethukandi, more than 3 km from Silchar. The town was inundated overnight.
According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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