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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicCyclone Amphan

Topic: Cyclone Amphan

Modi announces interim relief of Rs 1,000 crore to West Bengal as cyclone Amphan kills 77

The Prime Minister also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the families of each of those killed in the devastation caused by the cyclone, and Rs 50,000 for the injured.

‘Storm rips what lockdown didn’t’ — Telegraph on Amphan, Mirror on migrants taking Covid home

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

PM Modi, Mamata & Dhankhar to take aerial survey together to assess Amphan damage to Bengal

In the absence of any help reaching from civic administration for almost 36 hours, residents have started taking up restoration work.

Aaj Tak on Modi’s ‘aerial check-up’ of Amphan, and India Today explains Imran Khan

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Mamata Banerjee announces Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh to kin of 72 killed in Cyclone Amphan

West Bengal CM said that North and South 24 Parganas will have to be rebuild from scratch. She urged the Central government to extend all help to the state.

Cyclone Amphan: Yellow taxis in Kolkata, pink sky in Bhubaneswar & Javed Akhtar’s tiff

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

No stone will be left unturned in helping those affected by Cyclone Amphan: PM Modi

The prime minister said his thoughts are with the people of Odisha as the state bravely battles the effects of the cyclone, that claimed 12 lives.

Cyclone Amphan has significantly weakened, now moving to Bangladesh: IMD

The IMD said that squalls with wind speed 30 to 40 kilometres per hour are very likely in Meghalaya and west Assam during the next 12 hours.

‘Monstrous and merciless’, ‘savage’: How front pages record devastation by Cyclone Amphan

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

19 million children in India & Bangladesh at imminent risk from Cyclone Amphan: UNICEF

The extremely severe cyclonic storm Amphan made landfall at Digha in West Bengal and Bangladesh on Wednesday, leaving a trail of destruction.

On Camera

Muslim objections to Vande Mataram are about faith, not rejection of India

Ibn Khaldun Bharati’s core claim—that Muslim resistance to ‘Vande Mataram’ reflects an unwillingness to merge into an “organic whole” with Hindus—ignores both historical context and religious concerns.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.