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TopicCyclone Yaas

Topic: Cyclone Yaas

Encephalitis, Covid, Yaas: Bihar litchi farmers face crisis after crisis, ‘50% losses’ for 3 yrs

Bihar is largest producer of litchi in India, with over 45,000 small and marginal farmers engaged in cultivating the fruit. State accounts for annual production of 3-4 lakh tonnes.

Hit by Covid, cyclone & high fuel price, India’s fishing industry finds itself marooned

Stakeholders say the lockdown-induced restrictions on market times have led to a drop in prices & demand, while cyclones have damaged boats & other infrastructure.

It was a ‘big BJP team, I was alone’: Mamata on why she skipped cyclone review meet with PM

On the Centre's decision to recall the state chief secretary, Mamata says she will take legal recourse if needed; asks PM not to 'humiliate' her.

‘Shameful’: Union ministers launch coordinated Twitter attack on Mamata for making Modi wait

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee didn't join PM Modi's review meeting while the latter waited for 30 minutes. She met the PM later for a few minutes.

Mamata skips cyclone meeting with Modi, TMC says Suvendu Adhikari’s presence upset her

Mamata Banerjee demands Rs 20,000 cr relief in separate meet with PM, says she 'didn't know' of other meeting and had scheduled engagements. BJP calls her move 'petty politics'.

Ready to support Cyclone Yaas response efforts in India, says UN

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' spokesperson said cyclone preparedness measures have been activated and food stocks have been prepositioned.

Odisha, West Bengal successfully saved lives in Cyclone Yaas. Next is protecting property

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.