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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: disaster

Death toll from Texas floods reaches 82, Trump plans visit

Officials say toll is likely to rise by Tuesday as the scale of the disaster becomes clearer. So far, over 850 people have been rescued and 41 remain missing.

India’s DRR Efforts in Spotlight at Asia-Pacific Conference

In his statement, Minister Rai underscored the increasing impact of disasters, highlighting the loss of lives, economies, and overall development.

Uttarakhand CM Dhami conducts aerial survey in disaster-affected areas in Champawat

CM also reviewed repair works undertaken on roads, bridges damaged and directed officials to take necessary steps to normalise arrangements in affected areas.

Budget 2024: Funds, schemes for flood mitigation in Bihar, 4 other states

Bihar to get Rs 11,500 core; environmentalist says holistic plan needed as natural disasters only to get worse.

Asia world’s most disaster-hit region in 2023, water-related hazards killed over 2,000 — WMO report

Asia warming faster than global average, the report said, adding that early warning systems and disaster preparedness plans, however, have saved thousands of lives.

India’s cyclone warning system is the model for disaster-proofing the country. Floods next

More than 40 per cent of districts in India that were previously dry are seeing floods and vice-versa. A holistic climate resilience approach is needed to address this.

On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.