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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
TopicEmergency evacuation

Topic: emergency evacuation

Beijing evacuates 70,000 residents amid ‘extremely high’ risk of flash floods, landslides

Beijing has warned residents to brace for a new round of intense rainfall, deadliest yet since 2012. Its topography has been described by some as a rain 'trap'.

Govt to operate 3 more evacuation flights from Iran in next 2-3 days, 162 Indians to land soon

The Ministry of External Affairs said that on Sunday, a batch of 285 Indian nationals arrived at Delhi airport from Mashhad, Iran, taking the total number of evacuees to 1,713.

Operation Sindhu: India evacuates 110 students from Iran amid escalating conflict with Israel

The students, evacuated through Yerevan, are expected to land in New Delhi on Thursday morning. The evacuation was supervised by Indian missions in Armenia and Iran.

Nine dead in Indonesia’s Laki-laki volcano eruption on Flores Island

The authorities have raised the status of the volcano to level IV or the highest and recommended a seven-kilometre radius must be cleared.

3 lakh people to be evacuated by Wednesday evening from coastal Odisha as cyclone Dana nears

Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi stated that those who have been evacuated are receiving dry and cooked food and that all other arrangements have been made in the cyclone shelters.

Taiwan holds annual evacuation drill amid rising military threats from China

China has been staging regular exercises around Taiwan for the past three years, to pressure Taipei to accept Beijing's claim of sovereignty despite the island's strong rejections.

Nearly 1.2 lakh people affected as flood situation remains grim in Assam

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.

Over 75,000 people evacuated from Gujarat coast as cyclone Biparjoy changes direction

The change in the direction of the cyclone is set to make a landfall in the Indian west-coast on Thursday. IMD has predicted major damage to standing crops, plantations, and roads.

Over 45,000 evacuated, disaster teams on high alert as Cyclone Biparjoy closes in

The very severe storm is expected to make landfall in Gujarat on Thursday evening.

Japan govt says evacuation warning for North Korea missile was ‘appropriate and not an error’

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a news conference that the North Korean missile disappeared from Japan's radar immediately after detection.

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Takaichi channels Abe & wins over Trump

Trump calls Takaichi 'one of the greatest prime ministers' & offers her 'anything you want'.

Mumbai’s been driving India’s data centre market, but water shortage, power demand pose risks

According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.