Heavy rains pounded five of eight districts in Marathwada Monday, with Beed receiving the highest 143.7 mm of rain, followed by Nanded (131.6 mm) & Jalna (121.4 mm) in 24 hours.
The PM held a meeting in Gurdaspur & urged a ‘multidimensional approach’ to recovery. As in Himachal, the second instalment of SDRF & PM Kisan Samman Nidhi will be released early.
As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.
Fund-collection efforts and organisational work is taking place under banner of Markazi Milli Muslim League, banned in both India and the US as a front-organisation of LeT.
The forced evacuations started on Friday ahead of the Indian warning and have continued to date, said a spokesperson at Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority.
During his visit, Trump avoided questions on plans to shrink Federal Emergency Management Agency, as pressure grows over whether more could’ve been done before the July 4 floods.
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.
More than 200 people have been rescued so far in flood-hit Kerr County, where many were swept away. Trump pledges federal support, says he’s coordinating with the governor on the situation.
Rescue operations are underway as houses collapse in Baramati and around 30 people remain stranded in Phaltan, Satara. The districts of Pune, Solapur, Raigad, and the Mumbai-MMR region have received heavy rainfall.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, almost every member of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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