The province has seen torrid downpours for several days and strong winds due to severe convective weather, which has affected several parts of China over the past few weeks.
It highlighted poor maintenance of ITO barrage, which is under Haryana govt & was at centre of Delhi-Haryana blame game during last July's floods. Other 2 barrages are under Delhi & UP.
The relief fund will be used to provide livelihood assistance to affected people and for temporary rehabilitation works in in Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanyakumari and Tenkasi districts.
Scientists have ample evidence of GLOF events unleashing megafloods. The Sikkim flash flood happened after decades of warnings about exactly such an occurrence.
Govt says digital payments also uplift under-served communities by providing them financial footprint that can be used to assess credit worthiness in absence of traditional documents.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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