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Topic: Flood

Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

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.

‘We’re on our own’—as Yamuna gulps Delhi settlements, stories of loss & resignation, all over again

New Delhi: At Mori Gate, 33-year-old Neetu stood in front of a medical team at a relief camp set up inside a Sarvodaya Vidyalaya,...

In Pakistan, Lashkar is using floods aftermath to brandish its growing welfare empire

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 case that led HC to order Haryana to draft disaster plan for residential communities on riverbanks

The ruling came in a case where a developer challenged Haryana’s reclassification of its land near the flood-prone Tangri River from 'residential' to 'agricultural'.

UK floods: Floods Minister meets Environment Agency Chief Executive

The discussion Tuesday focused on response to recent flooding events and ongoing situation.

Climate change causing glaciers around Everest to melt, ADB says

Dozens have been displaced, and infrastructure destroyed in the Mount Everest region, local sherpas told ADB.

UK govt urges public to develop flood-preparedness

The annual Flood Action Week running from 14 to 20 October will coincide one year anniversary of significant floods caused by Storm Babet.

CWC to monitor all dams vulnerable to Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

Following Teesta-III Collapse, Committee Formed to Assess Lakes

Explained with maps: How topography, human density led to devastation in Kerala’s Wayanad

Wayanad is 13th on the list of top landslide-prone districts in India. During the 2018 floods, Wayanad and Idukki districts in Kerala alone saw more than 3,000 landslides.

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.

On Camera

US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.