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Rescue, phone lines, road repair: Race against time at ITBP HQ, epicentre of Uttarakhand floods rescue op

Matli (Uttarakhand): Boulders hurtling down the mountainside, roads falling away underfoot, the constant rain as they shiver under the open sky and injuries that...

Cometh the hour, cometh the man: NDRF personnel brave nature, terrain to reach landslide-hit Bhatwari

Monsoon and cloudburst have affected Uttarakhand this year as well, with the Uttarkashi-Harsil road completely washed away in Bhatwari.

Ghats submerged in Varanasi, cremations & Ganga ‘aarti’ moved to rooftops, raised platforms

The district authorities have banned boat movement with the NDRF patrolling the flood-affected areas and relocating stranded individuals to safer locations.

After yrs of recurring floods in Northeast, Brahmaputra Board plans digital tracking of weak embankments

In an interview, board chairperson Ranbir Singh outlines efforts to enable quicker local flood response, strengthen coordination with states, and address key challenges facing the board.

Manipur floods: Over 56,000 people affected as overflowing rivers damage homes, force evacuations

Imphal East is the worst affected area in the state. Over 50 relief camps have been set up as embankment breaches continue to be reported.

Schools remain shut for third day as heavy rain, landslides hit Mizoram

At least five people, including three Myanmarese refugees, have been killed as incessant rain triggers landslides, mudslides, rockfalls, and waterlogging.

Manipur floods: 3,802 people affected, 883 houses damaged in just 48 hours

Army and Assam rifles personnel are leading rescue operations as various areas including Imphal town, Khurai, Heingang, and Checkon constituencies remain inundated.

Australia begins clean up after floods swept away livestock, destroyed homes

Five people have been killed and over 10,000 properties inundated due to floods this week. Damage assessments are underway as conditions across island nation start to improve,

Heavy rain & flash floods in Australia force residents onto roofs, evacuation orders issued

Rural towns in Hunter & Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, were the worst hit, with some areas receiving over 4 months of rain in past 24 hours.

India sees surge in extreme weather events, 93% days in 1st nine months of 2024 affected—CSE report

Such events led to 3,238 deaths, damage to 3.2 million hectares of crops & 2,35,000 houses, & loss of 9,457 livestock. But numbers, particularly for property & crop damage, may be underreported.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

We were given free hand, no restrictions placed on us: IAF chief on Op Sindoor

New Delhi: Indian Air Force chief Air Marshal A.P. Singh Saturday made it clear that there were no restrictions imposed by the political class...

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.