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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: floods

Venice in state of ’emergency’ as floods, tide threaten to submerge city

Venice will soon be underwater if climate change isn’t controlled, warned an Italian national agency as the highest floods since 1966 damaged crops and roads.

Why India got more rainfall in September 1917 than 2019 but there were no major floods

September this year was the wettest India has seen since 1917, and triggered widespread floods in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Bhanu Mehta’s ‘conflict on faith’, TKA Nair’s next steps in J&K, Mihir Shah on floods

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Price surge spells ‘hell’ for India’s gold sales as demand wanes

A combination of high taxes, record prices, slowing economic growth and floods are poised to erode India’s gold demand in the peak festival season.

Himachal still reeling under heavy rains, death toll rises to 25 & over 500 stranded

Heavy rains have been lashing Himachal Pradesh since Saturday, causing floods, triggering landslides and causing a damage of Rs 574 crore.

How Maharashtra govt ‘botched up’ in tackling floods worse than 2005 deluge

Maharashtra govt facing flak for delayed response and ‘excessive’ release of water from dams that aggravated situation in Sangli, Satara & Kolhapur.

Chinese ‘Kong’ eyes Ladakh and jingoism drowns democracy on Independence Day

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Rehabilitation of flood-affected in record time: Fadnavis’ I-Day promise to Maharashtra

CM Devendra Fadnavis also said efforts will be made to make Maharashtra drought-free by diverting rainwater to Marathwada and northern region.

Maharashtra parties promise not to politicise floods, then do just that a week later

From distributing relief packages with leaders’ photos on them to talking up their own relief work, all Maharashtra parties have politicised the flood crisis.

Amit Shah to conduct aerial survey as death toll in Karnataka floods rises to 31

An official release said the death toll has risen to 31, with four more deaths Saturday night, while 14 people were missing.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.