The change in the direction of the cyclone is set to make a landfall in the Indian west-coast on Thursday. IMD has predicted major damage to standing crops, plantations, and roads.
Demand is high and young women are in short supply in Gujarat, where many impoverished girls are either trafficked or sold by their parents for marriage. For some, it’s an escape from poverty.
Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya said all agencies, including the central and state governments, the forces and disaster management authorities were working together to minimise the impact of the severe storm.
The National Disaster Management Authority in Pakistan has also put those concerned on high alert as the cyclone is likely to affect Sindh’s coastal region on 13 June.
In storm-prone areas, National and State Disaster Response Force teams have been deployed. Officials have assured people that they are prepared to handle any situation.
Viraj Ashwin Patel allegedly dropped names & promised jobs to models, even proposing marriage to one. He is now in judicial custody and faces rape charge. Crime branch to probe.
NCRB statistics show that of the 3.42 lakh people still missing and untraced by the end of 2021, around 87 per cent or 2.98 lakh were adults — children accounting for only 13 per cent.
After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.
WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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