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Thursday, November 7, 2024
TopicHimachal floods

Topic: Himachal floods

Six dead, 53 missing as cloudburst causes flash floods in Himachal Pradesh

The Cloudburst occurred during the intervening night of 31 July-1 August and has resulted in destruction in Kullu, Mandi, and Shimla regions.

Congress-BJP bonhomie, for a change: Sukhu hails support from Himanta, Dhami over flood aid

Himanta donated Rs 10-cr on behalf of Assam govt, Dhami contributed Rs 5-cr on Uttarakhand govt's behalf for victims of monsoon-related disasters that ravaged Himachal in July-August.

Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu donates all his savings to state disaster relief fund

The chief minister and his wife Kamlesh Thakur presented a cheque of Rs 51 lakh to Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena.

Rain-ravaged Himachal ‘ready for tourists’ as G20 weekend begins, fests, carnivals pack rest of year

Hoteliers & govt officials optimistic that G20 rush will help state's tourism sector bounce back. Adventure sports, Dussehra fest to be promoted in a big way to draw visitors.

Disasters put focus on cities’ ‘carrying capacity’. It’s a textbook concept, planners don’t use it

Last month, SC decided to form expert panel to consider using ‘carrying capacity’ in urban planning in Himalayan states. But experts are divided on how practical this would be.

Himachal floods a perfect storm––multi-storey buildings on shaky mountaintops

Himachal Pradesh is seeing a deadly combination of fragile mountains, increasing episodes of extreme weather condition, and haphazard construction.

On Camera

India-China border can’t be changed. Formalising LAC as the redline is the answer

The India-China crisis has led to a de facto delineation of the 1959 Claim Line in Ladakh. Why can’t this delineation be extended to the rest of the LAC and the McMahon Line?

US President-elect Trump vows to slash trade deficit with India. How trade fared under him vs Biden

India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.

India, Bangladesh Army chiefs discuss issues of ‘mutual interest’

Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.