From not informing people in time to not replacing faulty detection equipment, a series of govt errors resulted in the large-scale devastation in Kerala.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
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.
Amita Singh who headed this study has no credibility or expertise in the field of disaster studies. Her preposterous commentary during the time of floods was torn apart with facts.
Why should anyone buy her claims? Let her publish the raw data based on which she made the report before I invest a second of my life reading the report.
They should clarify a number of points. 1. If rubber trees are planted after clearing a forest, in which way does it contribute to flooding? 2. How does mangrove clearance add to flooding? 3. This year’s flood was the severest after the 1922 floods. There are so many variables relating to possible flooding. How much rainfall is taking place in different catchment areas of a river. What is the possible rate of clearance of flood waters to the sea taking into account the high tide and the strength of waves. What is the flow of river at different points. Could all these factors have been predicted for flood level that had not been seen after 1922? I think these people are only self-styled experts with little knowledge of scientific processes.
Amita Singh who headed this study has no credibility or expertise in the field of disaster studies. Her preposterous commentary during the time of floods was torn apart with facts.
https://www.newsclick.in/kerala-floods-2018-fact-check
Why should anyone buy her claims? Let her publish the raw data based on which she made the report before I invest a second of my life reading the report.
They should clarify a number of points. 1. If rubber trees are planted after clearing a forest, in which way does it contribute to flooding? 2. How does mangrove clearance add to flooding? 3. This year’s flood was the severest after the 1922 floods. There are so many variables relating to possible flooding. How much rainfall is taking place in different catchment areas of a river. What is the possible rate of clearance of flood waters to the sea taking into account the high tide and the strength of waves. What is the flow of river at different points. Could all these factors have been predicted for flood level that had not been seen after 1922? I think these people are only self-styled experts with little knowledge of scientific processes.
Naxalite University blaming Communist kerala government is welcome.