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Thursday, March 12, 2026
TopicKerala floods

Topic: Kerala floods

Landslides hit Wayanad, left it ‘completely isolated’ during Kerala’s Great Flood 100 years ago

IMD records show in July 1924, Wayanad saw highest rainfall among all modern-day districts at 3193.6 mm. Due to lack of official data, there’s no log of total casualties or damages.

Wayanad landslides: Centre blames Kerala for allowing ‘illegal mining, unregulated human habitation’

Day after mudslide, Centre issued 6th draft notification for declaring 56,800 kilometres of Western Ghats, including 13 villages in Wayanad, an ecologically sensitive area.

‘You don’t look Malayali enough’. Once rejected, Tovino Thomas is Kerala cinema’s rising star

Jude Anthany Joseph's film '2018' on Kerala floods established Tovino Thomas as one of the leading actors in Kerala film industry who is unafraid to take chances. 'I make enough money to live comfortably.'

IPCC has a clear warning for India, flood forecasting needs some speed in it

Until we find the answers to climate change that can ease flooding, a nation-wide implementation of state-of-the-art flood forecasting systems is the only way to go.

Guruvayur Temple moves SC, challenges Kerala HC order that ruled Rs 5 crore flood aid illegal

Devaswom Board & temple managing committee have asserted their authority to incur expenses for ‘secular activities & to promote cultural tenets & philosophy associated with temple’.

PM Modi yet to address flood victims and the ‘most dreaded’ hours of the Congress

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Kerala’s war with water is slipping out of control

Kerala is staring at a crisis of safe drinking water and everyone from the governments to the citizens will need to step up to address this.

Kerala govt is to blame for flood devastation, says JNU survey

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.

It’s time airports began evaluating the risks of flooding

Several airports around the world are built on low lying marshes with flat, undeveloped land.

On Camera

India’s response to US-Israel war on Iran isn’t muted. Just read what SCO said on Khamenei killing

A close reading of the official statements made by India’s MEA, ASEAN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and Turkiye suggests that our reticence is not exactly an outlier.

India’s Russian crude imports approach pre-Trump sanction levels amid Hormuz disruptions & US ‘waiver’

India has already purchased nearly 16 million barrels of Russian crude so far in March 2026, translating to roughly 1.6 million barrels per day, indicating a sharp uptick.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.