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Topic: Kerala floods

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

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

Kerala rains claim 42 lives with more than a lakh people in relief camps

Many are still feared trapped under debris following major landslides in Wayanad and Malappuram districts.

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.

Displacements and denouements: Who are the Indians seeking asylum?

Most asylum requests from India appear to come from Punjab, Haryana, and Gujarat.

Meetings with hero fishermen on agenda as Rahul Gandhi starts two-day Kerala trip

The Congress president will also interact with survivors at relief camps in the flood-ravaged state.

Photo of police beating RSS workers in Kerala is actually from Agra in 2012

The image being circulated online has been used as earlier well, even resulting in a Congress leader being booked in 2015.

Modi has done the smart thing refusing UAE’s aid for Kerala. Stop the politics over it

The Modi government, however, would do well to dispel misgivings that it might let partisanship control its purse strings.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?