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Topic: Landslide

Rain in southern China cases more than 100 landslides, residents trapped in floodwaters

Typhoon Haikui has trapped about 1,360 residents in floodwaters and killed at least seven people in China's south, according to state media.

In SC affidavit, govt calls for tailor-made assessments of carrying capacity of hill stations

Environment ministry says 13 Himalayan states must submit action plan following guidelines. Affidavit in response to Noida resident's PIL on hill stations in ecologically fragile areas.

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.

Landslide in Himachal’s Kullu destroy 8 buildings, no casualties reported

Landslides in Himachal Pradesh killed more than 50 people this month, with houses flattened and buses and cars hanging on the edge of precipices after roads gave way.

In Shimla relief camp, landslide victims count their losses. Homes gone, schoolbooks washed away

On 15 August, a landslide turned the lives of Krishna Nagar residents upside down. Many lost their homes, others had to evacuate, and are now taking shelter in Ambedkar Bhawan.

In debris of Shiv temple razed by Himachal cloudburst, broken families, regrets & a shaken community

100-year-old Shiv Mandir was washed away in cloudburst that struck Monday. It had an estimated 30 devotees inside at the time. Fourteen bodies have been recovered so far.

‘Prime campaigner’ & ‘mother nature meets mother democracy’

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

Family loses 7 loved ones & home of 2 decades in deadly Himachal cloudburst — ‘Sab khatam ho gaya’

Cloudburst & landslides have led to the death of at least 50 people in separate incidents in Himachal Pradesh. Ratiram & Jamuna Devi lost half their family, their mud house & gaushala.

Massive landslides block Imphal-Silchar highway in Manipur, at least 500 trucks stranded

According to officials, landslides happened on the National Highway 37 between Irang and Awangkhul part 2, Khongsang and Awangkhul, and Rangkhui village on Wednesday.

Himachal Pradesh death toll climbs to 57, schools, colleges shut, 800 roads closed in state

CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said there has been a nearly 157% surge in rainfall over the past few days across Himachal Pradesh.

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1948 need not define Gaza’s destiny. Arabs and Israelis must learn to live together

When Israelis pushed out Arabs in 1948, they didn’t think that embittered refugees would turn into a permanent threat to their new state. This was a catastrophic miscalculation.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.