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Monsoon session of Parliament from 21 July to 12 August; Pahalgam, Op Sindoor to be in focus

Monsoon session of Parliament from 21 July to 12 August; Pahalgam, Op Sindoor to be in focus

One dead, 48 injured as severe rains batter Mumbai, other parts of Maharashtra

Rescue operations are underway as houses collapse in Baramati and around 30 people remain stranded in Phaltan, Satara. The districts of Pune, Solapur, Raigad, and the Mumbai-MMR region have received heavy rainfall.

Heavy rain continues to hit Karnataka’s coastal belt, red alert issued for next 5 days

Mangaluru city has been witnessing significant waterlogging and traffic snarls. Minor incidents of landslides have also been reported from hilly regions across the district.

How Mumbai civic body is using AI to hold contractors accountable during pre-monsoon desilting

BMC says about 25 different agencies have been roped in, on a two-year contract, to desilt nullahs and rivers across Mumbai, with work orders totalling upwards of Rs 450 crore.

At least 14 dead, 16 injured after heavy pre-monsoon showers lashed Gujarat

The unseasonal rain across most of the state was driven by a cyclonic circulation in the neighbouring parts of Pakistan and India's Rajasthan state, said IMD.

Battered by inflation, consumers are tightening belts. Double blow to rural Indians

Lower middle-class and rural consumers are cutting discretionary spending, choosing cheaper local products and buying less to stretch the rupee as much as they can.

‘Rare’ monsoon cyclone brewing over Arabian Sea, says IMD. Ongoing heavy rains in Gujarat to intensify

The cyclone is set to form over the Kachchh-Pakistan coast. However, it is unlikely to cause major damage and will move away in the next 2 days, says IMD.

A yellow raincoat in an Amazon package—how the brand ‘delivered the love’ this monsoon

The latest iteration of the campaign steps away from family and sibling ties. Instead, it draws attention to everyday interactions like those with newspaper vendors, general store owners.

India likely to see ‘normal to above normal’ monsoon despite forecasts of delayed La Nina development

IMD says 'atmosphere moving towards La Nina conditions, which is good,' adding that 'intensity of rain will get better and July is likely to end in a surplus'.

Wettest 24 hours in June since 1936 — what caused Delhi’s intense but short-lived downpour

The showers mark the arrival of monsoon in Delhi, Haryana, UP. More rainfall is expected in the next 2-3 days, says India Meteorological Department.

On Camera

Why betting on a reformed Iran could be a mistake for India

Yusuf T Unjhawala’s argument that a secular and reform-oriented regime in Iran could be less prone to aligning with India’s adversaries raises some pertinent questions.

More salaried than self-employed Indians earning less than Rs 25k a month face borrower stress—study

Think360.ai, a firm that helps banks & financial institutions make credit decisions, based its analysis on 20k borrowers. 

What are US ‘bunker buster’ bombs & stealth bombers than can strike Iran’s nuclear mountain

Both GBU-57 munition & B-2 stealth fighter is with America. Moreover, Israel does not have any aircraft in its inventory to carry out such a challening mission.

India-Pakistan terms of engagement: H-word, M-word & the Trump hyphenation

Return to hyphenation is dreaded because our successive govts have laboured for three decades to rid us of what we see as the equivalence big powers used to draw between us and Pakistan. Three things follow.