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Monday, February 2, 2026
TopicNatural disaster

Topic: natural disaster

Wayanad paying the price because Kerala ignored Gadgil report. Landslide is wake up call

Wayanad landslides should serve as a catalyst for change, prompting a re-evaluation of our developmental priorities and a commitment to building a more resilient and sustainable future.

Budget 2024: Funds, schemes for flood mitigation in Bihar, 4 other states

Bihar to get Rs 11,500 core; environmentalist says holistic plan needed as natural disasters only to get worse.

A burst glacial lake caused Sikkim flood. What’s a GLOF & why Indian subcontinent’s at great risk

Scientists have ample evidence of GLOF events unleashing megafloods. The Sikkim flash flood happened after decades of warnings about exactly such an occurrence. 

World Bank to help Ukraine evaluate damage after Nova Kakhovka dam collapse

Ukrainians abandoned inundated homes as floods crested across the south after the destruction of the dam, with Russia and Ukraine trading blame for the disaster.

How AI can help speed up Turkiye-Syria relief work

Technology is essential to disaster relief efforts, but what marks out the Türkiye-Syria situation is the scale of open-source websites, AI and social media usage.

Indian restaurateur in Turkey offers food, refuge to people displaced by earthquake

Deependra Garain opened the doors of his restaurant and hotels in the city of Nevşehir in Cappadocia to over 30 civilians, including many women and children.

Why Joshimath should have moved ground beneath India’s planners decades ago

Two large developmental projects that lie close to Joshimath have come under the lens — the NTPC thermal power project and Char Dham road widening work.

Landslide kills 12 at campsite in Malaysia, over 20 missing

More than 90 people were caught in the landslide and 59 have been found safe. The calamity struck early Friday morning from a height of roughly 30 metres above the campsite.

Only climate change isn’t driving natural disasters. There are ‘human’ factors

Besides climate change, there are several 'underreported' drivers of losses from natural disasters. We need to build models to mitigate the harm.

‘Company people said run or you’ll die’ — NTPC worker recalls fleeing Uttarakhand flood

While 12 labourers were rescued from one end of a tunnel at the site of an under-construction NTPC plant, 34 remain trapped in the other segment.

On Camera

From populism to productivity—why the Budget 2026 makes a structural turn

The Budget proposals seek to balance sustained high economic growth with fiscal discipline and structural transformation.

Sitharaman proposes a new National Institute of Design in eastern India. ‘A good push’

The Indian fashion design industry had a market value of approximately ₹15.1 lakh crore in 2023 and is expected to reach around Rs 45.3 lakh crore by 2032.

10X Budget beef-up for Intelligence Bureau capex, after Pahalgam & Red Fort terror attacks

After lapses exposed by terror attacks at Pahalgam and Delhi's Red Fort, Centre has hiked Intelligence Bureau's expenditure for investments in long-term assets from Rs 257 cr to Rs 2,549 cr. 

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.