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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
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Topic: rains

Nearly 110 dead in four days as heavy rains, flooding hit northern, eastern India

Patna was reeling under knee-deep water as weather department said that active monsoon still prevailed over Rajasthan, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

IIT Gandhinagar study says India’s current flood situation could become the new normal

IIT-Gandhinagar scientists have found that multi-day flood events are likely to increase at a faster rate in future owing to warming of climate.

Rescue efforts conclude in flood-hit western Maharashtra, focus now on relief & damage assessment

Water and power supply is being restored in Maharashtra's Kolhapur & Sangli, the worst-hit districts, while health & relief camps have been set up to address immediate needs, officials said.

It will not rain enough in 2019 & that’s more important than who comes to power in Lok Sabha

There is an alarming need to acknowledge and prepare for the upcoming monsoons. And it can’t wait for the formation of a new government.

How an IAS officer in Kerala used Facebook to help flood victims

IAS officer Prasanth Nair is the inspiration behind an international effort to collate genuine distress calls and route them to the relevant officials.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

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?