Pawan Kumar Chamling, one of Sikkim's longest-serving CMs, blames state govt for 'preventable' glacial lake outburst flood, says lives could have been saved if warnings were heeded.
According to government officials, at least 101 people were still missing after a cloudburst triggered rains causing major flooding in the Teesta river.
Scientists have ample evidence of GLOF events unleashing megafloods. The Sikkim flash flood happened after decades of warnings about exactly such an occurrence.
Army still looking for 22 missing soldiers. Efforts to dig out vehicles submerged under slush continue. Anti-dam activist in Sikkim says 'long predicted this tragedy'.
Likely glacial lake outburst flood at Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim early Wednesday led to widespread flooding. Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority also reported 1 death in West Bengal.
Rescue teams pulled 20 survivors from the snow that engulfed the road to the Nathu La pass before calling off their search as bad weather closed in and darkness fell on Tuesday.
19 others were rescued by Tuesday evening. Search & rescue operations resumed 8am Wednesday after being halted at 6pm the previous evening due to 'inclement weather'.
Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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