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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicUttarakhand floods

Topic: Uttarakhand floods

Uttarakhand disaster likely caused by landslide, not glacial outburst, satellite images reveal

Scientists studying satellite imagery from before & after the disaster say a chunk of glacier appears to have crashed down a mountain, triggering a landslide & subsequent floods.

14 bodies recovered, 15 rescued in Uttarakhand following glacier burst

The Tapovan hydroelectric dam, also known as the Rishi Ganga project, was completely washed off in the flash flood, the IAF said in its initial report.

ITBP saves 12 trapped in tunnel after Uttarakhand flood, Army, IAF, NDRF rushed for rescue op

Naval divers on standby. National Crisis Management Committee has said there is no danger of downstream flooding, and no threat to the neighbouring villages.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.