New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not declaring floods in Kerala as national disaster, the Congress on Monday said he did not release enough central fund so…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Kerala government on Monday informed the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) that the floodwaters in the state had started receding as the rains had abated. The information was shared…
Bengaluru, Aug 20 (IANS) Leading liquor major Diageo India donated Rs 1 crore to the Kerala Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund, the company said on Monday. “Our officials met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The central government has declared the devastating Kerala floods as a “calamity of severe nature”. A statement on Monday by Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (IANS) The IAS and IPS officers in Odisha have decided to contribute their one day’s salary to help the flood-affected people of Kerala. The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officers Association of Odisha…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The DANICS Officers Association on Monday announced a donation of Rs 1.5 lakh and contribution of one-day salaries by its members for the Kerala flood survivors. Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar…
Chennai, Aug 20 (IANS) Even as different estimates of losses suffered by Kerala in the monsoon floods are doing the rounds, general insurance experts on Monday said that there will certainly be an increase in…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday formed an expert committee headed by a retired judge to decide whether to allow Vedanta Limited to open its Sterlite Copper plant in…
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Social networking giant Facebook is donating $250,000 (nearly Rs 1.75 crore) for relief work in Kerala, which has been battered by torrential rains, floods and landslides, leaving over 300 dead…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (IANS) The Kerala unit of CPI on Monday admonished Forest Minister P. Raju from the party for leaving for Germany last week when the state was in the grip of devastating floods…
Kochi, Aug 20 (IANS) Health officials on Monday began disposing of carcasses after numerous animals became victims of the worst ever floods to hit Kerala. On Monday morning, official teams went around areas in and…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (IANS) A Keralite working in Sultanate of Oman in a supermarket has been terminated from his job following a highly insensitive post he wrote in the wake of the worst-ever floods in…
Kolkata, Aug 20 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the state government is drawing up major schemes for promoting renewable energy including solar. “Today is National Renewable Energy Day. Our…
Kodagu (Karnataka), Aug 20 (IANS) About 4,320 marooned people have been rescued till Monday morning in flood-hit Kodagu district in Karnataka as the rescue work entered its final stage in search of nearly 50 persons…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (IANS) Speeding monster tipper lorries carrying granite stones and sand were a dreaded sight for any pedestrian in Kerala, yet in the large flooded areas of the state, these are the vehicles…
Kodagu (Karnataka), Aug 20 (IANS) Even as hundreds remained stranded on hilltops in towns and villages in flood-hit Kodagu in Karnataka, an official said 4,320 marooned people have been rescued till Monday. “The rescue work…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (IANS) As rescue operations in Kerala on Monday entered its final stages, the biggest challenge before the authorities in the flood aftermath turned into managing the over 5,500 relief camps housing more…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Aug 20 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh, the country’s fruit and off-season vegetable bowl, has launched a scheme this year to scale up zero-budget natural farming, a chemical-free method, with Governor Acharya Devvrat…
Canberra, Aug 20 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday said his government has abandoned plans to set an emissions reduction target in legislation. Turnbull said he would not proceed with the emissions target…