Disaster
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62252 missing, extensive damage from flash floods and cloudbursts across Himachal Pradesh
Manali: Himachal Pradesh is currently facing severe natural disasters, including multiple flash floods and cloudbursts, causing infrastructural damage and loss of life....
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Turkey-Syria earthquake: Death toll crosses 25,000; rescue operations continue
As rescuers continue to work on the ground to pull more survivors from beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings, the death toll...
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Death toll in Turkey, Syria earthquake crosses 16,000
As rescuers continue to work on ground to pull more survivors from beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings, the death toll in...
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When no light came from tunnel: The night avalanche struck Kashmir
The avalanches lately hitting valley have revived the horrors of the night when a scribe received news about a tragedy involving amongst...
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GoI denies link between sinking Joshimath and NTPC tunnels, says ‘project will go on’
Modi Government in New Delhi has ruled out connections with the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) 520 MW Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower project...
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Train derails at Mazhama in Budgam, no casualties reported
Srinagar: A train derailed in Mazhama area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday. However, there was no report of any casualties...
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After Joshimath, cracks in houses widen 82 km away in Karnaprayag
Cracks in the roadways and fissures in the walls of homes in Karnaprayag, 82 kilometres away from Joshimath, have largely gone undetected...
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September 2014 Floods – Then and Now
It is important that we understand the message and take corrective steps before history repeats itself again. The discourse around town during...
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September 2014 Floods – A Memoir
What was built over years and probably decades was undone in a matter of a few days, and we could do nothing...
