India Needs To Be Far Better Prepared For Natural And Climate Disasters
Global economic losses from natural disasters rose from an annual average of about US $50 billion in the 1980s to approximately $200 billion each year in the 2000s. Some have argued that the rise in...
View ArticleWelcome To Propaganda Hour On Primetime
Back during the UPA-II regime, Manmohan Singh's government was mired in allegations of corruption. The Commonwealth Games, 2G spectrum allocation and the coal-fields corruption scandals, one after the...
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Extreme Weather Takes A Toll On Wheat Harvests. Climate Change Will Make It...
Extreme flooding and droughts take a major toll on the global supply of wheat, accounting for about 40 percent of the fluctuations in annual yields, a recent study has found.The research gives new...
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New Delhi Is Running Out Of Water
Asit K. Biswas, National University of Singapore; Cecilia Tortajada, National University of Singapore, and Udisha Saklani, National University of SingaporeAs summer temperatures soar above 40°C in New...
View ArticleIt Isn't Déjà Vu. The Internet Is Fighting For Net Neutrality. Again.
It's not you. Some of your favorite websites really do look different today.July 12 has been deemed a "day of action" by more than 200 websites, companies and organizations in support of net...
View ArticleJournalist Chasing Trump Collusion With Russia Just Can't Believe Trump Jr...
Already hailed the "smoking gun", Donald Trump Jr has released images of an email exchange showing he knew he was meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer to get intelligence on Hillary Clinton.The US...
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Donald Trump Claims Vladimir Putin Would Have Preferred A Hillary Clinton...
President Donald Trump used an interview with a conservative news outlet friendly to his administration to push back against U.S. intelligence officials' conclusion that Russia interfered in last...
View ArticleYogi Adityanath Govt Leaves Taj Mahal Out Of UP State Budget's Heritage Outlay
In the first state budget presented by the Uttar Pradesh government with Yogi Adityanath as the chief minister, the Taj Mahal, regarded as one of the seven wonders of the world, found no mention in the...
View Article'Highest Alert' Sounded In J&K After Attack On Amarnath Pilgrims That Killed 7
SRINAGAR -- Security forces have launched a massive hunt for Pakistani national and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Abu Ismail who has emerged as the mastermind of the deadly terrorist attack on...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: Mithali Raj Creates Cricket History; The Secret Of Modi's...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning.Essential HuffPostIndian...
View ArticleVK Sasikala Paid ₹2 Cr Bribe To Get VIP Treatment In Jail, Says Prison Report
CHENNAI -- Amid the speculations of former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary V. Sasikala getting VIP treatment in Parappana Agrahara central prison where she is lodged...
View ArticleThis Pakistani NGO Helped 78 Indian Fishermen Return Home After Two Years In...
It was an occasion to celebrate for the families of the 78 Indian fishermen who recently found their way back home from Pakistan. Having been away for close to two years after they were detained by the...
View ArticleFour Arrested For Allegedly Beating Nagpur Man On Suspicion Of Carrying Beef
NAGPUR -- Four people have been reportedly arrested for allegedly beating up a man on suspicion of carrying beef in Nagpur's Bharsingi village.#WATCH: Man beaten up for allegedly carrying beef in...
View ArticleSec-144 Imposed In 4 Districts Of Rajasthan After Violent Protest Over...
JAIPUR -- At least 16 people have been injured in a protest called by Rajput community demanding Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry in the encounter of gangster Anand Pal Singh.Section 144...
View ArticleA 25-Year-Old Techie In Pune Allegedly Jumped To His Death Fearing Layoff
A 25-year-old techie from Andhra Pradesh, employed in Pune, allegedly jumped off the sixth floor of the hotel he was staying at and killed himself. Reports mention he left a suicide note in English...
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With Its Censorship Of The Amartya Sen Film, CBFC Has Made A Case For Its Own...
No arguments please, we are Indian.It's no secret that the current dispensation is no fan of Amartya Sen and that the Nobel-winner returns the favour. The former is entirely within its right to do so....
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Trillion Tonne Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctic Ice Shelf
An iceberg around four times the size of London has broken off from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica.With an estimated area of around 5,800 square km and a weight of more than a trillion tonnes...
View ArticleRajnath's Isolation Is A Reminder That BJP Doesn't Take Kindly To Secular...
Every now and then, there dawns an epiphany of "secularism" on certain BJP leaders. Those who have had the flash rued the moment because thereafter their careers turned precarious. When the 2002...
View ArticleNGT Declares 100 Metres From Edge Of Ganga As 'No-Development Zone'
NEW DELHI -- The National Green Tribunal on Thursday passed a slew of directions to rejuvenate River Ganga, declaring as 'No-Development Zone' an area of 100 metres from the edge of the river between...
View Article333 Public Toilets In Delhi Can Now Be Located On Google Maps
The next time you urgently need to use the bathroom in Delhi, you won't have to duck sheepishly into the nearest restaurant. Use Google Maps instead.In a welcome move, the New Delhi Municipal...
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