World Desertification Day: ‘More than 12 breaches in Aravalli, Thar dust blowing across North India
If the Aravallis disappear, North India could gradually turn into a desert, environmentalists warned on World Desertification Day on Wednesday.
If the Aravallis disappear, North India could gradually turn into a desert, environmentalists warned on World Desertification Day on Wednesday.
Work is set to resume on the much-awaited 422 MW Kishau Hydropower project after an eight-year deadlock was broken.
Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday reviewed the National Cyber Crime Helpline 1930 at a high-level meeting in the national capital and directed officials to make the system even better.
The rebellion by six MPs of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena is not only a betrayal of Uddhav Thackeray and his Shiv Sena, but also an attack against the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) opposition, Maharashtra State Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal said here on Wednesday.
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday said the police will constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the complaint that Youth Congress workers were beaten up on an Indigo flight by CPM leader EP Jayarajan.
Home Minister Shah visited here and inspected the rain, flood, and landslide-affected areas of Jammu division and took stock of the damage caused by the natural calamity.
An electrical engineer by qualification, he is also an alumnus of GEC, Jabalpur, BITS Pilani and Madras University and a Doctorate degree holder from Bhopal University.
Criticising the Congress leader and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)’s Tejashwi Yadav, who is being presented as chief ministerial face of the INDIA bloc for the upcoming Bihar elections, Prasad said, “Why Yadav was presenting himself as a number two player in Bihar when Congress has no case in the state”.
Uttarakhand has suspended the Char Dham and Hemkund Sahib Yatra till September 5 after red and orange alerts for heavy rain. Landslides and flooding risks persist, with two deaths reported on the Kedarnath route. Officials urge pilgrims to avoid travel and follow advisories.
The CM noted that doctors at mental hospitals are also advised to take special care of patients on these days, and the intensity of the mental behaviour of such patients also increases on these two days.
