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Moga, April 10 Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said on Friday that the government should provide compensation and immediate relief to farmers whose crops have been damaged by recent unseasonal rain.Tikait said that farmers in Punjab are still struggling in the aftermath of last...

Kabul, April 6 – At least nine people were killed and nine others injured after the roofs of several houses collapsed in eastern Afghanistan following heavy rains and floods that swept across several parts of the country, local media reported on Monday.The deaths were reported in Afghanistan's...

India has recently sent humanitarian aid and disaster relief supplies to Afghanistan, which is grappling with the devastating effects of floods and earthquakes. The Ministry of External Affairs announced on social media that the relief supplies include kitchen sets, health kits, plastic...

New Delhi, April 5 India announced on Sunday that it had dispatched a new shipment of relief supplies to Afghanistan to assist those affected by recent floods and an earthquake.External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India is committed to providing humanitarian...

New Delhi, April 4 The AAP on Saturday criticised Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha for allegedly failing to raise key issues concerning Punjab in Parliament, and said that his "inaction" was contrary to the party's principles.In a joint statement, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, state...

Jammu, March 31 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo said on Tuesday that an amount of Rs 3,340 crore is being utilized to strengthen disaster preparedness across the Union Territory.Chairing a high-level review meeting to assess the roadmap and ongoing initiatives aimed at...

New Delhi, March 27 RJD MP Sanjay Yadav on Friday criticized airlines and private service providers for exploiting crises through surge pricing, citing the Pahalgam terrorist attack as a recent example, and demanded that the government take a firm stand against what he called a pattern of...

New Delhi, March 24 Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced on Tuesday the allocation of Rs 10 crore for the establishment of a state-of-the-art emergency operation centre (EOC) to handle disaster-like situations in Delhi.Presenting the 2026-27 budget, she said that the EOC will be set up through...

New Delhi, March 24 – The decision to enter another IMF funding arrangement has been a subject of ongoing debate in Pakistan, as the country has already turned to the multilateral lending institution as many as 24 times for bailout packages to address its macroeconomic vulnerabilities...

Islamabad, March 22. Pakistan is one of the most climate-vulnerable nations in the world, with climate change posing an existential threat to its agriculture and food chain, according to the Pakistan Economic Survey 2024-25 and recent World Bank assessments. The crisis is devastating its rivers...

Chandigarh, March 12 Not even a spoonful of sand can be taken out of the Beas river for desilting unless a "very long procedure" mandated by the Centre is followed, as the river stretch is a Ramsar site under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Punjab Minister Barinder Goyal informed the state...

Mumbai, March 12 Maharashtra MLA Prakash Bharsakle moved a motion in the state assembly on Thursday, alleging that certain media persons and individuals had attempted to damage his reputation without evidence.Bharsakale, who represents the Akot constituency in the Akola district, claimed that...

Antananarivo, March 11: India dispatched humanitarian aid, consisting of 12 tonnes of medical supplies and 18 tonnes of disaster relief materials, to Madagascar on Wednesday, following the widespread destruction caused by Tropical Cyclones Fytia and Gezani earlier this year, the Ministry of...

Jammu, March 5 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday promised to give due consideration to the issues raised by MLAs in the larger interest of the public."Several MLAs met me today and briefed me on various issues concerning their respective constituencies," the chief...

Mumbai, February 17 The climate crisis is also a child rights crisis, as it impacts nutrition and learning, UNICEF India Representative Cynthia McCaffrey said on Tuesday."We call the climate crisis a 'child rights crisis'… Today, one billion children around the world live in an extremely...

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 12: The NSS unit of Government College for Women Parade organized a one-day Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) workshop to promote entrepreneurship, leadership, and career awareness among families affected by the floods and NSS volunteers.Padma Shri awardee S. P...