|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Who Monitoring Situation In Assam, Bihar (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 11, 2007)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has begun to replenish stocks of drugs and emergency kits in the flood-affected areas of Bangladesh and Nepal.
- Rs. 4.5-Crore Proposal For Relief In Gadag (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Minister conducts aerial survey
150 families in Singatalur shifted to safe places
Crops in nearly 4,000 acres of land affected
- 378 Families Affected By Floods In Cauvery: Namakkal Collector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
As many as 378 families have been affected in towns bordering River Cauvery in Namakkal district, Collector G. Sundaramurthi has said.
- Gen Faces Calls For Democracy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf received no respite from political woes today after backing away from Emergency rule, with Washington intensifying pressure to deliver results on fighting militants and home front rivals demanding more democracy.
- India Should Rope In The Neighbours (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 11, 2007)
Floods are as much a natural phenomenon in India as they are in the rest of the world. But their calamitous impact on large parts of the country is clearly a problem of political will; or more precisely its absence.
- State Seeks Rs 300-Cr Flood Relief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The State government has urged the Centre to release Rs 300 crore for flood relief works even as the situation improved in most parts of the State barring Kodagu, Belgaum and Bellary districts.
- Bihar Flood Situation Remains Grim (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
According to an official report of the disaster management department, the toll in the flood fury touched 126 in the state...
- Unpa Will Press For Vote On Nuke Deal (Asian Age, Venkat Parsa, Aug 10, 2007)
The UNPA on Thursday decided to press for a debate and division in Parliament under Rule 184 on the bilateral 123 agreement that seeks to operationalise the India-US nuclear deal. The idea is that the country should know who is on which side.
- Britain Revisits Partition On 60th Anniversary (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 10, 2007)
LONDON — It may be because of the obvious parallels with Iraq today, or the fact that there is now a whole new generation of young Britons of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent who are interested in their parents’ past . . . .
- Deluge And Disaster (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 10, 2007)
The southwest monsoon which had battered Karnataka about a month ago is back again after a brief respite.
- Rs 4,258 Crore For Flood Relief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday ordered quick disbursal of funds to provide immediate relief to flood-hit people in the country.
- Nothing To Do With Literacy (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Aug 10, 2007)
It isn't surprising that the moment there is some judicial verdict slamming jihadi terror, pseudo-secularists and Muslim communalists get into an overdrive, erecting a wall of alibis to make it appear as if one whole community is being targeted . . . . .
- Deadly Designs On Yamuna's Bed (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Aug 10, 2007)
The Centre should either scrap the Commonwealth Games or relocate the site and plan in a transparent manner, writes Anuradha Dutt
- 173 Dead, Rs.22 Mn Lost In Uttar Pradesh Floods (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The flood toll in Uttar Pradesh has risen to 173 while preliminary estimates have put losses at Rs.22.23 million, officials said on Thursday as they stepped up efforts to contain outbreak of diseases like dengue and encephalitis.
- Indian Village Under Water Since 1995 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Thousands of villages in India’s Bihar state have been flooded for the last two weeks, but one hamlet has been under at least a foot of water for the last 12 years.
- Un Official Says Climate Change Could Destroy Swathes Of Indian Farmland (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
As exceptionally heavy rains continued to cut a wide swath of ruin across northern India, a top United Nations official warned on Tuesday that climate change could destroy vast swaths of farmland in this country, ultimately affecting food production . . .
- Flooded South Asia Cries Out For Food Aid As Health Fears Ri (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
India battled on Wednesday to bring food and drinking water to millions of flood victims as South Asia's swollen rivers recede leaving a death toll of around 1,900 and a trail of destruction and fears of epidemics.
- Adrian Hamilton: The Sordid Truth: We Cut And Ran In India (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
It may be because of the obvious parallels with Iraq today, or the fact that there is now a whole new generation of young Britons of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent who are interested in their parents' past, but the 60th anniversary . . . . .
- Stormy Session Ahead? (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Aug 10, 2007)
As Parliament begins its monsoon session today, the Opposition as well the Left partners of the UPA Government are determined to bring to centre-stage the “unanswered questions” in the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
- Flawed Policy On Wheat Imports (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2007)
In a report titled “The Extent of Chronic Hunger and Malnutrition in India”, Jean Ziegler has pointed out that India has the largest number of undernourished people in the world and one of the highest levels of child malnutrition.
- India Should Rope In The Neighbours (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Floods are as much a natural phenomenon in India as they are in the rest of the world.
- Floods Death Toll Rises To 521 In South Asia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The death toll from two weeks of heavy rains across South Asia rose sharply as rescuers reached remote submerged villages in northern India amid a respite in the annual monsoon.
- Monsoon Session Likely To Be Stormy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The monsoon session of Parliament, beginning tomorrow, is expected to be stormy one with the BJP led NDA bolstered by the Left's opposition training its guns on the UPA government on the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
- Giant, Unsafe Dam In Iraq Threatens Millions (Tribune, Patrick Cockburn, Aug 09, 2007)
AS world attention focuses on the daily slaughter in Iraq a devastating disaster is impending in the north of the country where the wall of the giant dam holding back the Tigris river north of Mosul city is in danger of imminent collapse.
- Fear Of Disease Grows As Monsoon Flood Death Toll Hits 330 (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Fears are mounting that people forced from their homes by floods that have hit south Asia could be exposed to deadly epidemics as emergency teams struggle to deal with almost 20 million in need of help.
- Tn Govt Moves Sc To Stall Irrigation Work In Ktaka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Tamil Nadu has filed a petition seeking restrain on Karnataka in implementing more irrigation projects on the river basin in the state saying it might stall the legitimate flow of water in its parched areas.
- Rains Fill 6 Reservoirs To The Brim (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
The water level in six of the 10 major irrigation reservoirs in Cauvery and Krishna basins is up to the brim thanks to the copious rains that the State has been receiving in the last few weeks...
- Nda To Grill Govt On N-Deal, Goa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is going to confront the UPA government on developments in Goa, floods and the 123 agreement with the US during the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning August 10.
- Floods Find India Wanting As Climate Change Looms (Daily Times, Simon Denyer, Aug 09, 2007)
Global warming is likely to cause even heavier monsoons with more devastating storms in the region, and India needs to wake up fast to the risks
- Tamil Nadu Moves Supreme Court Against New Dams Across Cauvery (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Aug 09, 2007)
The Tamil Nadu Government has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to restrain Karnataka from taking up, executing or commissioning new check dams or irrigation works and/or lift irrigation schemes creating ayacut.
- At Least 15 Dead, 35 Missing As Boat Sinks In Northern India (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
At least 15 people were killed and 35 more are missing after a boat capsized and sank Monday on the flood-swollen Ganges River in northern India, an official said.
- 5 Die As Rain, Storm Lash Sindh (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Five people were killed and at least 10 others injured after heavy rain and strong winds lashed different parts of Sindh on Wednesday.
- A New Venice In The East (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Aug 09, 2007)
Floods in China are not news to the expat community, which prides itself on its charity work for the poor in the country. This year though, the floods have left some members of the community asking for money.
- Millions Left Homeless By Asia's Monsoon Floods (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Women and children were seen screaming for help from treetops yesterday as monsoon floods struck three countries in south Asia, leaving at least 280 people dead and 20 million washed out of their homes.
- A Trail Of Destruction (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2007)
The South-West monsoon, in a burst of fury, has left a trail of death and destruction in the central, northern, eastern and north-eastern parts of the country.
- Washed Away By Corruption (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 09, 2007)
In the end, it took one mighty nudge from the United Nations to put the news about the critical flood situation in north Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh and Assam back on the national agenda.
- Shadow On My Screen (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 09, 2007)
This is the story of a government that wants to control what we watch, a media that wants to control what we should watch and a viewer who is unable to decide which of the two is the lesser evil. This is also the story of why a government. . .
- Fear Of Epidemics Follow Lethal Floods In Southern Asia (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Millions of people who have been left marooned by torrential monsoon rains south of the Himalayas face an uncertain future cut off from their submerged villages amid fears that epidemics would spread unchecked in the waterlogged region . . . .
- Hc Puts Off Ulb Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday ordered the State Election Commission (SEC) to issue a fresh calendar of events for holding elections to urban local bodies in the last week of September...
- Notifications On Local Body Elections In Karnataka Stayed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday stayed two notifications by the State Election Commission (SEC) ordering holding of elections to 207 urban local bodies (ULB).
- Un Chief Expresses Concern Over Lives Lost In S Asia Floods (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his "deep sadness" over hundreds of lives lost in the unprecedented severe floods in South Asia.
- Manmohan Has Kept All Promises On India-U.S. Deal: Dasmunsi (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Aug 08, 2007)
“Government ready for any debate that the Opposition may want”
Meeting of party whips on August 9
It is for the presiding officers to decide on BJP’s demand
- Tigris Dam May Burst Any Time (Statesman, Patrick Cockburn, Aug 08, 2007)
As world attention focuses on the daily slaughter in Iraq a devastating disaster is impending in the north of the country where the wall of the giant dam holding back the Tigris river north of Mosul city is in danger of imminent collapse.
- Sonia Promises Help For Flood-Hit (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Aug 08, 2007)
People in Assam, Bihar complain of poor relief distribution measures
- Postal Financial Services Are Developing At A Rapid Rate (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
As the radio or television did not signal the death of newspapers, the Internet and online communication will not ring the death-knell for postal services.
- Un Warns Of Looming Health Crisis In S Asia (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
Millions of people marooned by severe floods in South Asia, including India, face a looming health crisis unless they receive clean water supplies within days, United Nations agencies said today.
- Kaziranga Gets Back Ngo Saviour (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
When two rhinos die in Kaziranga National Park on an average every month, Anwaruddin Choudhury is the last person to develop a thick hide.
- Mukherjee Meets Koirala To Discuss Politics, Election (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee on Tuesday discussed the current political developments in Nepal with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala here.
- Sonia In Assam, Bihar (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
As home minister Shivraj Patil and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi took an Air Force plane for an aerial survey of flood-hit areas, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh picked up the phone to promise central assistance for people in Bihar and elsewhere.
- Before The Flood (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 07, 2007)
Alarm bells have started ringing in the corridors of power but it is probably a little too late for the millions facing this year’s monsoon fury in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Assam.
- Floods Test Bangladesh's Army-Backed Rulers (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Bangladesh's seven-month-old military-backed government is facing its toughest test yet, with millions of people displaced and the economy badly damaged by the worst floods to hit the country in a decade.
- Pandemonium In Assam House Over Flood Relief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Opposition stalls proceedings demanding a discussion on the issue.
- Fear Of Epidemics Follow Lethal Floods In Southern Asia (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Millions of people who have been left marooned by torrential monsoon rains south of the Himalayas face an uncertain future cut off from their submerged villages amid fears that epidemics would spread unchecked in the waterlogged region, say relief . . .
- Bihar Flood Situation Improving (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
The flood situation in Bihar today showed signs of improvement with major rivers receding all along their course. Relief and rescue operations were further intensified with the help of motorised boats from the Army and the Indian Air Force . . . .
- Rain Triggers Landslides, Yatris Stopped At Ramban (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Due to heavy rain and landslides at many places, the batch of Amarnath yatris, which left from Jammu this morning, was stopped temporarily at Ramban on the Jammu-Srinagar highway.
- At Least 15 Dead, 35 Missing As Boat Sinks In Northern India (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
At least 15 people were killed and 35 more are missing after a boat capsized and sank Monday on the flood-swollen Ganges River in northern India, an official said.
- After The Deluge, What? (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 07, 2007)
Floods have claimed over 1,100 lives in 38 districts in India, besides ravaging Bangladesh and Nepal. According to Unicef, which calls the floods the worst in living memory, 14 million people have been affected across 6,000 villages in India.
- Fake Coins Flood Markets (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
After fake currency notes, it is fake coins that are flooding the markets. Fake coins of Re 1 and Rs 5 denominations are believed to be in circulation in large numbers.
- Fear Of Disease Grows As Monsoon Flood Death Toll Hits 330 (Independent (UK), Andrew Buncombe, Aug 07, 2007)
Fears are mounting that people forced from their homes by floods that have hit south Asia could be exposed to deadly epidemics as emergency teams struggle to deal with almost 20 million in need of help.
- Sonia, Shivraj On Assam, Bihar Visit Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to visit Bihar and Assam on Tuesday to take stock of the flood situation in the two states. She will be accompanied by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil.
- Fresh Fears On The Farm (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 07, 2007)
IT spreads to people only with difficulty, and when it does the symptoms are mild.
- Millions Left Homeless By Asia's Monsoon Floods (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Women and children were seen screaming for help from treetops yesterday as monsoon floods struck three countries in south Asia, leaving at least 280 people dead and 20 million washed out of their homes.
- Opening Doors To Other Cultures (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
A freewheeling chat with Uma Krishnaswami, an author of Indian origin writing for children in the U.S.
- Bihar Is Hungry, Desperate (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
A week of heavy rains has turned green fields into vast expanses of water across much of Bihar with millions of people driven from their flooded homes, huddling together on stretches of raised embankments, on roofs and bridges — hungry . . . . .
- 11 Million People Affected, 81 Dead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
With reports of four fresh deaths from Darbhanga, where 14 people have lost their lives in the floods, the death toll touched 81.
- Rain Water Harvesting Has Become Essential (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Sir, ~ It is due to the growth of population, rapid urbanisation and misutilisation of sources of surface water that groundwater is getting depleted day by day.
- 10 To Go (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Melting glaciers. Eroding monuments. Vanishing beaches. Starving polar bears. There seems to be no escape from global warming horror stories;
- Iim Friends’ Bodies Found (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
The bodies of two IIM Indore students who drowned at a riverside picnic spot last evening were found today.
- Floods In Bangladesh Leave 120 Dead (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
At least 120 people have been killed and more than eight million displaced as floods in Bangladesh continued to inundate more areas, officials said today.
- Talk To Nepal About Tackling Floods, Nitish Tells Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said he had asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to expedite dialogue with Nepal for finding a permanent solution to the recurring floods in the state.
- Ice-Capped Secrets (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
We are largely ignorant of the polar regions that have great significance for Earth's ecosystems and human society.
- Monsoon Fury (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
North India, Nepal and Bangladesh have been battered by heavy rains and serious floods.
- Fury Of Floods (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 04, 2007)
Every year, millions are forced to flee their home and hearth due to post-summer floods that take a terrible toll of human lives, property and livestock across the country, leaving a sea of stagnant water that can be just as deadly.
- Giant Toxic Cloud May Bring Flood And Droughts (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
They call it the Asian Brown Cloud. Anyone who has flown over South Asia has seen it – a vast blanket of smog that covers much of the region.
- Monsoon Floods Kill At Least 186 In India And Bangladesh (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Torrents of water washed away homes, crops and cows, leaving hungry and frightened villagers perched in treetops or on roofs as the death toll rose Friday from monsoon rains across northern India and Bangladesh.
- Floods Displace Hundreds Of Animals In Kaziranga Park (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Aug 04, 2007)
Hundreds of animals in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam were displaced after flood waters of the Brahmaputra submerged about 80 per cent of the park area.
- Millions Forced To Flee And 1,100 Die After Heavier Than Usual Monsoon Hits South Asia (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Monsoon rains whipped the Indian subcontinent yesterday, flooding a wide swath south of the Himalayas and bringing the death toll in recent weeks to more than 1,100, with 19 million people displaced.
- How Moscow Is Planning To Tower Over The World (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 04, 2007)
MOSCOW — For centuries, Red Square and the Kremlin have been the heart of Moscow. But a 21st-century downtown is rising, with skyscrapers set to reshape the image of Europe’s largest city.
- Afghan Refugee Mess (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 04, 2007)
The people General Zia-ul-Haq welcomed from Afghanistan as “our own people” in 1978 are no longer wanted in 2007. Pakistan has reluctantly renewed its pledge with Afghanistan and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday that it would . . .
- Window To Kerala’S Heritage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
The articles featuring illustrious local artistes and highlighting their achievements has a strong regional flavour that makes for both enjoyable and informative reading.
Previous 100 Water Management Articles Previous 100 Water Management Articles
Home
Page
|
|
