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  Government assigns ministries specific roles for effective disaster management and rapid response

  India | September 23, 2025 16:46 IST

  The government has assigned specific ministries key roles for disaster management to ensure faster response and minimize casualties during emergencies.

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  At COP29, India expresses concerns over how climate finance shifting to unfair loan schemes

  World | November 13, 2024 12:34 IST

  At COP29, India expressed strong reservations over new financing principles, citing concerns that they could favour countries with established investment infrastructure.

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  How did a Greek village which sunk nearly 45 years ago reemerge? PICS INSIDE

  World | September 03, 2024 21:08 IST

  A Greek village, intentionally flooded in 1980 to create a reservoir for Athens amid drought-induced water shortages, has begun reemerging from Lake Mornos as water levels recede.

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  Rajasthan: Water pumps installed in well in Bhilwara as region faces drought-like conditions

  Rajasthan | May 02, 2024 0:12 IST

  Isolated regions in Rajasthan's Bhilwara and Kota are facing drought-like conditions due to the rise in temperature. People are forced to install water pumps in well while farm labourers are walking several kilometres to get access to drinking water.

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  Maharashtra opposition leader Wadettiwar demands govt to declare entire state as 'drought-hit'

  Maharashtra | October 23, 2023 23:39 IST

  Wadettiwar accused the government of cheating farmers by claiming that water scarcity only prevails in 40 to 42 tehsils. He also alleged that government and revenue officials were being pressurised to report minimum losses of crops.

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  Karnataka: 1,219 farmers dies by suicide in 18 months due to crop loss caused by drought

  Karnataka | October 09, 2023 16:18 IST

  Another farmer has committed suicide in Karnataka. In the past 40 days, five farmers have taken their own lives in the Kadur taluk.

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  Congress acted under DMK pressure to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu: BJP leader

  August 22, 2023 19:55 IST

  The reason is they have released water due to their 'ghamandia' ally DMK. The Congress has done to save its coalition. The DMK has a track record of pressuring the Congress and the Congress has a history of responding to it, the BJP leader said.

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  'Re-evaluate parameters for declaring drought': Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah tells Centre

  Karnataka | August 13, 2023 18:56 IST

  Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that climate change has disrupted the normal rainfall pattern affecting the farming sector. The current parameters needs revision for the state governments to ensure justice to our farmers and guarantee their livelihood.

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  Natural disasters that hit the world hard in 2022 | DETAILS

  World | December 22, 2022 13:42 IST

  Natural calamities in 2022: The worst disasters of 2022 fell across the spectrum, from floods in India and Pakistan, to drought in Somalia and earthquakes in Indonesia.

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  Drought in Europe could face 3 more dry months, worst drought in 500 years

  World | August 24, 2022 19:04 IST

  Regions of Europe could be facing three months of dry and hot weather as European Union is facing is a major drought, which has fuelled forest fires, dried up rivers and ruined farm harvests.

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  Almost half of Europe at risk of drought: Report

  World | August 23, 2022 17:40 IST

  A report, published on Monday, said that, as of August 10, 47 percent of Europe's territory has reached a warning level for drought while 17 per cent of the surveyed regions were on full alert, reports dpa news agency.

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  Britain: Several parts of nation officially declared as drought-hit amid heatwave

  World | August 12, 2022 22:48 IST

  Britain news: Many parts of the UK are sweltering under record high temperatures for the time of the year and very little rainfall, with an amber extreme heat warning in place until Tuesday.

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  IIT-Madras researchers propose drought, flood mitigation project for village in Tamil Nadu

  India | February 18, 2022 16:43 IST

  Led by Dr Venkatraman Srinivasan, assistant professor, Department of Civil Engineering in the IIT, a team visited the site, in Thisayanvilai taluk of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu, in December last to investigate into an open agricultural well near the village that the locals claimed got recharged with an estimated 1,500-2,500 litres of water every second for several weeks without overflowing.

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  World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: History and significance

  Science | June 17, 2021 8:27 IST

  World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed on June 17 every year. 

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  Drought conditions in Pakistan may worsen, warns Met dept

  World | February 20, 2021 12:31 IST

  Balochistan's weather pattern show­­ed that it received 60 to 70 percent of its annual rainfall in winters, while Sindh remained dry from October to May.

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  Over 5,000 camels shot dead in Australia in 5 days. But why?

  World | January 14, 2020 23:48 IST

  ​As many as 5,000 camels were killed by helicopter-borne marksmen in Australia within a period of five days, reports said.

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  Megadrought linked to powerful ancient civilisation's collapse: Study

  Science | November 16, 2019 11:46 IST

  The researchers found that the megadroughts that affected the empire started decades earlier than previously thought, and also discovered that the region experienced one of the wettest times in the period prior to the megadrought in a span of nearly 3800 years.

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  Drought-hit Bihar farmers to get Rs 3,000 per month

  India | September 13, 2019 22:20 IST

  The cabinet meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. It approved a compensation of Rs 3,000 to each farmer family in the drought-affected 896 panchayats in 18 districts.

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  TN seeks Rs 1,000 cr package to counter agrarian distress

  India | June 21, 2019 21:29 IST

  Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam requested the Central government to extend special package assistance of Rs 1,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) to augment irrigation structures in drought-prone areas to address agrarian distress and drinking water crisis, similar to the allocation made to Maharashtra.

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  Drought-hit Karnataka conducts ‘special pooja’ to impress rain God

  India | June 06, 2019 15:20 IST

  Last week, the Religious and Charitable Endowments Department (commonly known as the Muzrai Department) announced that all temples falling within its jurisdiction would be performing a ceremony to appease the ‘rain God’ on June 6.