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Pakistan admits USD 30 bn flood loss assessment flawed
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The floods affected 33 million people and more than 1,730 lost their lives. They are particularly impacting the poorest and most vulnerable districts. The situation is still evolving, with flood waters stagnant in many areas, causing water-borne and vector-borne diseases to spread, and more
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China lost USD 18 billion in 2021 due to extreme weather: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The report highlighted how climate change impacts are wreaking an ever-increasing human, financial and environmental toll, worsening food insecurity and poverty and holding back sustainable development. The report also painted a worrying scenario for future water stress.
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Scheduled weddings cancelled as rainwater floods Chennai temple.
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
There was no respite from waterlogging in the sate capital even on Friday, as brides and grooms lined up outside the temple for wedding ceremonies, drenched, while many more were seen wading through waterlogged streets.
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Pakistan's economic condition worsens as default on borrowing spikes
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Fast deteriorating CDS is signalling the foreign investors that Islamabad is precariously near default. Rather than taking SOS measures for economic revival, Islamabad is still pinning its hope on assistance from Saudi Arabia and China which have dried up in the recent past.
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COP27: Getting back to Net Zero; IMF lists 3 key priorities for climate mi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This year's COp27 summit will be even more crucial in the backdrop of several extreme weather events -- typhoons in Bangladesh, unprecedented floods in Pakistan, heatwaves in Europe, wildfires in North America, dry rivers in China, and droughts in Africa.
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Indonesia's capital shift to Nusantara reflects its growing strategic, eco
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Indonesia has changed its capital three times, from Batavia (Jakarta), Bandung, and Yogyakarta to Bukittinggi, back to Jakarta, and finally to Nusantara.
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NIT Trichy professor invents multipurpose rescue boat called 'Fureboat'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Fureboat, a piece of multipurpose furniture, can be used as daily furniture as well as for safeguarding lives and valuables during emergencies like floods.
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Balochistan National Party holds rally against Pakistan army
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As per the locals, the establishment and Pak army is busy seeking their own interest rather than paying attention to the real issues of Balochistan and the subjugated Baloch people, who are dying of poverty and hunger accentuated by the recent floods in the region, reported Pak local medi
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Storm Nalgae triggers deadly floods in Philippines, claim 31 lives
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
31 people have been killed in landslides and floods in the Philippines on Friday with several missing in numerous villages as the natural disaster wreaked havoc. Several residents climbed to the roof of their flooded houses waiting to be rescued.
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Pakistan needs USD 16 Bn to build back as losses due to flash floods cross
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Losses due to devastating floods in Pakistan have surpassed USD 30 Billion in the country as the monsoon rains have washed away roads, crops, infrastructure and bridges, killing over 1,000 people and affecting more than 33 million
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Flood-affected farmers warn of protest in Islamabad next week if demands n
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Farmers have warned of protests in Pakistan as agricultural land and standing crops in Balochistan and Sindh had been destroyed due to devastating floods in the country which have added to the economic miseries of the people.
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As economic situation looks gloomy in Pakistan, IMF advises strict measure
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The International Monetary Fund has called on Pakistan to impose additional taxes worth PKR 600 billion
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