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How a prisoner created India’s first rainwear brand by studying ducks and built a company that now serves the IAF, NavyAn Indian freedom fighter's prison experience sparked an idea for local rainwear. Surendra Mohan Bose founded Duckback, India's first rainw...- West Bengal will work with Centre to ensure state receives all benefits of double-engine govt: CM Suvendu AdhikariWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari pledged close collaboration with the Centre to secure benefits of a 'double-engine government' ...
- Asia Rice: Muted demand, weak rupee push India prices lowerThis situation adds to existing concerns about food security in the region. Thailand's rice prices remain steady with quiet demand. Rising ...
- Kolkata floods, Gurugram congestion signal risks for India’s emerging citiesAs India pushes its Viksit Bharat vision, emerging cities like Pune, Ujjain, Bhubaneswar and Greater Noida face lessons from Kolkata and Gu...
- West Bengal government offers Rs 2 lakhs compensation and jobs to families of electrocution victimsFollowing the electrocution deaths of ten people in Bengal due to torrential rains, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Rs 2 lakh comp...
- Rains to lash Kolkata on Friday, cool temperatures; peak showers expected on July 30 as monsoon sets inKolkata braces for an active monsoon starting Friday, with steady rainfall and cooler temperatures expected through July. Heavy downpours a...
- Pump it like Kolkata: What IT cities Bengaluru and Gurgaon can learn from a city that stopped sinking a decade agoGurgaon and Bengaluru’s frequent flooding reflects deeper flaws in urban planning, where natural drainage has been sacrificed for construct...
- IMD forecasts heavy rain, thunderstorms and other alerts across 10+ states including Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Goa, and NortheastUnusual pre-monsoon rains have triggered widespread disruptions across India, impacting cities like Pune, Goa, Bengaluru, and Guwahati with...
- India to spend $300 mln to build drains and expand water bodies in big citiesIndia plans to invest almost $300 million over two years for expanding water bodies and building drainage systems in seven cities to combat...
- West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee expresses concern over Teesta riverWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has raised concerns over the Teesta water issue and the Farakka Treaty. Banerjee pointed out the...
- Global warming and its local disastersThe IPCC provides a global view, while taking on board regional variations. The latest study provides a more granular regional assessment. ...
- Rising floods, droughts & storms may hit India's food security, public health: First official report on climate changeThe report says that the Mumbai region is highly vulnerable to climate change due to sea-level rise, storm surge and extreme precipitation....
- Cyclonic storm in Arabian Sea; IMD issues red alert to coastal Maharashtra, Gujarat for June 4It has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over south coastal Maharashtra for June 2-4, on north coast on June 2-3 and in Gujarat, Daman ...
- West Bengal irrigation department takes measures to avoid flood like situation during monsoonThis is the first time when the state irrigation department is planning to install big screens at five different places on which live video...
- Rivers that remember and cities that forgetGovernment officials will probably evade blame by pointing to the exceptional rainfall. It has been extraordinary, but it should not let th...
- Water from Maithon, Panchet dams not causing floods: Damodar Valley CorporationIn spite of heavy rainfall in Jharkhand and West Bengal, DVC dams at Panchet and Maithon have been able to moderate the flow of water to a ...
- Coal India output in Q2 may drop due to monsoonOutput at staterun Coal India could drop in the current quarter due to monsoon rains, which hamper work at mines and slow down movement of ...
- Build resilient cities; move population away from agriculture: Climate expertsClimate scientists and experts have urged city planners in Kolkata and policy makers in Bengal to get out of the Five-Year Plan psyche and ...
- New towns pose major health risks for India's poorNew towns and satellite city projects across India and other developing countries are putting an increasing number of poor people at risk f...
- Coal India Ltd. hits 96 per cent output target, blames rains for slight missState-run Coal India says it has marginally missed its production and sale targets for the first six months of the current fiscal because o...
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