Two different cloudbursts struck Uttarakhand's Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts. Several families are reportedly trapped under debris. The incidents occurred in the Deval area of Chamoli and the Bareth Dungar Tok area of Rudraprayag's Buskedar tehsil.
The heavy rain is expected to bring relief to people in the region, who have been facing humid heat due to sunshine throughout the day on Thursday. Read here to know full forecast.
The term "cloudburst" came from the notion that clouds were like water balloons and could burst, resulting in rapid precipitation. However, this idea has since been disproven. Sometimes a large amount of runoff from higher elevations is mistakenly taken as a cloudburst.
Sending a strong signal to the US President Donald Trump, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's scheduled visit to Washington to announce deals for the procurement of weapons and aircraft has been cancelled. It is considered to be the Indian response to the 50% US tariff.
Is the US financing Russia in its war against Ukraine, as it has accused India of doing? According to the US International Trade Commission (USITC) data, Washington imported from Russia fertilisers, palladium, uranium and aircraft engine parts in the Year 2024.
Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi remain defiant in the face of the threat issued by US President Donald Trump for buying Russian crude oil? Has the Union government asked the PSU oil companies not to buy Russian fuel to avoid the wrath of the US and the EU sanctions?
Is Muhammad Yunus' daughter funding the outfit that nourishes the dangerous dream of splitting India and creating 'Greater Bangladesh' by clubbing these areas to the existing country? Is she behind the radical Islamist forces wreaking havoc in the country?
The US President pitched the sale of F-35 as the main basis for India-US cooperation and pressed visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to buy it in February. After Donald Trump slapped India with a 25% tariff, India has reportedly informed the US that it would not buy F-35.
While US President Donald Trump imposed on India 25% tariff plus a "penalty" if New Delhi buys fuel and military hardware from Russia, he imposed lower tariffs on more than 50 countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh. See the list here.
Will the new US tariff on India and increasing bonhomie with India's main adversary, Pakistan, with an oil deal, change the political dynamics of South Asia? By announcing an oil deal with Pakistan with no proven oil reserve or capacity to refine or store it, Donald Trump has put pressure.
People from extremist right-wing Hindu outfits were arrested for being involved in the explosion of the low-intensity bomb fitted to a motorcycle that went off near a busy intersection of Bhikku Chowk. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested Pragya Thakur and Lt. Col. Purohit.
Is the Revanth Reddy-led Congress government of Telangana considering a Muslim quota in education and jobs? Is religion-based reservation allowed in the Indian Constitution?
