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Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting in the national capital to review overall preparedness for flood management in the country. Union Minister of Jai Shakti, C R Patil, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, Secretaries of Ministries/ Departments of Home Affairs; Water Resources, River Development & River Rejuvenation; Earth Sciences; Environment, Forests & Climate Change; Road Transport & Highways; Chairman, Railway Board; Member & Secretary (I/c) NDMA; Director Generals of NDRF and IMD; Chairman(s) of CWC, NHAI and other senior officers of Ministries concerned attended the meeting. The meeting was held at the Ministry of Home Affairs in North Block.

Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Sunday said the Haryana government has closed all gates of Hathnikund Barrage that is used to release water for Delhi, and added that she will continue her indefinite hunger strike over it. Atishi's indefinite hunger strike to demand water for Delhi, which is under the grip of a severe water crisis and scorching heat, entered the third day here. In a video message on X, she said, «I have been on a hunger strike to get Delhi's share of water. Haryana government is releasing 100 MGD water less which is depriving nearly 28 lakh people of Delhi of water. Some journalists have said that the Hathnikund Barrage is full of water but Haryana government has shut all gates to stop that water from reaching the national capital.» The minister urged the Haryana government to release water for Delhi.

India and Bangladesh signed 10 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) following the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi, with both leaders endorsing a vision statement on peace and prosperity that underscored longstanding ties between the two nations. Three of the pacts were renewals of existing accords. The Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s visit is the first by a head of state or government after the inauguration of the new Modi government and comes ahead of her trip to Beijing. The Modi-Hasina talks focused on boosting defence ties, management of the Mongla port in Bangladesh and cross-border power trade. Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, and Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur (Bangladesh) will cooperate in the field of strategic and operational studies. ET had first reported last week that defence ties will likely get a boost at the meeting.

capital investment, increased allocations for rural schemes and a boost for housing programmes at their pre-budget meeting with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday. The full budget for FY25 is expected next month. Sitharaman underlined the Centre’s support to states through timely tax devolution and release of GST compensation arrears to stimulate growth, while nudging them to undertake reforms to gain maximum advantage from 50-year interest-free loans. The states also suggested higher assistance be provided to combat disasters and climate change, officials aware of the discussion told ET. Andhra Pradesh asked for central funds for the development of Amaravati as its capital, fresh funds and the clearance of arrears for Polavaram irrigation project and cheap power tariffs among other demands. “There was no demand on special package by any state,” an official told ET. The Telugu Desam Party, support of which is key to the NDA’s majority in Parliament, has just taken over in Andhra Pradesh.

the sinking this week of the ship Tutor, which marked what appears to be a new escalation by the Iranian-backed Houthis in their campaign of strikes on ships in the vital maritime corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, the U.S. military ordered the USS Dwight D.

Parliament, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar said on Saturday. Addressing the media alongside his brother Prataprao Pawar and Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule, the veteran politician highlighted the potential of AI technology in revolutionising agricultural practices. He claimed the AI method (in farming) has been introduced in Baramati- the Lok Sabha constituency represented by his daughter Supriya Sule -for the first time in the country. The former Union agriculture minister also said sugarcane production can be increased at low cost through AI technology.

road transport and highways (MoRTH) has set up a round the clock control room in view of the onset of monsoon, same as last year. “The control room has been set up to monitor the problems arising from heavy rains impacting the operation of national highways in the country, viz., disruption of traffic, accidents due to poor visibility and potholes, water logging, road obstruction and landslides etc,” it said in an office memorandum issued on Saturday. Dedicated teams have been deployed for control room duties which will include receiving calls from public as well as government agencies and monitoring electronic media platforms for monsoon related incidents pertaining to operation of national highways.

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Teesta river, moving ahead to start negotiations on a comprehensive trade pact and boosting defence ties were among major outcomes of talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Saturday. The two sides signed 10 agreements providing for bolstering ties in a range of critical areas such as digital domain, maritime sphere, blue economy, railways, space, green technology, health and medicine. Both sides also firmed up a «futuristic vision» for bringing transformative cooperation between the two «trusted» neighbours in a raft of new areas. A major focus of the talks between the two prime ministers was to explore ways to shore up India-Bangladesh cooperation in digital and energy connectivity even as both sides resolved to work towards peaceful management of borders between the two countries.

Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday underlined Centre's support to states through timely tax devolution and GST compensation arrears to stimulate growth. At the pre-budget meeting with state finance ministers, Sitharaman also nudged states to take advantage of the scheme under which the Centre gives 50-year interest free loan to states for undertaking specified reforms. In her remarks, the Union Finance Minister underlined the union government's support to states through timely tax devolution, Finance Commission grants, and arrears of GST Compensation being provided for providing stimulus to growth, an official statement said. Regarding the 'Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment', Sitharaman mentioned that while most of the loans are untied, a part of it is conditional-linked to citizen-centric reforms by states and sector-specific capital projects and requested the states to avail these loans by fulfilling requisite criteria.

India and Bangladesh on Saturday moved to bolster their defense relationship and signed agreements for expanding cooperation in maritime security, ocean economy, space, and telecommunication sectors, as New Delhi tries to present itself as a regional power and a counterweight to China. The agreements were signed during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India, the first foreign leader to visit New Delhi since Narendra Modi became the country's prime minister for a third term two weeks ago. Modi welcomed Bangladesh's decision to join his Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative to expand and facilitate regional cooperation of India's maritime neighbors. He said the deals with Dhaka were part of his country's pursuit of a neighborhood-first approach.

BJP) workers staged a protest outside the Delhi Jal Board office in Delhi on Saturday. The police also used water cannons to disperse the people protesting the prevailing water crisis in the national capital. BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla attacked the AAP, saying that Haryana is sending enough water and the Supreme Court has also acknowledged this.

sanitation, is set to achieve the target of 2.5% of GDP by 2024-205 even as the centre’s allocation failed to reach 0.8% of GDP. As states managed to push healthcare expenditure to 1.58% of GDP last year, the combined effort of states and Centre added up to 2.13% of GDP. Public healthcare expenditure includes allocation of health and family welfare, Ayush, research and water supply and sanitation. By this calculation, the centre's expenditure was only 0.58% of GDP and 48% of this was spent on water and sanitation. Allocation for family welfare has gone down to 0.26% of GDP lower than the 2018-19 budget where the centre spent 0.28% of GDP.

Red Sea needs to more than double in size because of escalating attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the head of the operation said. Four EU vessels have been patrolling the waters off the coast of Yemen since February. In that time, they’ve provided “close assistance” to 164 ships, shot down more than a dozen unmanned aerial vehicles and destroyed four anti-ship ballistics missiles, Rear Admiral Vasileios Gryparis said in an interview on Wednesday. The Yemen-based Houthis began attacking vessels last year to pressure Israel and its allies over the war in the Gaza Strip. Their campaign has roiled global shipping, forcing many vessels to sail thousands of miles around southern Africa instead — despite the EU operation and US and UK bombing that began in January.

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men on a business trip in Rajasthan are in the middle of a desert when their car breaks down. For their longish hike to the nearest town, they each decide to take one thing with them. The first man takes a bottle of water out of the back seat. The second man takes out a paper bag with samosas that they had kept for snacks. The last man unbolts one of the car doors and takes it with him. The first man says to the last man, 'I'm bringing the water because if we get thirsty, we can take a drink. And, of course, it makes sense to bring the samosas in case we get hungry. But why bring a car door?'

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reservoirs across the country further dipped to just 21 per cent of their total live storage capacity. The Central Water Commission (CWC) has released the live storage status of 150 key reservoirs across India in its latest bulletin. These reservoirs, crucial for hydroelectric projects and water supply, have a combined live storage capacity of 178.784 billion cubic meters (BCM), which is approximately 69.35 per cent of the total live storage capacity created in the country. As of Thursday, the live storage available in these reservoirs is 37.662 BCM, which is 21 per cent of their total capacity. Overall, the live storage available across the 150 reservoirs stands at 54.310 BCM against the estimated total capacity of 257.812 BCM.

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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday ruled out contesting in the Channapatna bypoll. He even wondered aloud why there would be bye-elections in Kanakapura assembly segment from where he is an MLA. Two days ago, Shivakumar said, «A significant change in my political career happened from Channapatna. I have come to Anjaneya temple in Kengal to start a new chapter in my political career.» This gave rise to speculations that he was willing to contest from Channapatna assembly segment, which fell vacant after MLA H D Kumaraswamy won the Mandya Lok Sabha election. BJP MLA and former minister S Suresh Kumar called the purported 'bypoll in Kanakapura' a 'Tughlaq like decision' and wastage of public money.

Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd has acquired an additional 36.34 per cent stake in sugar firm Sir Shadi Lal Enterprises Ltd for Rs 45 crore. The company is one of the largest integrated sugar producers in the country, a leading player in engineered-to-order high-speed gears & gearboxes, and water and wastewater management business. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, Triveni said it has acquired an additional 36.34 per cent stake in Sir Shadi Lal Enterprises Ltd.