Rescuers have finally come to the flooded Bihar region of Norther India. The slow response of the Indian government drew criticism and accusations of racism earlier this week, and the evacuation efforts are...
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Was India slow to warn residents in the flood ravaged Bihar region of rising water levels after the Kosi dam burst? Controversy has been brewing after Goa minister Ravi Naik made racist remarks about people from...
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Nearly a week after what is being termed as the “disaster of the century” hit many regions of north Bihar with the turbulent Kosi river suddenly changing its course, the political leadership of the state has...
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" Kosi river inundates Bihar; 2 million homeless"This is India's Katrina, only the challenges could be bigger. Like the Mississippi breached the levee to drown an unsuspecting New Orleans in the US,...
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"Bihar devastated by Kosi"The Kosi river, which gathers water from Everest, the highest mountains in the world and enters India in Bihar, has rendered useless more than 300km of embankments that had been built to control its ever-angry waters. The effect has...
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