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Three seemingly unrelated natural disasters hit our world in the last few days. On Feb 7, an avalanche struck Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. It destroyed two hydel power projects, leaving several dead and the entire area covered in slush and mud. Two Himalayan rivers, the Rishiganga and the Dhauliganga, flow down from the snow mountains. There, a massive piece of glacial rock, over half-a-kilometre long according to the satellite images, detached itself from the mountain top. Hurtling two kilometres, it crashed down with a massive explosion. Like a huge bomb-blast, it raised high clouds of mu...

Locals hit by the glacier flood disaster in India this month which killed up to 200 people believe a nuclear device placed in the Himalayas by US Cold War spies caused the deluge. Part of a glacier and a large chunk of rock face broke off in the mountains of Uttarakhand, jamming a river before the mass of backed-up water broke through, causing mass devastation. The deluge of water, rocks and soil hurtled down a V-shaped valley, sweeping away homes, roads and bridges as well as around 200 people, many of whom have still not been found almost two weeks on. In the farming mountain village of Rai...

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Did external influences increase in Indian politics after Congress split of 1969   Sun, Feb 21 2021 09:58:12 AM By Saeed Naqvi Feb 21 (IANS): I had no business to forget Badshah Khan's 130th birthday this February, having been his press secretary when he came on a year's "healing mission" as guest of both the political camps led by Indira Gandhi and Jayaprakash Narayan. The international system is trying to compose itself today. It was dividing itself sharply during the Pashtun leader's visit. Just as India became salient to regional play then, it will by force of circumstances, become part...

news Did nuclear spy devices trigger Himalayan floods? © Getty Images Nanda Devi, India's second highest peak, is near the country's north-eastern border with China. In a village in the Indian Himalayas, generations of residents have believed that nuclear devices lie buried under the snow and rocks in the towering mountains above. So when Raini got hit by a huge flood earlier in February, villagers panicked and rumours flew that the devices had "exploded" and triggered the deluge. In reality, scientists believe, a piece of broken glacier was responsible for the flooding in the Himalayan st...