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by K.R. Venugopal & E.A.S. Sarma Dear Mr Prime Minister, We are two retired IAS officers, who have served our country both at the State and Union Government levels. We are independent social thinkers with no affiliation to any political party. We have no personal or political agenda in addressing this letter to you. The […]
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Letter to PM: Concern at the recent reports emanating from Haridwar in Uttarakhand
January 1st, 2022 
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No Comments »Nature’s message to planners in Kerala and Uttarakhand
October 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy Two of India’s most beautiful regions where thousands of people go to watch and feel the wonders of nature are suffering because of the extremely disastrous rains and floods subsequently. Well, the pain that the rains brought to Kerala and now in Uttarakhand is warning to all of us. It’s nature’s warning to us to […]
Uttarakhand’s historic decision for women’s empowerment
February 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy Uttarakhand has become the first state in India to have given women right over ancestral property. This is a landmark initiative taken by the state government and must be complimented for it. According to government’s own assessment, over thirty five lakh women are going to be benefitted from this. At the time, when women’s rights […]
Uttarakhand flash flood survivor: ‘I ravaged nature every day. Today a tree saved my life’
February 12th, 2021 Awake Goy An Indian excavator operator who digs up the earth and levels hillsides for a living, narrowly dodged death on Sunday by clinging onto a tree following massive flash floods in northern Uttarakhand state, and says he now has newfound respect for nature. Vikram Chauhan, 49, was at work as usual on Sunday at the Rishiganga […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: every, Flash, flood, Nature, ravaged, survivor, uttarakhand No Comments »Why Rs2 lakh is too little compensation for the dead in Uttarakhand
February 9th, 2021 Awake Goy Soon after the disaster in Uttarakhand on February 7, 2020, when a deluge washed away two hydropower plants and left at least 100 dead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that a sum of Rs2 lakh each would be given to the families of each of the dead, and Rs50,000 each to those who have sustained […]
Uttarakhand flood: Fatality and devastation
February 9th, 2021 Awake Goy A major challenge associated with any natural disaster is the quantitative character of the forecast; the task is not just to forecast the occurrence of an event, which is difficult enough by itself, but to anticipate the magnitude of the event. Similarly, sometimes it is difficult to anticipate the form and nature of the disaster […]
Did Climate Change Cause The Uttarakhand Tragedy?
February 8th, 2021 Awake Goy The rescue operations for the tragic glacier burst which killed 11 and triggered massive flooding in Dhauliganga and Alaknanda Rivers in Uttarakhand causing grave damage to houses and the nearby Rishiganga power project is still underway. Reportedly, over 203 people went missing after the tragedy. As per the latest reports, the rescue teams have been […]
Israeli airstrike and terror attack suspected in killing Lebanese militant leader in Syria
December 20th, 2015 Awake Goy Hezbollah leader Samir Kuntar, of the Palestine Liberation Front, has reportedly been killed in a “terror attack” in Damascus, Syrian state TV said, citing official sources. Hezbollah earlier backed reports that he had been killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike. Kuntar was reportedly killed in the district of Jermana in the Syrian capital, Syrian […]
