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Rescue helicopters trying to reach thousands stuck in Badrinath
25 Jun 2013
Rescue and relief operations are now focused on Badrinath with some improvement in the weather after heavy rains overnight and this morning across Uttarakhand
Rescue helicopters trying to reach thousands stuck in Badrinath
25 Jun 2013
Rescue and relief operations are now focused on Badrinath with some improvement in the weather after heavy rains overnight and this morning across Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand dams flowing 450% above normal
25 Jun 2013
47% of Indian graduates unemployable: study
24 Jun 2013
India churns out tens of thousands of graduates each year but less than half of them are actually "employable" or possess the basic skills necessary for any industry role, reveals a new study
Kerry pushes for investment treaty; defends snooping
24 Jun 2013
US secretary of state John Kerry set the tone for dialogue, saying that US investors are concerned over the lack of greater access to India's markets and Indian laws over intellectual property rights
Floods trip power generation in HP, Uttarakhand
24 Jun 2013
Himalayan disaster: 15,000 still stranded; toll to cross 5,000
24 Jun 2013
Nearly 15,000 people still remain stranded in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand – many of them without food or drinking water with intermittent rain hampering search and rescue operations
Government mulls across-the-board hike in FDI limits to contain deficit
22 Jun 2013
Recommendations of a government panel for substantial increases in foreign investment limits in PSU banks, insurance, defence, retail and telecom sectors is under active consideration as the government looks to deflate a ballooning current account deficit
Uttarakhand toll 550 and rising; 48 hours before rains hit again
22 Jun 2013
Rescue teams are racing against time, as fresh downpours are expected again on Monday. By Jagdeep Worah
Army intensifies rescue operations, reaches isolated spots
21 Jun 2013
Troops skilled in mountain rescue operations, including paratroopers heli-dropped with specialised equipment to reach out and link up with people stranded in isolated areas along the Kedarnath-Badrinath axis
UIDAI wins top honours at International IT forum
21 Jun 2013
Uttarakhand: 207 dead, 13,000 missing, 50,000 still stranded
21 Jun 2013
A total of 33,192 people, stranded for a week – many of them tourists or pilgrims – have so far been rescued in mammoth multi-agency rescue and relief operation, but over 50,000 still remain trapped or missing in the hills
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