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Cyclone Amphan of 2020 resulted in USD 14 billion economic losses in India: UN report

April 20, 2021 12:06 pm

The 'State of the Global Climate 2020' report, released on Monday, said that extreme weather combined with Covid-19 dealt a double blow for millions of people in 2020.

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Amphan anger lashes at TMC, but nephew holds party fort steady

April 08, 2021 4:54 am

BJP up against Abhishek Banerjee’s influence, hopes for a ‘silent wave’

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Left, Congress hold sit-in against TMC and BJP

December 30, 2020 1:23 am

Leaders of sixteen Left parties and the Congress participated in the sit-in here and demanded that the three farm laws be repealed immediately.

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MHA grants Rs 2.7K cr Amphan relief to Bengal

November 14, 2020 5:23 am

West Bengal will receive Rs 2,707.77 crore for Cyclone Amphan, which caused widespread destruction in South Bengal districts in late May.

A Kerala rice variety could be answer to troubles of cyclone-hit Bengal fields

September 01, 2020 9:42 pm

The Super Cyclone Amphan had left a trail of destruction in South 24 Parganas district where it broke embankments causing saline water to seep into agricultural fields making irreversible changes to the soil texture. Enter the endemic Pokkali rice from Kerala famed for its remarkable resistance to saltwater.

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Ensure aid to Amphan, Covid victims: Abhishek Banerjee at virtual rally

July 19, 2020 5:04 am

MP Abhishek Banerjee also said co-ordination committees had been formed at all district and state levels. If a member is unable to take care of a particular need of a family, then that person can get in touch with the committees or register the requirement on a portal

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The hijacking

July 17, 2020 11:53 pm

Misappropriation of Amphan relief reflects poorly on W Bengal government. State must bring guilty to book, make amends.

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In paan belt, Amphan relief leaves bitter taste: ‘Not got a single paisa’

July 17, 2020 12:05 pm

These field visits were a part of The Indian Express investigation into alleged irregularities in the manner in which several of these lists were prepared after Cyclone Amphan tore through Howrah, North 24 Parganas, East Midnapore, South 24 Parganas and Sundarbans on May 20.

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Daily briefing: PLA ready to discuss Pangong, says official; Youth killed amid hunt for gangster Vikas Dubey

July 16, 2020 8:53 am

From the various anomalies in Cyclone Amphan relief funds to China's agreement to discuss Pangong, read the top stories from the print edition today.

All of them cleared to get Amphan relief, all unrelated, all have same father — on paper

July 16, 2020 11:41 am

An investigation by The Indian Express revealed that Kalipodo Das exists only on paper and these beneficiaries are all unrelated. And all the three own concrete houses that withstood the cyclone.