Relief for natural disasters also emerged as an important issue on the social media, with more than 13 lakh people globally raising over Rs 250 crore to aid in the rehabilitation of the areas affected by the Australian wildfires

Union Home Minister Shah said that rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act are yet to be framed because of the pandemic situation and the matter will be considered once the COVID-19 vaccination starts and the corona chain breaks

Cyclone Burevi: The IMD has advised fishermen to suspend fishing operations between December 1 and December 4. Indian Coast Guard has deployed eight ships and two aircraft for issuing weather warnings to merchant vessels and fishermen off the Tamil Nadu coast

Banerjee sought to know where the money of the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) fund is and wondered why no audit was conducted in it

Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry K Palaniswami and V Narayanasamy have deployed Coast Guard, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and the Fire and Rescue Services teams to deal with the cyclone

The cyclonic storm Nivar is expected to intensify further, clocking wind speeds in the range of 100-110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph.

IMD says depression has formed over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal, about 600 km south-southeast of Puducherry and 630 km south-southeast of Chennai. It is very likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours

In a letter written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on November 13, Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra said that the Centre should convene a meeting of the GST council to reach a unanimous decision

West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Sikkim will get funds to deal with destruction caused by cyclones 'Amphan' and 'Nisarga', and floods, landslides in FY21

The state has been upgrading its power infrastructure, especially in the aftermath of cyclone Amphan, and adopting renewable energy

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Cyclone Amphan struck West Bengal on May 20, killing 96 people and leaving behind a trail of destruction

She said this is due to the economic strategy adopted by her government to tackle the COVID-19 crisis and the devastation caused by cyclone Amphan

\"The West Bengal government has been opposing all pro-people policies of the Centre. Six states have shared data on migrant workers, following their return. West Bengal, however, did not,\" the finance minister said

Most of these complaints received by district authorities since early last week said that genuine beneficiaries were not getting the assistance but funds were diverted to others not affected by the calamity, he said

A total of 50,61,332 samples have been tested so far, of which 1,45,216 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, says Indian Council of Medical Research

A total of 49,16,116 samples have been tested until now, of which 1,41,682 samples have been tested in the past 24 hours, says Indian Council of Medical Research

These personnel were tested on the basis of contact tracing after one of them deployed in West Bengal was found infected a few days ago

Level of operations could vary from industry to industry, ranging from as low as 10 per cent to as high as 70 per cent; unless demands pick up in the external market, it is unlikely that these industries would be back to their pre-COVID levels in 4-6 weeks

Cyclone Nisarga Route: Nisagra Cyclone is likely to intensify into a Cyclonic Storm in the next six hours and into a Severe Cyclonic Storm in 12 hours causing heavy damage in Gujarat, Maharashtra and areas of Goa