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Asia faced the most disasters in the world as 79 events associated with extreme weather, climate, and water-related hazards in 2023 affected over nine million people in the region, directly killing over 2,000 people, a new report. Over 80 per cent of the reported hydro meteorological hazards in Asia were flood and storm events.
Over 60 per cent of the 2,000 deaths due to disasters were associated with flooding and over 15 per cent with storms, the ‘State of the Climate in Asia 2023’ report released on Tuesday said. Storms affected the largest number of people and caused the most economic damage during 2023.
Source – https://indianexpress.com/article/india/asia-disasters-2023
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In tribal-majority Diphu Lok Sabha constituency, which votes on April 26, candidates of all parties have promised the implementation of Article of the Constitution to create an autonomous ‘state within a state’.
This, in fact, has been the primary election promise in Diphu for decades.
Diphu is the most sparsely populated of Assam’s 14 Lok Sabha constituencies, with just 8.9 lakh voters. It is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs), and covers six legislative Assembly segments in three tribal-majority hill districts
Source- https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/ar
