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India’s Weather Woes: Rising Sea Levels, Heatwave & Water Crisis Sea levels are estimated to have risen by 1.3 millimetres annually along the Indian coasts during the past 40-50 years, the government said on Friday, 28 June. In a written response to a question, Union Minister for State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey said the rising sea levels can exacerbate the impact of coastal hazards, such as storm surges, tsunamis, coastal floods, high waves and erosion in the low-lying areas in addition to causing a gradual loss of land into the sea. “Recent studies by Indian scientists reveal
that the trends of sea level rise is estimated to be 1.3mm/ year along the Indian coasts during the last 40-50 years,” Choubey said. He was standing in for Earth Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan who is in Japan to attend the G20
Summit. Some parts of the Indian coastline have been facing erosion and river mouths are experiencing deltaic subsidence, he noted. “However, it has not been established that these manifestations are only due to rise in sea level,” he said. A Hindustan Times report stated that the rate of increase in the sea level,
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Working honestly towards fulfilling others’ dreams Ranjit Singh Sohi Jaya Gaur Puri
Ranjeet is a young, talented and skillful immigration agent, who has made his business reach soaring heights in merely
Most British Columbians now support Trans Mountain pipeline, poll shows A new poll suggests British Columbia today is not the unified stronghold of pipeline resistance it is often portrayed to be. Now, the Research Co. poll shows, a majority of British Columbians support Ottawa’s recent decision to reapprove the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Mario Canseco, president of Research Co., explained the pendulum shift
by saying “everything changed” when the federal government got involved. “It’s a lot easier to assemble a group of people to protest a company that is based out of Houston, Texas, than it is to protest a decision that was taken by the federal government,” Canseco said. “It’s a lot easier for the government to say,
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Are parts of India becoming too hot for humans?
seven years. His vision to provide that what is needed by the society and to deliver it in all honesty is his mantra of success. His winning attitude grants him a comfortable position by genuinely helping the immigrants achieve their dreams Ranjeet Singh Sohi a fast growing Immigration Agent was passionate about pursuing Law; unfortunately, he never got an opportunity to become a lawyer in life. He started his career by mostly working in factories in Canada in 2005. He struggled Continued on page 8
Intense heat waves have killed more than 100 people in India this summer and are predicted to worsen in coming years, creating a possible humanitarian crisis as large parts of the country potentially become too hot to be inhabitable. Heat waves in India usually take place between March and July and abate once the monsoon rains arrive. But in recent years these hot spells have become more intense, more frequent and longer. India is among the countries expected to
be worst affected by the impacts of climate crisis, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say that even if the world succeeds in cutting carbon emissions, limiting the predicted rise in average global temperatures, parts of India will become so hot they will test the limits of human survivability.
6.5 magnitude quake hits northwest of Vancouver island An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck northwest of Vancouver island, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday. There was no tsunami warning
or immediate reports of damage or casualties in the quake, which the agency said hit at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) about 225 km (140 miles) northwest of Port Hardy.