Ensure flow of common rivers, avert disaster: Farakka Committee

International Farakka Committee (IFC) in a statement on Sunday urged the concerned governments to ensure an uninterrupted flow of waters from all common rivers in the region. It said the flow of all common rivers is a must to avert any imminent environmental disaster. The statement said the signing of a Memorandum

Disaster in New Mexico wildfire zone

Firefighters slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the U.S. as heavy winds relented Wednesday, while President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration that brings new financial resources to remote stretches of New Mexico devastated by fire since early April. U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez announced the presidential disaster declaration