Current Affairs for UPSC IAS

A huge gathering on Mount Meron to celebrate a religious holiday, has turned into a disaster due to stampede.

Mumbai once again struggled to stay afloat after the first heavy spell of rain this year, bringing back memories of the July 2005 flood. Each massive rainfall event is making it evident that the city is putting on a brave front and projecting resilience, but the failure of the Maharashtra government to upgrade its tattered infrastructure is taking a heavy toll and weighing down on the financial capital.

• Extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani affected 1.5 crore people in nine districts of Odisha since making landfall near Puri on May 3, 2019 morning.
• It was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Indian state of Odisha since Phailin in 2013.