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Wipro warns Q3 earnings will be hit by Chennai flood
2015-12-16 08:11:07| IT Services - Topix.net
Rival Tata Consultancy Services warned on Friday that the floods would have a "material impact" on its third-quarter revenues. TCS employs 65,000 people in Chennai, roughly a fifth of its total.
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A tale of two cities: similar story of Mumbai & Chennai floods
2015-12-05 17:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Express: It took all of 24 hours in a single day in July for a cloudburst that spurted 944 mm of rain on Mumbais suburbs for the financial capital of India to be brought down to its knees. The deluge and its aftermath landslides and outbreak of diseases claimed 698 lives. The casualty list also included 24,000 animal carcasses, 20,000 damaged cars, 2,500 buses and more than 1 lakh houses. Chennai, 2015: Ten years later, another coastal city, Chennai, is plummeted by incessant rains and the death toll...
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Power supply restored as Chennai floodwaters recede
2015-12-05 04:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Power has been restored in many parts of the southern Indian city of Chennai days after severe floods hit the city. A massive relief operation is continuing to get food and medicines to tens of thousands people. Many residents are living in shelters after their homes were submerged. Railways and Chennai's main airport, which has been flooded, are due to resume some operations on Saturday. More than 260 people have died after the heaviest rainfall in a century. The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder...
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Chennai International Airport in India closed due to floods
2015-12-04 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has closed the inundated Chennai International Airport due to severe floods in the South Indian city.
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Maneka contradicts Modi, says Chennai flood is because 'India is destroying climate'
2015-12-03 15:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the not our fault high ground when the worlds top three carbon culprits met in Paris but back home his own partys top minister is taking a different line. Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi, well known for her commitment to the green cause, said today in an interview to NDTV that India is a major culprit whose actions on climate have led to the Chennai floods Within one week of the Parliaments winter session starting in New Delhi,...
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