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Over 70,000 asked to evacuate as a dam fails in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
Some 70,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes after a rain-swollen dam in Puerto Rico failed in the latest disaster caused by Hurricane Maria
3 min read23 Sep 2017Hurricane Maria aims at Puerto Rico after slamming Dominica
Hurricane Maria barrelled toward Puerto Rico after wreaking widespread devastation on Dominica and leaving the small Caribbean island virtually incommunicado
5 min read20 Sep 2017Hurricane Maria, Category 5 storm, smashes Dominica, now menaces other islands
Hurricane Maria smashes into Dominica with 160 mph winds. Forecasters say Maria could even intensify over the next 24 hours or longer, noting its eye has shrunk to a compact 10 miles across
4 min read19 Sep 2017$150 billion misfire: How forecasters got Hurricane Irma damage wrong
By one estimate, the total cost of Hurricane Irma dropped to about $50 billion Monday from $200 billion over the weekend
3 min read12 Sep 2017After Irma, fearful islands await Hurricane Jose
Battered and weary after being pummelled by Hurricane Irma, terrified residents awaited an unprecedented second monster storm, Hurricane Jose
3 min read9 Sep 2017Hurricane Irma kills 14 in Caribbean, heads for Florida
The eye of Hurricane Irma grazes the Turks and Caicos Islands shaking buildings after it smashed Caribbean islands, killing 14 people on its way to Florida
4 min read8 Sep 2017Hurricane Irma, category 5 storm, makes landfall in northeast Caribbean islands
Irma, the most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history, makes its st landfall in Caribbean islands churning along a path pointing to Puerto Rico, Haiti, Cuba before possibly heading for Florida
5 min read6 Sep 2017Hurricane Irma gains strength, Florida declares emergency
Florida declares a state of emergency before a possible hurricane strike after Irma strengthened to become a category 5 storm on its approach to the Caribbean
2 min read5 Sep 2017Researchers find one-million-year-old monkey fossil in underwater cave
The discovery was made after some researchers recovered a fossil shin bone belonging to Antillothrix bernensis
1 min read5 Sep 2015Gonzalo becomes major hurricane over open Atlantic waters
The centre of Gonzalo was moving northwest, away from the British and US Virgin Islands, prompting storm alerts for those areas to be lifted
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Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared