The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for heavy rainfall in eight districts of Himachal Pradesh, leading to landslides and flash floods. The state has faced the harshest rain and flood disasters in 75 years, with estimated losses of 8,000 crore rupees.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued an orange alert in eight districts of Himachal Pradesh, while also predicting heavy rainfall. These districts include Chamba, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, Sirmaur, and Bilaspur.
“The IMD has issued an orange alert in Himachal Pradesh for heavy rains in several districts of the region over the course of the following 24 hours," said Deputy Director IMD Bui Lal on Saturday.
The weather office also stated that many areas of Himachal Pradesh received hefty downpours in the last 24 hours, with the Sirmaur district receiving 195 mm of rain, according to ANI reports.
Earlier, Kullu Deputy Commissioner on Saturday said that five crore rupees relief amount was provided to those affected by floods in the district.
“People who are affected by the heavy rainfall in the Kullu district are being provided with a relief amount by the government. People whose sources of income were affected along with their houses and shops are being procured the relief amount. Till now, 1,700 families have been affected by the floods. Most of the families were provided with ₹five crores of relief amount," said Ashutosh Garg, DCP, Kullu.
He added, “Still, the employees of the revenue department are on the field and distributing the relief amounts. Notably, Himachal Pradesh has witnessed massive financial and infrastructural losses due to the downpour."
In Himachal Pradesh, the incessant rainfall led to several landslides and flash floods. Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said the state has faced the harshest rain and flood disasters in the past 75 years.
He also said that the loss incurred by the state due to the rain-induced damages could reach 8,000 crore rupees. The Chief Minister suggested there is a need for immediate financial relief from the Union Government.
"The central team has visited the state. We have demanded the pending 315 crore rupees of the 2022-23 disaster fund from the Union Government. The loss is estimated to be 8,000 Crore rupees. We are trying to restore the roads, electricity, and water supply in the region," CM Sukhu said.
The Chief Minister said that Himachal was in need of immediate relief from the Union Government in this disaster situation. On the continuous heavy rain alert, he said teams are ready and the priority is to save the lives of the people.
In 2022, 225,620 persons gave up their Indian citizenship, compared to 122,819 in 2011
Eighty seven thousand and twenty-six Indians have given up their Indian citizenship in 2023 (as of June), according to data supplied by the Ministry of External Affairs. These individuals chose to take the citizenship of 135 countries, ranging from the US and Germany to Pakistan and Tonga.
The data was provided in response to a query by Karti Chidambaram, a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha.
“The number of Indian nationals exploring the global workplace has been significant in the last two decades. Many of them have chosen to take up foreign citizenship for reasons of personal convenience. The Government is cognisant of this development and has undertaken a range of initiatives centering around ‘Make in India’ that would harness their talents at home," External Affairs Ministet S. Jaishankar said in his response to Chidambaram’s query.
“Recognising that the Indian community abroad is an asset to the nation, the government has brought about a transformational change in its engagement with the diaspora," he went on to say.
The number of Indians taking up foreign citizenship remained fairly stable in the previous decade. For example, in 2011, 122,819 persons sought to give up their Indian citizenship. That number had increased marginally to 134,561 in 2018. However, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, this number witnessed a jump. In 2022, 225,620 persons gave up their Indian citizenship, according to the MEA’s data.
“A successful, prosperous and influential diaspora is an advantage for India and our approach is to tap diaspora networks and utilise their reputation for national gain," Foreign Minister Jaishankar said.
“The government’s efforts are particularly aimed at encouraging the exchanges of knowledge and expertise in a manner that would contribute to India’s national development," he concluded in his response.
Financial hardships and losses can have a lasting impact on mental health, causing trauma, stress, anxiety, and even suicide. Financial trauma affects relationships, self-esteem, and decision-making. It is important to talk about financial struggles and seek support to cope with such trauma
Whenever you borrow money or are overburdened with expenses, it’s not just your bank balance that suffers. It also affects your mental health and emotional well-being. Financial hardships and losses can leave a long-lasting impact on the mind and cause trauma and stress.
Money is a tool to attain security, identity and meet basic needs. But its scarcity or absence leads to under-gratification or over-gratification of needs in the future. All these aspects affect the relationship between money and humans.
“Relationship people have with money and their pattern of spending tells a lot about their childhood and how much their needs were met at that time," explains Dyutima Sharma, clinical psychologist and the co-founder of Orange Owl Percepts. In many cases, scarcity of money leads to anxiety and mental health issues that are termed financial trauma.
“There are two-three ways of financial trauma, one is when you have money and the other is when you lose money. The inability to meet self-set targets of earning money also causes anxiety and trauma. People who are unemployed or under-employed are its biggest victims," says Bhopal-based psychologist Dr Kakoli Roy.
Impact of financial trauma
One of the impacts of financial trauma is an inferiority complex. People face emotional hardships because they are unable to get a job or earn as per their expectations.
“ Everyone is earning well and I am not. When this comparison comes in, then the trauma starts. Trauma is an emotional thing, but because of these expectations, either because of comparison, or dependence, then there is trauma because of finances."
A person’s financial dependency affects his personality as well as decisions related to finances, explains Dr Kakoli Roy. “Financial dependency limits a person’s ability to make money decisions on their own. If a lady who is not earning wants to go to a parlor or wants to buy something, then she is reluctant to ask or at least think of her husband or parents before making such decisions.
In extreme cases, financial trauma often leads to suicide. Cases of farmers' suicide because of crop damage and loss is a result of financial trauma. Farmers reeling under debt and facing the loss of crops feel helpless. “Inability to take consultations because lack of money leaves their trauma untreated and often leads to depression and suicide," says Dr Roy.
Shame and avoidance are another result of financial trauma. People who lose their hard-earned money in business and gambling, often end up being in guilt and not being able to talk about it. In such cases, people are inclined to alcoholism and drugs as well.
Trauma can also lead to low-self esteem and self-doubt. One such example was of a young boy who wanted to pursue his music career but could not because of the loss in his father’s business during the COVID pandemic. He ultimately gave up on his dreams to support his family. Slowly his financial hardships started affecting his relationship with friends and partner, recalls Dyutima Sharma.
How to handle financial trauma?
Other than working hard to earn more money. The best way to deal with anxiety and emotional stress due to financial conditions is to talk about it, believes Dr Roy. “If you are not able to achieve what you thought in terms of money, try shifting your focus towards emotional achievement or something else," she said.
Another way is to talk to friends and share feelings. No matter how bad you are feeling about yourself for your job, expenses, or anything, it is always a good idea to talk about it.
Instead of isolating yourself from the rest of the world, it is better to step out of home, meet new people, and experience new things.
No matter what people have thought about themselves earlier, the best way to perform well in the current situation is to adapt and mellow down expectations according to the situation. “Mellowing down expectations can’t happen in a single day, people need to step out, do adventure, and experiment with existent resources, to let this happen.
How much do we talk about financial trauma in India?
Given the extent of importance given to mental health issues in India, healing and even acknowledging financial trauma seems a distant call. At times, people are not even able to identify that they are facing trauma because of money in their daily lives.
“In many cases, people come to us and talk about what's causing them mental stress and emotional hardship. It is only after listening to them that we can figure out the link between money and their trauma," says Dyutima Sharma.
Meta's Threads app, initially hailed as a potential ‘Twitter Killer,’ has seen a 75% drop in traffic since its launch week, with users spending significantly less time on the platform.
Meta's Threads is struggling to attract users to its platform after a wildly successful launch week. Threads was marketed as 'Twitter killer' at a time when many frustrated Twitter users, tired of the changes introduced by Elon Musk, were looking for alternatives.
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According to data from market analysis firm Sensor Tower, traffic to Threads has plummeted 75 percent since its debut on July 6. Meanwhile, SimilarWeb data shows that the average time users spend on the Threads app has dropped to 4 minutes from 19 minutes on iOS and 5 minutes from 21 minutes on Android.
Threads has become the fastest growing app ever, with more than 100 million active users in just 5 days since launch, surpassing even the popularity ratings set by OpenAI's ChatGPT. Meta's latest social media app has been downloaded more than 184 million times worldwide, according to Data.ai Intelligence.
Why is Threads losing traffic?
One of the main reasons for the Threads app losing traction with users is the lack of clarity about what the app is supposed to be. At launch, it looked like Instagram was trying to attract disgruntled Twitter users to a new platform. However, it seems that Threads and Twitter are aimed at very different audiences.
Over the years, Twitter has been known as a forum for news and politics, where popular personalities such as journalists, celebrities, athletes and politicians go to voice their 'political' and sometimes controversial opinions. Instagram and other Meta have been known to shy away from politics and focus on engaging with images and videos.
Instagram and Threads boss Adam Mosseri has made it clear that the latest social media entrant doesn't want to dabble in politics or hard news. Threads' reluctance to embrace news and political content raises questions about the audience Threads wants to serve.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk had also raised this issue in a response to a tweet on 8 July, writing, "How many times have you read comments on Insta pics & wished there were more? Personally, never."
Threads is also in the process of introducing a rate limit on posts to discourage spam accounts. Days before the launch of Threads, Musk had also announced a temporary limit on the number of posts that can be viewed in a day, infuriating many Twitter users.
Garena Free Fire Max has released new redeem codes for players to claim in-game rewards. The codes are time-limited and valid for the first 500 users. Players can redeem the codes on the official Rewards Redemption site.
Garena Free Fire Max has released a set of new redeem codes for today, offering players a chance to claim a variety of in-game rewards, such as weapons, diamonds, skins, and more. These codes consist of 12-digit alphanumeric characters, including capital letters and numbers.
Garena Free Fire Max, introduced in 2021 as an upgraded version of Garena Free Fire, gained popularity following the ban of the previous version by the Indian government.
The game developers frequently update these redeem codes on a daily basis. Players can visit a dedicated microsite to redeem the available codes.
By using these codes, players can unlock enticing rewards, including the Rebel Academy Weapon Loot Crate, Revolt Weapon Loot Crate, Diamonds Voucher, and Fire Head Hunting Parachute. However, it is essential to note that these codes are time-limited, valid for up to 12 hours, and restricted to the first 500 users. It is recommended to redeem the codes promptly to avoid missing out.
Here are the Garena Free Fire Max codes for July 23, 2023:
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TFF9VNU6UD9J
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SARG886AV5GR
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WEYVGQC3CT8Q
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To redeem the Garena Free Fire Max codes, follow these steps:
Open the game's official Rewards Redemption site on Google Chrome.
Log in to your account using your Facebook, Twitter, Google, or VK ID.
Copy the mentioned codes and paste them into the provided text box.
Click on the "Confirm" button to proceed. The rewards will be sent to your in-game mail section, and any acquired gold or diamonds will be automatically added to your account wallet.
Once successfully redeemed, players can access the game vault, where a game wall will appear. They will also have the opportunity to use gold and diamonds to obtain various in-game items, including the Rebel Academy Weapon Loot Crate, Revolt Weapon Loot Crate, diamond vouchers, Fire Head Hunting Parachute, and more.
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