120 Dead As The Monsoon Rains Cause Floods And Landslides In 8 States

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Floods have wrecked havoc in India and going by the statistics, the casualties and the consequential damage caused, we seem to be ill equipped to handle the effects of floods. Moreover, floods have increased in frequency much in line with what climate change specialists have predicted. The National Disaster Management Division (NDMD) of the Ministry of Home Affairs in India reports that over 5 million people across 8 states are currently affected by flooding.

The states that have been affected the worst are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The devastation of floods has reached to 375 villages from 89 districts across the eight states. This season’s flooding has reportedly cost 124 lives and over 90 of the fatalities are believed to have occurred during the last 2 weeks themselves, besides injuring 200 people.

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Indian Meteorological Department has issued a high-level warning for heavy rains in Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.

Scale of devastation has so far been:

1. 2,888 houses have been destroyed 336,555 damaged

2. 55,000 heads of cattle have been lost due to the floods

3. 20,000 people have been forced to evacuate their home by the floods.

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Baba Sehgal's Raps Encourages Angry Twitterati To #TakeItLite This World Hypertension Day

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BABA SEHGAL, the rap star is back with a cause. In a bid to create awareness about BP and its symptoms on the ‘World Hypertension Day’ celebrated on 17th May every year. In collaboration with Tata Salt Lite, Baba Sehgal responded to angry twitterati through hilarious raps asking them to #TakeItLite. It is an effort to address people who these days tend to get angry at small things very frequently. More often than not, social media becomes the gateway to vent their anger .‘Choti Choti Baaton Pe Gussa hona’ could be a symptom of hypertension. Baba, in his series of raps, responded to @Neha Dhupia and a bunch of other people who recently ranted on Twitter, asking them to # TakeItLite.

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— Baba Sehgal (@OnlyBabaSehgal) May 17, 2019

The above activity was an initiative by Tata Salt Lite to create awareness on Hypertension. Twitter is currently abuzz with Sehgal’s raps. Twitterati across the platform have taken to their twitter handles to share #TakeItLite.

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— Baba Sehgal (@OnlyBabaSehgal) May 17, 2019

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— Baba Sehgal (@OnlyBabaSehgal) May 17, 2019

Hypertension kills 7.5 million people worldwide each year, which is more than AIDS, road accidents, diabetes, and tuberculosis combined. Hypertension is the most common preventable cause of cardiovascular and non-communicable diseases throughout the world. Many studies have evidently emphasized that hypertension is a ‘silent killer’, with no warning signs. Therefore, knowing that one’s blood pressure is elevated allows the individual to take some action to mitigate the rising blood pressure, thus preventing fatal diseases.

Tata Salt Lite is a 15% low sodium salt and it is specially designed to provide consumers a convenient means to take preventive measures towards keeping the blood pressure in check. The campaign is another creative attempt to engage and educate consumers.

The Logical Indian appreciates the initiative of Tata Salt Lite to make people aware of hypertension that is otherwise overlooked by people; a small step towards sensitizing people to help them make a conscious choice of consumption.

120 Dead As The Monsoon Rains Cause Floods And Landslides In 8 States

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Baba Sehgal's Raps Encourages Angry Twitterati To #TakeItLite This World Hypertension Day

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