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Sri Lanka's hospitals are stretched thin. Over 80,000 dengue cases and 59 deaths this year, up 30% on last year — and July alone has been the worst month of the outbreak.
Gujarat is taking the worst of it. Exceptionally heavy rain, swollen rivers, and cut-off roads — with Panchmahal, Dahod and Mahisagar under alert as the IMD warns the downpour isn't done yet.
The monsoon's next punch lands on 14 states. Extremely heavy rain is forecast for southeast Rajasthan, southwest MP, J&K and Konkan-Goa, with storms and 40-50 kmph winds adding to the danger.
The monsoon has come back swinging. Red alerts cover Himachal, J&K and Uttarakhand, landslides are blocking hill roads, and the IMD warns isolated areas could see rainfall beyond 204.5 mm.
Day one of the Monsoon Session, and both Houses barely functioned. Opposition MPs stormed the well over the NEET paper leak and temple donation theft, forcing multiple adjournments.
The JPC reviewing simultaneous elections is targeting the monsoon session for its report. Opposition dissent and legal hurdles could still push things back.
