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            Help Kerala Kerala is facing its worst flood in 100 years, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who has actively been monitoring the situation and rescue efforts in the state, said last evening. Thousands of people are still perched on trees and rooftops, waiting to be rescued. Water has even started entering relief camps. Other messages have been sent from people trapped inside temples and hospitals as well as their homes. More than 320 people have died as a result of the monsoon floods in the past two weeks, according to Kerala’s chief minister. Our prime minister has given 100 Crore fund for Kerala relief and promised more.Authorities have called for extra food, water and medicines to supply more than 1,500 relief camps that have sprung up around the state. The government says 10,000 kilometres of Kerala's roads have been destroyed or damaged, along with thousands of homes. The damage is unparalleled. Industr...

Atal Bihari Vajpayee  was an Indian politician who thrice served as the Prime Minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, for a period of eleven months from 1998 to 1999, and then for a full term from 1999 to 2004. Vajpayee was born to Krishna Devi and Krishna Bihari Vajpayee on 25 December 1924 in Gwalior. His grandfather, Pandit Shyam Lal Vajpayee, had migrated to Morena, Gwalior from his ancestral village of Bateshwar, Uttar Pradesh. He was fond of Indian music and dance. He loved nature and one of his favourite retreats was Manali in Himachal Pradesh. He was a published poet, and with regard to his poetry he wrote, "My poetry is a declaration of war, not an exordium to defeat. It is not the defeated soldier's drumbeat of despair, but the fighting warrior's will to win. It is not the despirited voice of dejection but the stirring shout of victory."  He was conferred India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, by the President o...