Main Issues in South Asia, Wednesday, August 21, 2019
INDIA 1. (Update) Floods hit 80 Punjab villages. More than 80 villages in Shahkot and Sultanpur Lodhi sub-divisions of Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts in Punjab came under water yesterday after key rivers overflowed. River Sutlej breached its banks at four more places. Crops on more than 45,000 acres of land, including 30,000 acres in Shahkot, are […]