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Pakistan is worried as India’s decided to review decades old <keyword id="146625" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indus-water">Indus Water</keyword> treaty. In a counterattack, the nuclear-armed neighbor has threatened to petition the <keyword id="70191" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="International-Court-of-Justice">International Court of Justice</keyword>. 
 Pakistan Prime Minister <keyword id="6576" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nawaz-Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</keyword>’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs, <keyword id="1679706" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sartaj-Aziz">Sartaj Aziz</keyword>, said if India violates the treaty, Pakistan will approach the International Court of Justice. 
 "According to international law India can't unilaterally separate itself from the treaty," said Sartaj Aziz, according to reports, adding, “The treaty (Indus Waters Treaty) was not suspended even during the <keyword id="6376114" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kargil">Kargil</keyword> and the Siachen wars.” 
 India is mulling to suspend the meeting regarding the <keyword id="162840" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indus-Water-Commission">Indus Water Commission</keyword>. 
 "Blood and water cannot flow simultaneously," Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> told a meeting to review the Indus Waters Treaty. The meeting was held to discuss ways to make Pakistan pay for the terrorist attack on the <keyword id="71431" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uri">Uri</keyword> attack. It was also decided to increase the retaliation against the country. 
 
As sources said, India could even consider walking out of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) if Pakistan does not rein in terrorists, adding that the water-sharing pact is not sacrosanct. 
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So what does UP’s massive win for <keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword> has anything to do with India’s relationship with Pakistan and <keyword id="6354759" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</keyword>? As commoners, while we struggle to decipher, the experts suggest, this was a much needed push <keyword id="6354642" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Modi">Modi</keyword> needed. 
 Now that Modi has understood his strength within the country, it will help him to control the international talks with neighbouring countries. For the party that rules the centre, wining state elections isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. However having successfully done that, Modi is now in a situation where he can deal good with Bangladesh and <keyword id="12266" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nepal">Nepal</keyword>. While Bangladesh Prime Minister <keyword id="66026" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sheikh-Hasina">Sheikh Hasina</keyword> visits India next month, Modi would go into a resource sharing relationship with Bangladesh. 
 However, dealing with Pakistan is Modi’s prime challenge. The Indian army has done a few surgical strikes soon after and the Indus Waters Treaty after the <keyword id="6439316" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="URI-ATTACK">Uri Attack</keyword> last year. While routine meetings and prisoners’ exchange are still on track, it is assumed that Modi may reach out to immediate neighbour to strike a deal.

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<ul><li><keyword id="691827" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Foreign-Secretary-of-India">Foreign Secretary of India</keyword> VK Gokhale makes the first official statement from India after the air strikes across the Line of Control</li><li>India calls the strike by the Air Force as 'pre-emptive, non-military' attack on terror camps</li><li>The attack by <keyword id="15141" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Air-Force">Indian Air Force</keyword> has come days after a terror attack by Jaish-e-Mohammad operatives killed 40 Indian security personnel in Kashmir</li></ul> India's first official statement on the air attack across the Line of Control has come from the country's Foreign Secretary VK Gokhale. "Credible intel was received that JeM was planning more suicide attacks in India. In the face of imminent danger, a preemptive strike became absolutely necessary," Gokhale said in the first government address after the Indian air strike on Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. Top commanders were eliminated in the strike, he added. Indian Air Force fighter jets dropped 1,000 kilos of bombs across the Line of Control with <keyword id="3001" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pakistan">Pakistan</keyword> before returning, said several media reports suggested earlier in the day. He also called the attack 'non-military' and that it was targeted specifically at Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camps. "We avoided civilian casualties with the selection of the camp, which is located deep inside forests, Gokhale said. Gokhale's statement mentioned the attack by terrorists in Pulwama, Kashmir on February 14 that killed over 40 Indian troopers. However, he did not clearly say that this attack from the Indian side was retaliatory. Gokhale refused to take any questions from the journalists present at the briefing. India responded to a similar attack by Pakistan-based terrorists in 2016 with the surgical strikes by the army. At that time, the first briefing was addressed by the army chief. However, India has a struck diplomatic tone by letting the top foreign ministry official take the stage. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indian-air-force-drops-payload-across-the-line-of-control/articleshow/68163111.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Indian fighter jets drop a ton of bombs across the Line of Control</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/water-wars-india-decides-to-stop-indus-water-supply-to-pakistan/articleshow/68099006.cms">Water wars: India decides to stop Indus water supply to Pakistan</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-pushing-for-pakistan-inclusion-on-fatfs-terror-financing-blacklist/articleshow/68108197.cms">Despite Indian efforts, Pakistan avoids being blacklisted for terror financing</a>

It was a 'pre-emptive, non-military' attack on 'terror camps', India says

<ul><li>IBM’s new <keyword id="424037" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Weather-Forecasting">weather forecasting</keyword> model — IBM GRAF — will run on a supercomputer while using AI, cloud and analytics to predict weather events.</li><li>The company claims its new product is three times more accurate than existing global forecasting models.</li><li>GRAF will be able to predict the weather up to 12 hours in advance and its forecasts will be updated on an hourly basis.</li></ul>Climate change isn’t only crippling the planet but also cost the world nearly $225 billion in 2018 by causing severe distortions in weather patterns making business decisions uncertain. IBM has a plan to mitigate those shocks with its new weather forecasting system that runs on a supercomputer. "As weather conditions become increasingly more severe across the globe, it’s crucial that businesses across India have access to timely and accurate weather data to help stay prepared," said Cameron Clayton, General Manager of IBM and Weather. 
 
 
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 Nearly 72% of Indians believe that the local economy has been affected by a severe weather event in 2019, according to Climate Change Perception in India. The new weather forecasting system — IBM GRAF — will be able to limit that damage. According to the company, it will be able to predict weather conditions up to 12 hours in advance — something that wasn’t available on a global scale until now. And, it won’t be doing it alone. Its calculations will be supported by artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, and analytics to help with decision making — for just for businesses, but users as well. How is weather forecasting going to get better? IBM promises that its predictions will be more accurate and timely. Current global forecasting models — like the European ECMWF and US’ GFS model — cover 9 to 12 kilometres at a time and are updated every six hours. In comparison, IBM GRAF is able to shrink that distance to 3 kilometre — which means its high-resolution images will be 3-4 times greater. It will provide a resolution so fine that approximations will no longer be needed to figure out where thunderstorms are headed and how they might behave. And, its forecasts will be updated six to 12 times more frequently — that’s nearly once every hour. The primary difference between global models and GRAF is how they predict the weather. Where the ECMWF and GFS solve mathematical equations to figure out how the atmosphere will flow, the GRAF model uses a variable-resolution grid — which kind of looks like a net being thrown over the planet. 
 
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 “With IBM GRAF, the granularity of insights offered will be an important factor whether it’s helping maximize crop production on agricultural lands or using satellite imagery to guide rescue efforts during a natural disaster,” said Prateep Basu, Founder and CEO of SatSure at the launch. In India, 89% of people have expressed concern that climate change could have a negative impact on the economy, according to the Climate Change Perspectives report. 66% believe severe weather events are more common now than they were a year ago. In 2019, the country was rocked by natural disasters like Cyclone Fani and the initial withdrawal of the Indian monsoon followed by its delayed onslaught. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/environment/news/you-can-experience-the-end-result-of-climate-change-today-with-virtual-reality/articleshow/72217525.cms">You can experience the end result of climate change today with virtual reality</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tiktok-now-has-three-new-stickers-to-remind-users-about-climate-change/articleshow/71186982.cms">TikTok now has three new stickers to remind users about climate change</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/environment/news/indias-indus-water-tower-is-the-most-important-in-the-world-but-its-also-the-most-vulnerable/articleshow/72451341.cms">India's Indus water tower is the most important in the world — but it's also the most vulnerable</a>

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 <keyword id="6354780" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Karnataka">Karnataka</keyword> is going through a rough phase. There has been curfew, deaths, protests and crores of rupees loss of public property over last 24 hours. 
 
It’s been more than hundred years and yet the distribution of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/The-Drought-Series-Nearly-3-1-crore-people-in-Karnataka-are-hit-by-the-drought-and-migration-is-intensifying/articleshow/51979749.cms">Cauvery River’s</a> water is in a mess. Given the present situations, it’s far from getting resolved. It’s not the first time that two states are fighting over a river. The history has seen it all. The war of water between <keyword id="6354759" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</keyword> and <keyword id="6357783" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="West-Bengal">West Bengal</keyword> over Farakka barrage and now the <keyword id="763269" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Teesta-river">Teesta River</keyword> and the Punjab- <keyword id="41646" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Haryana">Haryana</keyword> conflict over Sutlej-Yamuna link are similar in nature as the <keyword id="6354543" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cauvery">Cauvery</keyword> issue.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/The-Drought-Series-Nearly-3-1-crore-people-in-Karnataka-are-hit-by-the-drought-and-migration-is-intensifying/articleshow/51979749.cms"> Agriculture</a> of both Karnataka and <keyword id="20154" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="tamil-nadu">Tamil Nadu</keyword> are dependent on the river that originates at <keyword id="65856" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kodagu">Kodagu</keyword> in Karnataka and flows for 765 km before meeting the <keyword id="55869" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bay-of-Bengal">Bay of Bengal</keyword> in Tamil Nadu. The strategic course that the river takes during its flow has made it a villain for many years on the distribution of water issue. 
 
Current scenario If Karnataka decides to distribute water to Tamil Nadu as per their demand, the former wont have much left. According to the data provided by <keyword id="6357283" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Central-Water-Commission">Central Water Commission</keyword> (<keyword id="54702" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="CWC">CWC</keyword>), Karnataka’s reservoirs this year were 30% below the normal water level compared to Tamil Nadu’s shortage of 49%. 
 The main reservoirs in the two states’ catchment areas include <keyword id="864488" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Krishna-Raja-Sagara">Krishna Raja Sagara</keyword> dam in <keyword id="6355147" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mandya">Mandya</keyword> district, <keyword id="891106" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kabini">Kabini</keyword> in Mysore, Harangi in Kodagu and <keyword id="279522" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Hemavathi">Hemavathi</keyword> in Hassan; Mettur dam in <keyword id="6357470" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Salem">Salem</keyword> and <keyword id="3003304" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bhavanisagar-dam">Bhavanisagar Dam</keyword> in Erode. All these reservoirs have reportedly 46% less water than normal and 27% lesser water than last year. In short, the situation is quite grim for both states, as per the CWC report. 
 
A third party needs to intervene 
No matter how much these two states fight, there would be no solid solution ever. There needs to be a third party intervention to resolve this issue. A third party can solve things like nobody else. A good example of third party intervention can be the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan. This was brokered by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/The-Drought-Series-Nearly-3-1-crore-people-in-Karnataka-are-hit-by-the-drought-and-migration-is-intensifying/articleshow/51979749.cms">World Bank</a>, which was signed on September 19, 1960 by Indian Prime Minister <keyword id="6360386" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jawaharlal-Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</keyword> and President of Pakistan <keyword id="27721" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="ayub-khan">Ayub Khan</keyword>. 
 
Since the ratification of the treaty in 1960, India and Pakistan have not engaged in any water wars. Most disagreements and disputes have been settled via legal procedures, provided for within the framework of the treaty. The treaty is considered to be one of the most successful water-sharing endeavours in the world today even though analysts acknowledge the need to update certain technical specifications and expand the scope of the document to include climate change. As per the provisions in the treaty, India can use only 20% of the total water carried by the Indus River. 
 
Weapon of politics 
As things get murkier the in Karnataka, it’s a hint that the issue wouldn’t get settled as easily as expected. When a crisis becomes a weapon of politics, it is no longer an issue to be solved. Rather it becomes more of a chance for the political parties to milk the situation. In this political game, the crisis has surpassed the actual need of water, the need of the agriculture and become a war of egos between the two states. It’s a motive of victory than a solution that matters to the common people caught in the crossfire. The threat of not sharing a drop of water would gain more brownies for the parties in both the states rather than finding a lighted avenue to the dead end. 
 
It’s a murderous rage 
If media reports are to be believed, Tamil channels and movies have been unofficially banned in Karnataka. This gives proof to the fact that the fight over Cauvery’s water has actually delineated to become a war between two states. Even if the situation can be solved by the two ruling parties of the states through dialogue, there is no indication for the public rage incited by these parties subsiding anytime soon. 
 
Where lies the solution? <keyword id="2262165" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sanjeev-Kumar-Balyan">Sanjeev Kumar Balyan</keyword>, Minister of State for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/The-Drought-Series-Nearly-3-1-crore-people-in-Karnataka-are-hit-by-the-drought-and-migration-is-intensifying/articleshow/51979749.cms">Water Resources</a> has proposed that issue of river water distribution needs to be scrapped from the State list of constitution and added to the Concurrent List so that the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/The-Drought-Series-Nearly-3-1-crore-people-in-Karnataka-are-hit-by-the-drought-and-migration-is-intensifying/articleshow/51979749.cms">Centre </a>has its say as well. 
 The <keyword id="155317" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Republican">republican</keyword> set up of India has often been blamed for the centre hijacking power from the states to use it to dictate its own benefit. That is definitely something not so praiseworthy. However in the water distribution issue, the centre needs to have a say. 
 
The Cauvery issue keeps on recurring. 70 odd years have passed and the states couldn’t come up with a solution. Both the states are well aware of the fact that being adamant and sticking to illogical reasoning wouldn’t fetch any result. But for the game to be played in a gentleman’s way, the rules call for a quick change of perspective.

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