Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) The State Bank of India (SBI) has donated Rs 2 crore for the Kerala flood victims and initiated several other ground-level measures in the deluged state, an official said on Saturday….
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning in the national capital on Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. “The sky will…
Kochi, Aug 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aerial survey to witness the massive loss and destruction triggered by the torrential rains in Kerala was called off on Saturday due to bad weather, state government…
Kochi, Aug 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took off in a helicopter from here to survey the massive loss and destruction triggered by the torrential rains in Kerala. Overflowing rivers and a…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Friday night to see for himself the rain-battered Kerala and also survey the relief and rescue operations. Torrential rains, overflowing rivers and a series…
Bengaluru, Aug 17 (IANS) Indian Army troops and Navy divers joined the national and state disaster relief forces to rescue hundreds of people marooned in Karnataka’s flood-hit Kodagu district, said an official statement on Friday….
Bengaluru, Aug 17 (IANS) Indian Army troops and Navy divers joined the national and state disaster relief forces to rescue hundreds of people marooned in Karnataka’s flood-hit Kodagu district, said an official statement on Friday….
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (IANS) The death toll in rain-battered Kerala touched 174 on Friday as a red alert continued in 12 districts, with various agencies continuing the rescue operations after rains subsided to evacuate over…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Mining major Vedanta on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision not to entertain the Tamil Nadu government’s plea against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order allowing the company access to…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 17 (IANS) The Odisha government on Friday urged the Kerala government to provide minimum assistance like food and water to the people from the state taking shelter at a flood-ravaged place. At least…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the Tamil Nadu government’s plea against an NGT order to permit mining major Vedanta to access the company’s administrative office inside its…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake an aerial survey of the flood-devastated parts of Kerala on Saturday to assess the Central government’s aid efforts and also the rescue operations. Modi…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The government is giving final touches to the draft National Mineral Policy and is likely to announce it within two months, a Mines Ministry official said on Friday. “The new…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (IANS) The death toll in rain-battered Kerala touched 174 on Friday as a red alert continued in 12 districts, with the authorities continuing rescue operations after rains subsided and evacuated more survivors…
Chandigarh, Aug 17 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced Rs 10 crore relief for flood-ravaged Kerala, an official said. While Rs 5 crore is being transferred from the Punjab Chief Minister’s Relief…
New York, Aug 17 (IANS) Human waste, which is full of nutrients, can be recycled into valuable products that could promote agricultural sustainability and even better economic independence for some developing countries, says a new…
Kochi, Aug 17 (IANS) A pregnant lady, who was airlifted on Friday morning by a Navy rescue team from a water logged place near Aluva in Kerala, gave birth to a baby safely. Visuals of…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Terming the solid waste problem in Delhi “serious”, the Supreme Court on Friday asked Lt Governor Anil Baijal to consider the setting up of a committee also comprising experts on…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) on Friday decided to mobilise additional resources of all agencies, including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the National Disaster Response Force…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Expressing grave concern over the flood “crises” in Kerala, the Supreme Court on Friday suggested that the Disaster Management sub-committee, National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) and the court-appointed committee should…