22 killed as highway bridge collapses in Italy
Rome, Aug 14 (IANS) A section of a highway bridge collapsed in the Italian city of Genoa during heavy rain on Tuesday, plummeting vehicles up to 90 metres to the ground and killing at least…
Environment
Vienna tops EIU’s Liveability list, Delhi top in South Asia
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Austrian capital of Vienna is ranked first in the Economist Intelligence Units’ (EIU) latest Global Liveability Survey released on Tuesday which found 68 cities to have improved their rankings…
Rains subside in Himachal, road traffic restored
Shimla, Aug 14 (IANS) With rains subsiding in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday, authorities managed to restore traffic on almost all major roads, including Chandigarh-Shimla, Chamba-Pathankot and Chandigarh-Manali National Highways, an official said. This comes a…
SC to hear TN plea against NGT order on Tuticorin plant
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on August 17 the Tamil Nadu government’s plea against an NGT order to permit mining major Vedanta to access the company’s administrative office inside its…
Rains hit hard Kerala yet again
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 14 (IANS) For a second successive day, heavy rains lashed Kerala’s Kozhikode, Malappuram and Wayanad districts on Tuesday, triggering fresh landslides and adding to the woes of a state battling the worst flooding…
11 killed as highway bridge collapses in Italy
Rome, Aug 14 (IANS) A section of a highway bridge in the Italian city of Genoa collapsed during heavy rain on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people and injuring five, officials said. Emergency services were…
Only 12 breeding pairs of Australian rare bird left
Canberra, Aug 14 (IANS) The last 12 breeding pairs of the beach stone-curlew bird indigenous to the Australasia region are under threat from feral foxes in New South Wales (NSW). The aboriginal community in the…
Uttar Pradesh’s huge plantation drives: But where is the space?
Agra Aug 14 (IANS) Huge plantation drives ordered by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his predecessor Akhilesh Yadav have prompted green activists to remark that these are “paper trees to be found only…
Firefighter dies in largest California wildfire
San Francisco, Aug 14 (IANS) A firefighter died while fighting to contain the largest wildfire in California’s history, authorities said. The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection of California said that the firefighter died on…
Odisha CM puts state on flood alert
Bhubaneswar, Aug 14 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed all the district collectors to remain prepared for a possible flood situation as the Met Office has predicted heavy rains in the next…
Incessant rains cause landslides in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Aug 14 (IANS) Torrential rains up to 30 cm lashed Karnataka’s coastal and south interior districts, causing landslides and disrupting normal life, officials said on Tuesday. “Very heavy rainfall was received in the coastal…
Pakistan Army plants 2 million trees
Islamabad, Aug 14 (IANS) The Pakistan Army has simultaneously planted 2 million trees in a campaign aimed at increasing greenery across the country, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Tuesday. Director General (DG) of…
Rains subside in Himachal
Shimla, Aug 14 (IANS) Rains started subsiding in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday a day after downpours and flashfloods left a trail of destruction. However, authorities were on their toes to restore traffic on over 300…
Cloudy Tuesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) It was a cloudy Tuesday morning in the national capital with forecast of lights rains. The minimum temperature was recorded at 27.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average….
Traffic suspended after landslides on Jammu-Srinagar highway
Jammu, Aug 14 (IANS) The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed on Tuesday due to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains in Ramban and Udhampur districts, a traffic official said. The highway has been closed…
Brace up for air pollution in winter, Delhi L-G tells officials
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Monday directed officials of various government agencies to brace up to contain air pollution and smog in the city in winter. Baijal held a…
Two Idukki dam sluices shut, water level down to ‘safe’
Idukki (Kerala), Aug 13 (IANS) Two of the five sluices of the Idukki dam, opened after a gap of 26 years on Thursday, were ordered to be closed by the Kerala government on Monday after…
Shah cancels August 16 Himachal visit
Shimla, Aug 13 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah has cancelled his day-long visit to the Himachal Pradesh capital on August 16 owing to bad weather, the party said on Monday. “Due to heavy rains across…
Elephant saved from drowning in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala), Aug 13 (IANS) An elephant had a narrow escape when it was saved from being swept away by temporarily lowering the sluice gates of the Peringalkuthu Dam in flood-ravaged Kerala. Dam officials, forest…
16 killed in Himachal rains, hundreds stranded
Shimla, Aug 13 (IANS) Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh claimed 16 lives, including four of a family, while hundreds of people were stranded across the state after incessant rains triggered landslides, snapping road links, officials…