Bhubaneswar, Aug 7 (IANS) A day-long transport strike and incessant rains paralysed normal life in several parts of Odisha on Tuesday. Passengers and commuters suffered inconvenience due to the strike called by the All India…
Seoul, Aug 7 (IANS) The South Korean government announced on Tuesday that it will reduce household electricity bills to help families bear the burden of increased power usage as the result of an unprecedented heatwave….
Kozhikode (Kerala) Aug 7 (IANS) As part of efforts to make Indian airports disaster-ready and become national trainers, 14 airport operations experts from across the country have gathered in the city to learn and also…
San Francisco, Aug 7 (IANS) Catastrophic wildfires continue to ravage California, as one blaze nearly doubled in size over the last three days, making it the largest in the US state’s history, according to authorities….
Lucknow, Aug 7 (IANS) Intermittent rains in most parts of Uttar Pradesh continued on Tuesday bringing the temperature down, the Met said as it forecast heavy showers in the eastern and central parts of the…
Sydney, Aug 7 (IANS) The Earth is at risk of falling into an irreversible greenhouse state due to global warming, which would make several regions of the planet uninhabitable for humans, an international study revealed…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region witnessed light rains on Tuesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.9 degrees CelSius, a notch below the season’s average, the Met…
Jakarta, Aug 7 (IANS) An operation was underway on Tuesday to evacuate thousands of tourists who were stranded after a deadly earthquake jolted Indonesia’s Lombok Island killing 98 people and injuring over 200 others. A…
Chandigarh, Aug 6 (IANS) With widespread rain in most places in the northern region, maximum temperatures dipped at most places across Haryana and Punjab on Monday. The maximum temperatures dipped by two to seven degrees…
Agra, Aug 6 (IANS) Thanks to watchful villagers in Sikandra area of Agra, a rare juvenile Himalayan Griffon vulture was rescued from drowning in the Yamuna on Monday. The young raptor was trying desperately to…
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Suggesting segregation of solid waste at the household level, the Supreme court on Monday said there should be a penal provision for dealing with those refusing to do so. Noting…
Tokyo, Aug 6 (IANS) Thousands of people were evacuated from Japan’s Yamagata prefecture on Monday following torrential rains. The rains have caused landslides and flooding, with some homes being inundated, reports Xinhua news agency. The…
Guwahati, Aug 6 (IANS) Thousands of people in 116 villages of Assam’s Golaghat district have been affected by flooding after excess water was released from a dam located at Nagaland’s Wokha district, officials said. The…
Guatemala City, Aug 6 (IANS) Guatemala’s Fuego volcano, which caused havoc in June, has erupted again. Authorities on Sunday evening ordered the evacuation of emergency personnel who have been working in the area since it…
Jakarta, Aug 6 (IANS) At least 91 people were killed and hundreds others injured in a massive quake measuring 7 on the Richter scale that struck Indonesia’s Lombok Island, authorities said on Monday. The shallow…
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Rains lashed Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Monday with the minimum temperature being recorded at 26.6 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, according to the Met office. “The…
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Besides industrial waste, rising demand for non-food products like textiles, clothing and furniture are often the overlooked sources of water pollution, says a study. The researchers said that the overall demand…
Dimapur (Nagaland), Aug 5 (IANS) Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Sunday could not conduct the aerial survey to assess the flood and landslides-hit areas in Nagaland where 10 people have been killed…
Kathmandu, Aug 5 (IANS) Nearly 180 Indians on way back home from Mansarovar pilgrimage are stranded in Humla district in Nepal due to bad weather, official sources said on Sunday. However, the numbers are not…
Shimla, Aug 5 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to experience moderate to heavy rainfall on Sunday, causing landslides and blocking roads, while all the major rivers and their tributaries were gain in spate,…