Over 2.5 million affected due to floods in Bihar
Patna, July 16 (IANS) The flood situation in Bihar continued to remain grim on Tuesday with over 2.5 million people affected by it across the 12 districts of the state, officials said. In the last…
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Delhi records 28.8 mm of rainfall
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The southwest monsoon that was elusive for last 10 days made a comeback on Monday, recording 28.8 mm of rainfall in just one spell, bringing much-needed relief to the people…
Heavy rains in north, northeast cause flooding, hit life
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Heavy rains affected normal life in various north and northeastern states, cut road and rail links and forced evacuation of thousands of people from their inundated houses to safer areas,…
Heavy rains cripple life in Uttarakhand, alert issued
Dehra Dun, July 15 (IANS) Heavy rains across Uttarakhand on Monday continued to affect normal life and led to an ‘orange’ alert – the second-highest category of weather warning – being issued across the hill…
Rain fury on in Tripura, Mizoram, 22,000 shifted to camps
Agartala, July 15 (IANS) Over 22,000 people have been shifted to relief camps and other safer places in Tripura and Mizoram due to flooding of low-lying areas and villages by uninterrupted rains over the past…
Flood havoc continues in Bihar, over 18 lakh people affected
Patna, July 15 (IANS) From villages to cities, entire north Bihar is facing a serious flood situation, forcing people to abandon their inundated houses to seek shelter at safer places, even as water levels of…
Goa’s Mopa airport delayed by a year: CM
Panaji, July 15 (IANS) The commissioning of the upcoming Mopa international airport will be delayed by a year on account of a Supreme Court order, which has impeded on-site work, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said…
Modi calls Assam CM, assures all help to tackle flood situation
Guwahati, July 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal over phone and took stock of the ongoing flood situation in the state, where 15 people have been…
Make companies responsible for illegal GM crop cultivation: Activists
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Farm and green activists on Monday demanded that strict action be taken against those behind illegal distribution of Genetically Modified (GM) seeds, terming cultivation of such crops as “anti-national” and…
Flood submerges 90% of Kaziranga, Assam imposes restrictions
Guwahati, July 15 (IANS) With the flood waters submerging 90 per cent of the Kaziranga National Park, the Assam government has imposed speed restrictions on a stretch of National Highway 37 and prohibitory orders to…
Call all-party meet on water crisis, says Amarinder
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday suggested an all-party meeting chaired by the Prime Minister to evolve a consensus and formulate a national strategy for tackling the deteriorating water…
Goa CM to appoint agency to study beach erosion
Panaji, July 15 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said that a scientific agency would be soon appointed to study the phenomenon of beach erosion which washes away beach stretches across Goa’s coastline…
Modi calls Assam CM, takes stock of flood situation
Guwahati, July 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and took stock of the ongoing flood situation in the state, which have killed nine people and have affected…
22 killed in Pakistan cloudburst
Islamabad, July 15 (IANS) At least 22 people were killed and several others were reported missing after a cloudburst caused flash flooding in Pakistan’s Neelum Valley, an official said on Monday. The cloudburst caused large-scale…
IMD predicts rain in Delhi-NCR
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The long wait for rain in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR)is likely to end on Monday as the IMD has predicted light shower later in day which is…
Floods affect 15,000 in Tripura & Mizoram; rail traffic hit
Agartala/Aizawl, July 14 (IANS) Over 15,000 people have shifted to relief camps and other safer places in Tripura and Mizoram due to flooding of low lying areas and villages by rain, officials said on Sunday….
Odisha registers 31% decline in lightning deaths
Bhubaneswar, July 14 (IANS) The number of human casualties due to lightning strikes in Odisha has declined by over 31 per cent due to use of early warning communication system. Lightning deaths in the state…
6.6-magnitude earthquake jolts Australia
Canberra, July 14 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted parts off northwest Australia on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The shallow earthquake at struck at 1.39 p.m. with a…
Newspaper hawkers take charge of cleaning Yamuna river banks
By Bharat Upadhyay New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The black waters of the Yamuna river on its Delhi stretch have been declared unfit for drinking and bathing purposes, but that did not deter 65-year-old newspaper…
How renewable energy shift can increase ‘energy poverty’
New York, July 14 (IANS) The world must think more holistically about how it addresses renewable energy as efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can…