Ecuador quake toll rises to 655
Quito, April 25 (IANS/EFE) The toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador on April 16 has risen to 655, the National Risk Management Secretariat said on Monday. A total of 29,067 people are…
Environment
Showers bring respite to scorched Bengaluru
Bengaluru, April 25 (IANS) Two spells of rain in the afternoon and late evening on Monday cooled parts of Bengaluru, bringing its residents much desired respite from the scorching and humid summer heat. Showers were…
Can lawyers be exempted from odd-even, asks Delhi HC
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the city government to see if there was any possibility of lawyers being exempted from the odd-even traffic scheme now in place in…
Severe drought hits Cambodia
Phnom Penh, April 25 (IANS) Drought has caused water shortages in 18 out of Cambodia’s 25 cities and provinces, an official said on Monday, adding that authorities have been distributing water to the affected villagers….
In Sundarbans, the poor demand right to fish
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) As rising sea levels force farming communities in the Sundarbans to explore other means of livelihood, a section of fishermen have voiced their demand to fish in the rivers and canals…
Leopard creates panic in Agra colony
Agra, April 25 (IANS) A leopard entered a residential colony and attacked a few people here on Monday, creating a panic, residents and officials said. The leopard entered a house in the posh Suresh Nagar…
Delhi transport minister urges MPs to follow odd-even
New Delhi: Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai inspects trail of implementation of odd-even formula begins in New Delhi on Dec 31, 2015. (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) Gopal Rai New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister…
Paresh Rawal fined Rs.2,000 for odd-even violation
New Delhi: BJP MP Paresh Rawal at the Parliament in New Delhi, on Aug 3, 2015. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) BJP MP and Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal was fined Rs.2,000 for…
Telangana faces worst drought in living memory
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, April 25 (IANS) Acute drinking water shortage due to drastic fall in water levels in major reservoirs, continuing crisis in agriculture and a harsh summer have made this the worst ever…
See if lawyers can be exempted from odd-even scheme: Delhi HC
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Delhi government to consider if there is any possibility to exempt lawyers from the second phase of the odd-even traffic restriction scheme…
Heat wave: Odisha schools declare summer vacation
Bhubaneswar, April 25 (IANS) With the mercury showing no signs of subsiding, the Odisha government on Monday announced summer vacations in schools from April 26. “We took the decision as the Met department forecast that…
Make your own auto fuel with used cooking oil
By K.S. Jayaraman Bengaluru, April 25 (IANS) Do not throw away leftover cooking oil. You can convert it into biodiesel in a microwave and use that to run your car. Turning cooking oil into auto…
Manipur opens relief camps for rain-hit villagers
Imphal, April 25 (IANS) The Manipur government has started opening relief camps for villagers who were rendered homeless in the recent torrential rains and thunderstorms, an official said on Monday. Official reports said that in…
El Nino dry spell wreaks havoc in Myanmar
Nay Pyi Taw, April 25 (IANS) At least 10 regions of Myanmar are facing severe water shortagesdue to searing summer temperatures brought on by El Nino, leading to dried up wells, ponds and rivers. The…
Fires claim 18 lives in Bihar since Sunday
Patna, April 25 (IANS) Eighteen people, including seven children and four women, died and about 2,500 houses were destroyed since Sunday in various incidents of fire in Bihar with heat wave playing its part, officials…
Kashmir remains cool at 20 degrees
Jammu/Srinagar April 25 (IANS) As sweltering heat torments residents in other parts of the country, Kashmir continued to remain cool at 20 degrees Celsius, a weather official said on Monday. Most locals in the Valley…
Cambodia to register five new forests as protected areas
Phnom Penh, April 25 (IANS) The Cambodian government is set to list five new forests with a total of about 950,000 hectares in the country’s protected forest areas, officials said on Monday. “This clearly shows…
Partly cloudy morning in Delhi
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 20.4 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, the weather office said. The sky would…
Medicinal herb park in Ghaziabad ruined for marriage function
Ghaziabad, April 24 (IANS) A medicinal herb park here, maintained by the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), is being ruined by a private marriage function and officials, despite assurances of action, are yet to take any…
Odisha’s Titlagarh sees highest temperature in India
Bhubaneswar, April 24 (IANS) Titlagarh in Odisha on Sunday registered a maximum temperature of 48.5 degrees Celsius, the highest in the country, while 17 other places recorded above 40 degrees, as people continued to reel…