Oct 12, 2018 Bhubaneswar:Heavy rains triggered by the Titli severe cyclonic storm has caused flood-like situations in several districts of Odisha on Friday. The situation remains vulnerable, especially in Ganjam, Rayagada and Gajapati districts where…
Oct 11, 2018 Visakhapatnam/ Bhubaneswar: A very severe cyclonic storm Titli unleashed havoc in north coastal Andhra Pradesh and south coastal Odisha on Thursday, claiming eight lives in Andhra and causing widespread destruction, officials said.…
Oct 10, 2018 United Nations: Sikkim’s achievement in becoming the world’s first totally organic agriculture state has gotten it a place on the shortlist of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Future Policy Award.…
Oct 9, 2018 Manila: Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestle are among the companies that contribute most to ocean pollution with single-use plastics, according to a study presented on Tuesday by the “Break Free from Plastic” initiative.…
Oct 9, 2018 Havana:Hurricane Michael has battered west Cuba with strong winds and heavy rains as it whipped through the Yucatan Channel on its way to the Gulf of Mexico, where it may turn into…
Oct 8, 2018 Brussels: A day ahead of the European Union Environment Ministers’ meeting expected to adopt the EU’s position for the UN Climate Summit (COP24) in December, the world’s leading body of climate scientists…
Oct 4 , 2018 Damascus:A US aircraft has brought Marine forces to the battle against the last pocket of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour, a war monitor reported. The…
Oct 2, 2018 Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Sumba island of Indonesia on Tuesday, barely four days after a 7.5 magnitude quake hit its Sulawesi island triggering a tsunami and…
Shimla: A group of 40-45 students of IIT-Roorkee, five residents of Kolkata and two German trekkers were among 249 persons rescued on Tuesday from the icy heights of Himachal Pradesh in a joint operation by…
Sep 8, 2019 Tokyo:The toll from a 6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture earlier this week, has increased to 21 with 13 others still reported missing, the government announced on Saturday. Chief Cabinet Secretary…
