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1.5KCyclone Nisarga likely to make landfall near Mumbai tomorrow
Cyclonic storm Nisarga is likely to turn into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ in the next 24 hours and hit coastal Maharashtra and...
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Cyclone Nisarga heading towards Mumbai, to become ‘severe cyclonic storm’ in 24 hrs
Cyclone Nisarga is headed towards the coastline of Maharashtra and Gujarat, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday warned. IMD said that...
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Swarms of locusts invade India, wreck havoc in Maharashtra, alert in Delhi as ‘severe risk’ to agriculture warned
More parts of India are under locust attack now. The migratory pests have invaded eastern Maharashtra where four to five villages have...
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COVID: 6,977 new cases in last 24 hours as India death toll climbs to 4,021
Srinagar: India registered biggest single day spike of COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day on Monday with 6,977 new infections, reported...
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PIA aircraft with 90 passengers on board crashes near Jinnah Airport in Karachi
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft on Friday crashed in Model Colony near Jinnah international airport Karachi. PIA spokesperson Abdul Sattar confirmed...
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West Bengal battered by cyclone Amphan, 6.5 lakh evacuated, 72 dead; 1,000 crore package announced by Modi
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on Friday conducted an aerial survey of areas affected by cyclone Amphan in West Bengal. Modi...
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Super-cyclone Amphan batters India, 4.5 lakh evacuated in West Bengal, Odisha
Super-cyclone Amphan, one of the worst cyclones over the Bay of Bengal, centred about 170 km south of West Bengal’s Digha on...
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Srinagar’s sordid saga: How Bemina choked the city
A slew of summertime flood predictions cast a looming shadow on Srinagar where battle for spaces has long turned flood basins into...
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Srinagar’s sordid saga: Dwelling in disaster-prone areas
2014 did to Kashmiris what many years of battered conflict couldn’t do. Such a shocker however, has not served as a wakeup call....
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India grounds Boeing 737-800 MAX aircraft
India’s civil aviation regulator on Tuesday suspended the operations of Boeing 737-800 MAX aircraft, after several other countries restrained their airlines from...
