Disaster

Locusts wreak havoc in Pakistan, cotton and vegetable crop hit as invasion covers more than country’s total-crop-area

Swarms of locusts spreading across Pakistan are emerging as a bigger threat to the country’s economy than the coronavirus pandemic, with the...

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Earthquake with epicentre near Srinagar strikes Jammu and Kashmir, no damage reported

Srinagar: An earthquake of 3.9 magnitude on the Richter Scale struck Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday morning at around 8:16 am, triggering...

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Cyclone Nisarga makes landfall 100 km from Mumbai, nearly 1 lakh people evacuated

Cyclone Nisarga began the landfall process around noon on Wednesday near the coastal town of Alibag, around 100 kilometres south of Mumbai,...

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Cyclone 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...