Indian Navy gears up for humanitarian assistance, disaster relief in Myanmar amid Typhoon YagiThe Indian Navy is rapidly deploying Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations to Myanmar following Typhoon Yagi. Essential su...
16 Sep, 2024, 03.03 PM IST
Hurricane Beryl grows to Category 5 strength as it razes southeast Caribbean islandsBeryl made landfall on the island of Carriacou in Grenada as the earliest Category 4 storm in the Atlantic, then late in the day the Nation...
02 Jul, 2024, 09.22 AM IST
Delhi heatwave alert: 5 deaths reported in city as IMD heat index rises to 51 degreesHeatwave alert: The heat index in Delhi reached 51 degrees on Tuesday, representing how temperature feels to the human body when humidity i...
19 Jun, 2024, 05.12 PM IST
Asia world's most disaster-prone region in 2023: WMOFloods and storms led to the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, and the impact of heat waves intensified, said the ...
23 Apr, 2024, 11.28 AM IST
As Cyclone Biparjoy inches closer to India, Pakistan: Here's what you need to knowAccording to Indian Meteorological Department, the storm, on Wednesday morning, lay centred about 280 km (174 miles) west-southwest of Guja...
14 Jun, 2023, 01.32 PM IST
Conditions favourable for monsoon onset in next 48 hours: IMDIMD had in May predicted arrival of monsoon on June 4. Southwest monsoon normally sets in over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation o...
07 Jun, 2023, 02.11 PM IST
India faced 117 cyclones from 1970-2019, over 40,000 lives lost: StudyCurrently, the eastern part of the country in facing 'very severe cyclonic storm' Yaas which battered the Odisha and West Bengal coasts on ...
27 May, 2021, 04.29 PM IST
'Humility, clear vaccine strategy, income support' needed to contain COVID damage: Rahul GandhiThe former Congress chief alleged that the government "has taken off all our warning systems and shut them down." "And, we are in the middl...
17 Apr, 2021, 10.17 PM IST
Indian-American doctor identifies possible COVID-19 treatmentThe researchers detailed how the inflammatory cell death signaling pathway worked, which led to potential therapies to disrupt the process.
21 Nov, 2020, 09.59 AM IST
Oil edges up as storms take aim at Gulf of MexicoOil producers had shut 58% of the Gulf's offshore oil production and 45% of natural gas production on Sunday. The region accounts for 17% o...
24 Aug, 2020, 07.27 AM IST
EU announces initial funding of €500,000 for India to deal with Cyclone AmphanIn a statement she said, “Dozens of people have lost their lives as cyclone Amphan has come ashore southwest of Kolkata in eastern India an...
22 May, 2020, 07.34 PM IST
How COVID-19 can damage your heartSimply put, when a person is infected by the novel coronavirus his or her immune system tries to fight back. Too many cytokines — small pro...
17 May, 2020, 10.18 AM IST
In 2017, India second worst in extreme weather deathsThe analysis shows that India had reported loss of over 73,000 human lives in past 20 years (1998-2017) due to extreme weather events.
05 Dec, 2018, 01.01 PM IST
India among 5 economies worst hit by climate change: UN ReportWhat is more worrying for low income countries like India is the fact that economic losses from up to 87% of disasters are not reported.
17 Oct, 2018, 11.12 AM IST
Natural disasters cost India $80 billion in 20 years: UN reportIndia has been ranked among world's top five countries in absolute economic losses. Globally, disaster losses during the 20-year period of ...
11 Oct, 2018, 10.44 AM IST
Cyclone Hudhud caused $ 11 billion worth of losses: UNThe 41 fatalities associated with the cyclone, a Category 4 storm that hit coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in October, were considered "r...
26 Feb, 2015, 11.04 PM IST
- Gurgaon-Manesar belt no stranger to labour unrest
History keeps repeating in the Gurgaon-Manesar industrial belt, one of the country's largest auto hubs, which once again witnessed labour u...
21 Oct, 2009, 01.54 PM IST