School Assembly News Headlines, August 19, 2026: Top national, international, business, sports updates and thought of the daySchool Assembly News Headlines: The trend of domestic donations to PM CARES has notably decreased, along with a downturn in foreign contrib...
18 Aug, 2026, 06.06 PM IST
All aboard as Asian Games preparations enter 'final stages'; young athletes like Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to take the stageNext month, Nagoya will host the Asian Games, welcoming approximately fifteen thousand competitors ready to showcase their skills. Among th...
18 Aug, 2026, 10.33 AM IST
All aboard as Asian Games preparations in Japan enter 'final stages'The Asian Games are set to begin in Japan next month with many competitors. Teenage stars like Alexandra Eala and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will...
18 Aug, 2026, 10.27 AM IST
How ‘Super El Niño’ adds fuel to the climate fireThis year's El Niño is expected to be the worst in seventy-six years. It combines with global warming to create extreme weather events worl...
17 Aug, 2026, 11.55 AM IST
For decades, weather prediction has relied on numerical models running on supercomputers, now AI can produce forecasts in a fraction of the time. Will it be accurate? Here's what experts are sayingWhile AI systems are becoming an increasingly important complement to conventional forecasting because of their speed and lower computing c...
14 Aug, 2026, 05.54 AM IST
China bets on AI weather forecasting as extreme weather intensifiesArtificial intelligence is increasingly being tested during typhoon season in East Asia, where even small improvements in track forecasts c...
11 Aug, 2026, 02.13 PM IST
Hundreds more flights are canceled as Tropical Storm Dolphin causes flooding in eastern ChinaTropical Storm Dolphin caused hundreds of flight cancellations in Shanghai and widespread flooding. Authorities evacuated over a million pe...
10 Aug, 2026, 10.59 PM IST
Mid-year ecommerce sales set to cool as costs heat upOnline sales volumes are expected to grow about 10-15%, compared with 20% last year when Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan coincided, boo...
10 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Watch Snakes on the street: Nearly 900 snakes, including cobras, escape flooded farm in China, enter nearby villagesNearly nine hundred snakes, including venomous cobras, escaped a flooded breeding farm in Guangxi. Villagers used nets to catch the reptile...
13 Jul, 2026, 11.10 AM IST
6.1 magnitude earthquake off northeastern coastline rattles Japan; no tsunami warning issuedNortheastern Japan felt the tremors of a magnitude-6.1 earthquake early Sunday, the latest in a string of significant seismic activity. Whi...
28 Jun, 2026, 06.27 AM IST
Japan cancels over 200 flights as double storm threat growsJapan faces severe transport chaos and landslide threats as two tropical storms, Mekkhala and Higos, converge with a seasonal rain front. O...
27 Jun, 2026, 11.46 AM IST
Heavy rains from nearby Typhoon Mekkhala pound Taiwan, 200 to be evacuated on east coastTyphoon Mekkhala's outer bands have unleashed heavy rains and localized flooding across Taipei and southern Taiwan. Authorities are evacuat...
25 Jun, 2026, 12.10 PM IST
Typhoon landed in China's Hainan island at severe tropical storm levelTyphoon Wutip, a severe tropical storm, made landfall on Hainan Island, China, late Friday, marking the second time in 70 years the island ...
14 Jun, 2025, 03.49 PM IST
China's Shanghai braces for torrential rain as Typhoon Kong-rey advancesShanghai prepares for the worst rains in over 40 years as Typhoon Kong-rey approaches. Authorities have alerted citizens to stock up on ess...
01 Nov, 2024, 07.23 AM IST
Typhoon Saola heads towards China and Hong Kong: Preparedness and Uncertainty ahead of intensifying stormTyphoon Saola, after unleashing torrents of rain and powerful gusts upon Taiwan, is now advancing towards China's southern coastline and Ho...
30 Aug, 2023, 10.41 PM IST
Most powerful storm of 2022 is moving at a speed of 250 km/hourThe typhoon has picked the gusts speed of up to 252 kilometres per hour, and is moving west at a speed of 30 kilometres per hour. The super...
31 Aug, 2022, 05.23 PM IST
India faces a significant drought, US agency saysAccuWeather attributed the drought situation to El Nino conditions which usually leads to an above-average number of typhoons and super typ...
30 May, 2015, 11.15 AM IST