North Bengal floods: One killed, 11 missing & over 5,000 displaced

IANS | October 5, 2023 3:33 PM

Kolkata, Oct 5 (IANS) A child was killed and 11 people were missing in floods in the hills of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong in north Bengal that come under the jurisdiction of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), according to the GTA chief executive Anit Thapa.

War causes over $150bn damage to Ukraine's infrastructure

IANS | October 5, 2023 1:42 PM

Kive, Oct 5 (IANS) Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine has caused $151.2 billion in direct damage to the latter country's infrastructure as of September this year since the invasion first started in February 2022, a new study revealed.

Fresh tremors keep shaken Latur on edge; no damage

IANS | October 5, 2023 11:39 AM

Latur, Oct 5 (IANS) A series of tremors in the past three days have kept people in the district’s Usturi, Hasori and surrounding villages on their toes, coming after seven mild tremors were notched in the region in August, an official said here on Thursday.

After Sikkim, flood situation worsens in north Bengal parts

IANS | October 5, 2023 11:24 AM

Kolkata, Oct 5 (IANS) After the deluge in Sikkim, the flood situation has started worsening in different pockets of northern West Bengal with the worst affected being Darjeeling and Kalimpong in the hills and Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar in the plains of Terai and Dooars regions.

2023 on track to becoming hottest year, Sep breaks records

IANS | October 5, 2023 11:08 AM

London, Oct 5 (IANS) As September registered unprecedented temperatures to become the fourth consecutive month of this year, 2023 is on track to be the hottest in recorded history, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.