Toilets are crumbling units in many villages of UP's Sitapur

Indal Kashyap | January 3, 2024 12:17 PM

Sitapur, Jan 3 (IANS/101 Reporters) In many villages in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, residents prefer open defecation citing faulty construction, but the fact remains that they only supervised the toilet work using the money received in their bank accounts under the Swachh Bharat Mission.

2023 warmest year of all time for S. Korea

IANS | January 3, 2024 12:06 PM

Seoul, Jan 3 (IANS) The year 2023 was the warmest of all time for South Korea as global warming heated up the Korean Peninsula to reach the average temperature of 13.7 degrees Celsius last year, the state weather agency said on Wednesday.

Delhi welcomes 2024 with shallow fog, 'very poor' air

IANS | January 1, 2024 10:07 AM

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) As the clock struck midnight, ushering in the much-anticipated year 2024, residents of Delhi were greeted with a surprisingly mild start to the first day of the year. The minimum temperature in the city stood at 10.1 degrees Celsius, a departure of three notches above the seasonal average, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD).