Shimla, Aug 27 (IANS) Horrifying visuals showing buildings and bridges collapsing like pack of cards in the blink of an eye in Himachal Pradesh with torrential rains have battered the hilly state, causing 376 deaths since the onset of the monsoons, locals believe -- nature doesn't kill, human-induced activities do.
Bengaluru, Aug 26 (IANS) Even as major political parties in Karnataka are vying with each other to get political mileage out of the present Cauvery dispute following the failure of Monsoon rains ahead of Lok Sabha elections, the issue is not likely to affect the electoral politics of the state, according to experts.
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) On August 22, the Supreme Court agreed to constitute a bench to hear the age-old inter-state dispute over sharing the water of the river Cauvery after Tamil Nadu approached it to direct Karnataka to release 24,000 cusecs from the river every day for its crops.
Agra, Aug 25 (IANS) The month of August this year has been particularly good for the smaller rivers in the Yamuna basin of the Agra region. The recent flood and copious rains in the hills have rejuvenated the river system that had been reduced to vast stretches of wasteland in past years.
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Amazon India on Wednesday introduced a shelf monitoring solution -- a Machine Learning (ML) powered farm-to-fridge quality assurance system for fresh produce.
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) In 2022, G20 members spent $1.4 trillion to support fossil fuels and they could raise an additional $1 trillion per year by establishing a carbon tax floor of $25-50/tCO2e.
New Delhi/Guwahati, Aug 22 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the state government's 1 crore 'Amrit Brikshya Andolan' (tree plantation movement) has received good response from the people and it has decided to involve more and more people so that it can exceed the set target on a single day.
Chennai, Aug 22 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has written a letter to the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister on Tuesday expressing solidarity with the people of that state who are suffering from natural calamities.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The southwest monsoon season in India so far has been marred by extreme weather events, from humid heat waves to cyclones to torrential rains.
Los Angeles, Aug 21 (IANS) Tropical Storm Hilary has made landfall in southern California, where at least nine million people are under flash-flood warnings.
