Dubai/Kuwait City: The Kuwaiti government will give US$15,000 to the families of the victims of the devastating fire in the southern Ahmadi Governorate that killed 50 people, including 46 Indians, according to a media report on Tuesday.According to Kuwaiti authorities, the massive fire that...
According to Dr. Manish Munjal, Vice President, ENT, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, sudden sensorineural hearing loss is a medical emergency as it can be irreversible if not treated aggressively within 48-72 hours."The center of the problem is the organ of the inner ear called the cochlea...
The by-election will be held to fill the vacancies caused by the disqualification of C. Ramachandraiah and the resignation of Sheikh Mohammed Iqbal.Ramachandraiah, who was elected MLC under the MLA quota on YSR Congress Party ticket in 2021, was disqualified after joining the Telugu Desam...
Dubai/Kuwait City: Several foreign nationals, especially bachelors, were suddenly thrown out of their homes in Kuwait as authorities enforced building code violations and barricaded themselves in the Bineed Al-Gar area, according to a media report on Monday. Cut off power supply to three...
The incident, which occurred on Saturday, is one of the most serious for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) since the war began more than eight months ago.The newspaper Israel Hayom wrote on Monday that preliminary findings showed that a door of the Namer armored personnel carrier was open...
Kedarnath (Uttarakhand) [India], A condolence meeting was held at Kedarnath Dham on Monday to pay tribute to the victims of the devastating flood disaster that hit the area in 2013.The entire pilgrim community, district police administration and many pilgrims participated in the event...
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Due to continuous heavy rain since morning, a significant landslide occurred at Mile 35 of the National Highway (NH) in Mungiakami area of Teliamura subdivision in Tripura. The result was that countless vehicles remained stranded on both sides of the highway since...
DUBAI/KUWAIT CITY: Authorities in Kuwait have launched a crackdown on illegal property expansion after a massive fire broke out in a seven-storey building that claimed the lives of 50 people, including 46 Indians, according to a media report on Saturday.Most of the deaths caused by a fire...
Four people, including two women, were injured in a fire caused by an LPG cylinder explosion at an apartment in Kolkata, West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Saturday. Police gave this information.The incident took place this morning in Maheshtala area when a cylinder kept on the...
Dubai/Kuwait The number of Indians killed in a massive fire in Kuwait City has risen to 46 as one more person has died as authorities said the fire was caused by an electrical short circuit in the guard room on the ground floor of the building. Due to which a fire broke out. The fire that killed...
India last month announced immediate relief assistance of $1 million to support relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in Papua New Guinea, which was devastated by massive landslides on May 24.Landslides in Enga Province killed more than 2,000 people and caused widespread...
KATHMANDU [Nepal], At least four people of a family were killed when their house collapsed in a landslide triggered by incessant rains in eastern Nepal's Taplejung district on Thursday night.According to officials, a house was hit by a landslide overnight in Tingdu, Phattangalung Rural...
Kolkata, Kolkata Metro and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials are investigating the matter to trace the source of water leakage in the tunnel between Park Street and Esplanade stations under the Dakshineswar-New Garia section during the recent rains caused by Cyclone Remal. A joint...
Darjeeling (West Bengal), Many areas of northern West Bengal have been submerged due to the swelling of Teesta river due to heavy rains, due to which the administration had to stop the traffic movement on the Kalimpong-Darjeeling road. Officials gave this information on Thursday.At least one...
The impact of the collision caused severe flooding and damage to the ship's engine room. There were no injuries reported.The Liberian flagged M/V Tutor recently docked in Russia.CENCTOM said on Wednesday its forces destroyed three anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) launchers in...
New Delhi: Drug firm Glenmark on Wednesday said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market a generic drug to treat conditions caused by too much acid production in the stomach.Glenmark Specialty SA has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration...
The Israeli military confirmed on Tuesday that it had recorded about 50 missiles fired from Lebanon. It said the impacts caused no injuries.In a statement on Tuesday, Hezbollah said that "in response to the overnight Israeli attack in Hermal, eastern Lebanon, fighters bombed the headquarters...
Thane, A house was gutted and four buffaloes died in a fire caused by lightning in Thane district of Maharashtra. A civil official gave this information on Tuesday.Disaster control officer Vasant Chaudhary said that lightning struck a house in Khaire village of Shahpur on the intervening night...
New Delhi, While millions of people in India are battling extreme heat due to climate change, a new report on Monday said that the number of extreme weather events has increased since the international climate talks (COP28) in Dubai in December last year. It caused losses of more than US$41...
Two people were killed and several houses were damaged in a flash flood caused by heavy rains in Gangtok, Sikkim's Namchi district on Monday morning. The officers provided this information.He said that the incident took place in Yangang area of the district, about 53 km from here.“Apart...